2027 Roadway Returning Internship

Hanson Values

Integrity | Commitment | Quality | Relationships | Innovation

If you’re looking for a firm that encourages innovative thinking and challenges you every day, with an opportunity to learn and advance, a career at Hanson is right for you. The belief in sustainability within our company’s practices creates a focus on client success and partnerships that are important to our communities and our environment.

Our Roadway Engineering discipline is made up of Civil Engineers who plan, design, and prepare construction documents for rural and urban roadways, freeways, and interstates for local, state, and private clients. Aspects of design include vertical and horizontal alignments, geometric design, intersections and interchanges, roadside safety, pedestrian and bicycle accommodations, pavement marking and signage, utility coordination, erosion control, and construction staging. Software including MicroStation/ OpenRoads Designer and/or AutoCad/ Civil3D are often used for this work, which may include 3D modeling of the existing and proposed improvements.

Here are some examples of exciting Roadway Engineering projects our interns have worked on:

• County Highway Project. Assist with sheet edits using MicroStation or AutoCAD, calculate quantities of various pay items to be used by contractor to bid the project, attend project meetings, and learn to write meeting minutes, and review work by others.  Provide project site visits during construction to monitor contractor’s work.
• Task Order Projects from large Transportation Agency (DOT or Turnpike). Projects may include design improvements for sidewalks and curb ramps to meet ADA requirements, intersection improvements such as adding a turn lane, evaluating roadsides for roadside hazards and how to address such hazards, toll plaza repairs, pavement patching, developing traffic control for bridge improvements, working closely with traffic and electrical engineers for roadway ITS installations, and developing new roads/highways.  An intern may use programs such as MicroStation or AutoCAD, Excel, and MS Word. Like other projects, there may a need to calculate quantities of various pay items to be used by contractor to bid the project, attend project meetings, learn to write meeting minutes, and review work by others.
• Specific Projects from various transportation agency (municipal, local, DOT or Turnpike). Assist with project pursuit by performing a site visit to help an experienced engineer better understand the project.  Collect data and photos.  Prepare design alternatives and analyze provided data to produce impressive graphics for use in proposals.  Each project will have different improvements if we are selected, but typical assignments for an intern may include working in CAD and a coordinate geometry package (COGO) to develop sheets and design layouts. 

General Assignments: Interns will perform routine roadway engineering tasks using standard procedures under supervision of Registered Professional Engineers and may assist Hanson engineers, designers and technicians in disciplines related to their field of study.

Interns will typically support one or more experienced Professional Engineers in performance of assignments, spend time shadowing actual operations, and have unique assignments that support larger projects as well as experience the day-to-day workings of roadway engineering. Interns may perform and/or participate in additional activities/events which help them build a strong network within the Hanson community and with fellow interns. Internships may require travel to suppliers, customers, or other Hanson locations. Interns will also be required to work a 40 hour work week. 

Key Responsibilities: Roadway Engineering interns will be expected to perform the following key responsibilities with assistance from a Hanson Professional Engineer:

• Preparing plans, designs, specifications, and cost estimates.
• Gathering and/or providing data for the preparation of engineering or environmental reports and studies.
• Performing and/or reviewing calculations or reports such as those related to geometrics, transportation engineering, and quantities.
• Utilize engineering software packages such as MicroStation, AutoCAD and/or GEOPAK or Civil3D.
• Conducting field investigations and/or survey assistance to gather information.
• Documenting and/or observing construction operations.
• Performing related duties such as writing memoranda, letters, or general reports; collecting and correlating engineering data; maintaining records; and attending meetings.

Qualifications:

Intern must be actively enrolled in a Civil Engineering. The ideal candidate will have successfully completed their sophomore y