Proposal Intern - Summer 2026

About Burns 

Burns is a nationally respected provider of specialized engineering services, bringing highly technical, sought-after engineering expertise to complex transportation and critical infrastructure projects.

Our Team

We are looking for high-energy, smart, collaborative individuals who want the opportunity to “write their own story” with us. Our people are what make us special, and we are dedicated to finding the right employees to fit our culture. In turn, we strive to help each person feel fulfilled and do work they are passionate about. Spend your summer putting your coursework knowledge to the test by solving some of the toughest engineering challenges. Burns Engineering is an award-winning engineering firm headquartered in Center City Philadelphia that provides professional design and construction management and design/build services. Our well-respected reputation of customer service and technical quality spans 60years. 

We are currently seeking a Proposal Writer Intern to join our office in Philadelphia, PA for the summer of 2026.

Position Summary:

Our proposal team customizes booklets that describe our skills and experience for the view of prospective clients. This position would work with our in house technical proposal team to write, edit, and organize employee resumes, project information sheets, and technical proposal booklets. Assists with production and activities for the preparation of proposals for engineering services. Assists in the collection of information to prepare proposal responses, submissions, presentations, and other related activities. Follows the established procedure for photographic, proposal, and firm credential files.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Assist the Sr. Proposal Associate to compile and respond to current and potential clients’ request for proposals.


• Assist in the preparation of project fact sheets for new and substantially complete projects.


• Proofread proposal text and maintain high proposal quality.


• Work with graphic designers to incorporate graphics, layout formats, and other graphic techniques for easy to read, professional looking documents.


• Assists in proposal writing and presentations.


• Assist with updating corporate qualification/experience documents.


• Produces regularly scheduled reports.


• Participates in new market research.

Key Requirements:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies, English, Business Administration, Marketing, Journalism or a related degree from accredited college or university


• 0-2 years internship experience preferred.


• Knowledge of MS Outlook; MS PowerPoint Presentation software; MS Excel Spreadsheet software and MS Word Processing software.


• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Photoshop.

Why Join The Burns Team

Recently voted a Top Workplace by philly.com, we credit our strength as an organization to our talented, driven, vibrant team.  Burns is an ENR Top 500 Firm and has been named a MEP Giant by Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine, as well as a Hot Firm by Zweig.  We are industry experts, proven leaders, innovative thinkers, and team players. We put our clients’ successes and best interests first, because their success is our success. We have fun at work because we love making a difference in the world.  We are looking for high-energy, bright, collaborative individuals who want the opportunity to “write their own story” with us.

Applying To Burns

As a member of our team, you will enjoy a competitive compensation and benefits package. Interested, qualified candidates must apply on the Burns’ career site at www.burns-group.com to be considered for a specific opportunity.  Individuals needing assistance to apply for an open opportunity should contact the Human Resources Department at [email protected].  

At Burns Engineering, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Burns believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.