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Civil Engineering Intern- Summer 2027

WSP USA

Boston, MAFull-time$19–30/hrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$19–30/hr
Location
Boston, MA
Role Type
Internship
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

WSP USA offers a 12‑week summer civil engineering internship in Worcester, MA (also Boston, MA and Glastonbury, CT) providing hands‑on engineering tasks, mentorship, and exposure to bridge and infrastructure projects.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

AutoCADMicroStationMicrosoft OfficeTechnical WritingOffice AutomationSpreadsheetsCommunicationInterpersonal SkillsStructural EngineeringBridge Engineering

Qualifications

Actively Enrolled in Accredited Civil Engineering Undergraduate ProgramMust Be 18+Authorization to Work in United StatesActively Enrolled in Accredited Civil Engineering Masters or PhD ProgramPrior Internship and Leadership Experience

Full job description

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 Bridge & Infrastructure Inspection Group is seeking a Full Time Civil Engineering Intern to work out of our Worcester, MA office. The following locations will also be considered: Boston, MA & Glastonbury, CT. This temporary position is seeking individuals currently enrolled in an Undergraduate or Graduate degree program.

This internship will be part of the WSP Summer Internship Program. As a summer intern, you have the opportunity to participate in our 12-week program scheduled to start on May 17th, 2027. The individual start date of the internship may be flexible.

Your Impact

  • Support a variety of engineering tasks with the goal to develop technical, social, and ethical skills.

  • Learn basic principles of Bridge/Civil Engineering and Inspection techniques.

  • 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 Civil Engineering, or related, Undergraduate program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2027 or later.

  • Must be 18 or older.

  • Demonstrated interest in Structural, Bridge, 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 Civil Engineering, or related, Masters or PhD program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2027 or later.

  • Experience using AutoCAD, Microstation, and Microsoft Office.

  • Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $19 - $30

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.

How this job compares

Set against the 472 open Civil Engineering Intern jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$19–30/hr
  • US median$23–29/hr215 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $24.50/hr, is 5% below the US median midpoint ($26/hr) — in the middle half of Civil Engineering Intern hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 472 open Civil Engineering Intern jobs across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 272 of the 472 open Civil Engineering Intern jobs (58%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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