WSP in the U.S.

Architecture Intern - Winter 2024
Washington, DC, United States
Virginia Beach, VA, United States

This Opportunity

WSP USA hosts hundreds of internships across the United States to gain hands-on, meaningful work experience to enhance their education and professional aptitude. Our interns gain exposure to real projects while working side by side with senior staff. Through our Developing Professionals Network, interns gain mentorship, networking opportunities and lifelong career connections.

Our Federal Programs Team is seeking an Architecture Intern to work out of either our Washington, DC or Virginia Beach, VA office. This temporary position is seeking individuals currently enrolled in an Undergraduate or Graduate degree program through Virginia Tech.

This 2-week internship is associated with the Virginia Tech 2025 W_Internship Program and is anticipated to take place between January 06, 2025 and January 17, 2025.

During this internship, you will be able to learn more about the principles of architecture and gain experience using technical software.

Your Impact

- Support a variety of engineering tasks with the goal to develop technical, social, and ethical skills.
- Learn basic principles of Architecture.
- Assist with project research, field work, and preliminary design calculations and analysis.
- Support preparation of final design plans, special provisions, and cost estimates.
Assist in collecting and maintaining project documentation.
- Complete training on assigned tasks.
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
- Please note that there is no relocation or housing assistance associated with this internship.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

- Actively enrolled in an accredited Architecture, or related, Undergraduate program through Virginia Tech with an anticipated graduation date of May 2025 or later.
- Must be 18 or older.
- Demonstrated interest in Architecture or related field and have a strong desire to advance skills related to WSP’s work and projects.
- Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
- Capable of taking direction from leadership, mentors, and managers to executive projects.
- Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, technology, and tools.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Authorization to work in the United States at the start of the internship.

Preferred Qualifications

- Actively enrolled in an accredited Architecture, or related, Masters or PhD program through - Virginia Tech with an anticipated graduation date of May 2025 or later.
- Experience using Revit.
- Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus.

Compensation:

Expected Pay: $19.13 - $30.00

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Duration: January 6th, 2025 - January 17th, 2025