Transportation Planner Intern - Sam Schwartz Consulting (Chicago)

Who: Sam Schwartz Consulting, LLC (Sam Schwartz) is a transportation planning, engineering, and environmental firm. Our Chicago office leads our national planning practice, which works with cities across the US and Canada to help them develop more holistic, multi-modal, and people-oriented transportation systems. Our team specializes in citywide and neighborhood transportation master plans, modal plans, strategic planning, policy development, and implementing new mobility systems. Strong technical work, innovative data analysis, clear communication, and thoughtful stakeholder engagement are the cornerstones of our approach.

What: Sam Schwartz is seeking candidates to specialize in our technical planning and design work who are motivated to bring a high standard of rigor and creativity to the role. You will work on projects touching all modes of transportation and involving all aspects of planning from corridor design, to network and service planning, to policy and program development.
Qualifications: Current or recently graduated Masters student in urban planning or public policy or related field. Knowledge and skills desired:

• Command of fundamental design functions in Adobe Illustrator and InDesign 
• Command of GIS (preferably Network Analyst and Spatial Analyst tools) 
• Command of data analysis methodologies using Excel or other software 
• Creative problem-solver with willingness to think out of the box and understand that no two projects are alike 
• Familiarity with potential sources of data on transportation (e.g. GTFS, US Census) 
• Exposure to toolbox of Complete Streets elements (e.g. bike lanes, traffic calming, transit priority treatments) 
• Exposure to basic concepts in transit planning (e.g. frequency, reliability, service area) 
• Awareness of current trends and topics in transportation and their implications: e.g. Complete Streets, Vision Zero, shared mobility, autonomous vehicles 

This is a part-time to full-time opportunity.
Please send a resume, cover letter, and work samples to Ellen Gottschling at egottschling@samschwartz.com