Summer 2026 Internship - Transportation/Urban Planning

About the position Freese and Nichols has a great opportunity for a Transportation Planning/Urban Planning Intern in our Dallas, TX or Oklahoma City, OK office for Summer of 2026. Freese and Nichols is an award-winning, professional consulting firm with an outstanding reputation and culture. We serve municipalities, counties, and agencies across Texas and the southeastern United States. What will the position look like? The intern will be a detail-oriented individual who will contribute to public-sector client projects in a variety of dynamic service areas – multimodal transportation network planning, feasibility analysis, corridor analysis, fiscal impact assessment and project development. This role will give students the unique opportunity to learn both about Transportation planning and Urban planning. Working closely with planners and engineers, the intern will coordinate with other disciplines to complete tasks, contribute to complex projects, and support recommendations and public decision making. What will the summer look like? This internship will require you to be in office each day to help build connections with your group, fellow interns, and others. Relocation or housing stipends will NOT be provided for internships. At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values. We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more. Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at Benefits That Work for You), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday. Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at Working at Freese and Nichols. Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. Freese and Nichols is a professional planning, consulting and engineering firm serving clients across the United States. With client service and continuous improvement in mind, we plan, design and manage sustainable water and infrastructure projects.

Responsibilities

• contribute to public-sector client projects in a variety of dynamic service areas – multimodal transportation network planning, feasibility analysis, corridor analysis, fiscal impact assessment and project development
• coordinate with other disciplines to complete tasks
• contribute to complex projects
• support recommendations and public decision making

Requirements

• Current student pursuing a BS or MS degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, or related degree
• Graduation date of August 2026 or later

Nice-to-haves

• Basic experience using thematic mapping/spatial analysis with GIS and social media
• Student organizational involvement

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package
• paid overtime for salaried employees
• annual bonus
• access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina
• flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work
• alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday

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