Structural Design Intern-2611230SBI02
Chicago, IL · HybridInternship$25/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
Ardmore Roderick is seeking a Summer 2026 Structural Design Intern to support its civil engineering structures team on client projects. The intern will assist with research, preliminary design calculations and analysis, design plans, cost estimates, and project documentation. The opportunity is in Chicago and could be hybrid depending on client, project, and team needs.
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About Us
Ardmore Roderick is a full-service infrastructure solutions firm that specializes in Utilities, Transportation, Aviation, Rail and Transit, Building and Facilities Projects. We are headquartered in Chicago, IL with offices in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.
Our Vision
Reimagining infrastructure to improve lives and communities
Our Mission
Transforming communities by empowering the best minds to deliver innovative infrastructure solutions
Our Values
We Care: especially about excellence, impact, innovation, inclusion and safety
Job Overview
We are seeking a Summer 2026 Structural Design Intern to join our team at Ardmore Roderick. As a Structural Design Intern, you join a team of infrastructure solutions experts working to solve our client’s ever-evolving project needs. This opportunity will be located in our Chicago, IL and could have potential to be hybrid depending on the specific client, project and team needs.
Key Responsibilities
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Support the Ardmore Roderick civil engineering structures team on various tasks for assigned projects
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Learn basic principles of civil engineering in structural design projects for our clients
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Assist with project research and preliminary design calculations and analysis
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Support preparation of final design plans, special provisions and cost estimates
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Assist in collecting and maintaining project documentation
Required Qualifications
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Currently pursuing a four-year degree in civil engineering from an accredited university
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Interest in transportation based structural design projects, i.e. bridges, retaining walls and other civil based design work
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Familiarity with design programs such as MicroStation and AutoCAD
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Proficiency in Microsoft Office
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Have a team player mindset with the ability to communicate proficiently in written and verbal forms
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Have good to great organizational skills
Preferred Qualifications
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Prior internship experience with civil engineering projects
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Familiarity with MathCAD, STAAD or Shoring Suite
Benefits
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401K (Must be 21 or older to participate)
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Part-Time PTO
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Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Sponsorship, housing or relocation are not available for this opportunity.
Ardmore Roderick is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law. Ardmore Roderick participates in E-Verify.
We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. Please reach out to us if you require reasonable accommodation in responding to a job announcement, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process.
Hourly Pay: $25, Ardmore Roderick is providing the compensation range that the company believes it might pay and/or offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location.
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,507 open Civil Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25/hr
- US median$23–30/hr317 hourly ranges
This rate, $25/hr, is 6% below the US median midpoint ($27/hr) — in the middle half of Civil Engineering hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 32 open Civil Engineering jobs in Illinois and 1,507 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
- Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, LLC5 open
- Sargent & Lundy3 open
- AECOM2 open
- Experience
- Civil Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 10 years (779 postings).
- Education
- 738 of the 1,507 open Civil Engineering jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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