Description
This internship is designed for motivated college students pursuing a degree in civil engineering, transportation planning, urban planning, geography, data science, or a related field. You will directly contribute to meaningful projects that shape regional transportation infrastructure and see how your technical skills translate into real-world impact. You will also gain hands-on experience with industry-standard travel demand modeling platforms.
What you will do:
- Construct, calibrate, analyze, test, and document inputs for travel demand models.
- Analyze socioeconomic data, household travel surveys, and origin-destination data under supervision.
- Assist with model validation against existing conditions to ensure accuracy and reliability.
- Apply models to forecast future transportation network performance under different growth scenarios, policy changes, and major infrastructure projects (highways, transit, etc.).
- Help evaluate the feasibility and economic viability of proposed transportation improvements.
- Support the preparation of technical memos, reports, and presentations for internal teams, clients, and public stakeholders.
Job Requirements
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
- Strong attention to detail with excellent analytical and judgment capabilities.
- Ability to effectively work independently and in a team environment; and,
- Exposure to travel demand modeling concepts and terminology.
- Exposure to construction and manipulation of layers in a GIS environment.
- Exposure to computer programming with Python, R, or similar.
Skills Required
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail with excellent analytical and judgment capabilities.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Exposure to travel demand modeling concepts and terminology.
- Exposure to construction and manipulation of layers in a GIS environment.
- Exposure to computer programming with Python, R, or similar.
What We Do
Binkley & Barfield, Inc. is a multidisciplinary civil engineering consulting firm specializing in infrastructure services. They provide expertise in transportation design, utility coordination, water and wastewater systems, land development, and construction management. The firm serves public and private sector clients, focusing on municipal, regional, and state surface transportation and public infrastructure projects across North America.
