Intern - Transportation Planning (Summer)

Session: Summer (May - August) Position Title: Intern - Transportation Planning Intern Hiring Manager: Steve Gramm Agency: Department of Transportation Location: Pierre Minimum Salary: $21.66 per hour APPLICANT MUST BE A CURRENT PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME STUDENT (MINIMUM OF 6 CREDIT HOURS) IN UPCOMING SEMESTER OR IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING SEMESTER. Position Description: This intern will assist Project Development Planning staff in the implementation of a transportation planning program to assist small South Dakota communities (under 2,000 population) with the development of a multimodal community transportation plan, including bike, pedestrian, transit, and traditional modes. The position will consist of both office work (including policy research, GIS, and computer generated mapping, planning, and report generation) and work on site with the community (including site analysis, data gathering, and public and stakeholder meetings). Some overnight travel will be required. Remote work is negotiable for some of the office work including policy research, GIS mapping, planning, and report generation. Preference will be given to students majoring in community or transportation planning, landscape architecture, or civil engineering. The preferred intern will have completed coursework in community or transportation planning and multimodal transportation design studies. Preference will be given to students with GIS mapping capabilities. Qualifications: Applicant must be enrolled as a part-time/full-time student at a college, university, or technical institute at the time they apply. By the start of the internship, the student should have completed one year (nine months) of their chosen program. All students are encouraged to apply, but preference may be given to applicants with a standing of junior/senior, South Dakota residents, and students of South Dakota institutions. Apply at: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key9T Positions can be filled prior to the closing date. South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources Telephone: 605.773.3148 "An Equal Opportunity Employer" LI-Onsite