Intern - Urban Planner OR GIS Specialist

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At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm and a Fortune 500 company, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

AECOM are seeking a motivated Intern - Urban Planner or an Intern - GIS Specialist  to join our dynamic team. This role offers a rare chance to gain hands-on experience in urban planning and contribute to impactful projects in the region. With comprehensive on-the-job training, interns receive industry exposure and mentorship, immersing themselves into the world of AECOM and its operations. Working alongside experienced professionals on real projects, interns will have the opportunity to gain practical knowledge within the industry.

Below are responsibilities you'll encounter during your internship, contributing to iconic regional projects:

• Support planning concepts and operations, completing basic applications under the guidance of senior planners.
• Contribute to research-based tasks, ensuring output quality aligns with local office standards.
• Gain familiarity with client/authority Planning Portals and Policy systems.
• Assist in report production, project management tasks (e.g., preparing PMPs, drafting MoMs), and presentation preparations under supervision.
• Analyze project briefs and sites, collaborating with peers to develop comprehensive site reviews and recommendations.
• Conduct planning history reviews and site visits, identifying key constraints and opportunities under senior planner supervision.
• Collect, understand, and interpret Zoning Regulations, local regulatory frameworks, and urban design guidelines in operating regions.
• Maintain the office planning library with updated planning standards, regulations, and guidelines.
• Contribute to the planning benchmarks library, researching systems, processes, governance, policies, and strategies, and bringing forth innovative ideas and trends.

Exceptional interns meeting our performance criteria may receive a conditional offer for a full-time role and placement in our future Graduate Program upon successful degree completion.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an Urban Planning Bachelor's Degree or GIS Bachelor's degree program at an accredited University.
• Maintaining a GPA of 2.5 or higher.
• Available to participate in our Summer Internship Program from July to August 2024.
  • Please be advised that if either the student or university requires a shorter or longer duration to fulfill course requirements, please inform us, and we will assess on a case-by-case basis to support.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with GIS software.

As part of AECOM’s commitment to Emiratisation and in accordance with UAE labor law, only UAE Nationals with a family book will be considered for this role.

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.