Planning Intern - Toole Design

Toole Design Group in Minneapolis, MN is looking to hire an experienced and talented full-time Planning Intern. Are you interested in sustainable transportation, and making places better for walking, biking and accessing transit? Are you curious about how future trail corridors are planned and what leads to designing and building them? Would you like to learn about planning and policy approaches to safer streets for all? If so, please consider joining our Minneapolis team.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading planning, engineering, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. Since our start in 2003 as a single office in Maryland, we have expanded throughout the United States. Our talented team of planners, landscape architects and engineers are committed to delivering quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race or gender. As an Engineering News-Record top 500 design firm, we have also been named a "best firm to work for" and have one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry.

Every project our employees deliver directly and positively affects our communities. We are industry-leading experts, and we work hard to encourage a collaborative and team-oriented environment.

A Day in the Life of a Planning Intern at Toole Design

As an Intern, you will not be fetching coffee or sorting mail - we want you here for real, meaningful work. You'll spend 8 to 12 weeks working with planners, engineers, and landscape architects on a variety of projects. All internships are paid positions.

Your work may include reviewing and documenting existing conditions, drafting content for memos or plans, supporting community engagement, analyzing survey data for a community safety or transportation plan, creating surveys and maps, or preparing materials for meetings. Toole Design is a truly inter-disciplinary firm, so our planners, landscape architects, urban designers and engineers work side-by-side to ensure that our projects are safe for all users, easily constructible, and fit in the community context.

We'll offer you the opportunity to work on a wide range of project types and work products, company-wide trainings on core skills and best practices, and career mentorship from the best in the business. You'll get the opportunity to attend key project meetings and site visits; grow your skills and use analysis/mapping programs like ArcMap and QGIS. Best of all, you'll get to work with colleagues who love what they do and can't wait to introduce you to the field we care so much about.

Qualifications of a Planning Intern at Toole Design:

• Undergraduate: Current enrollment as a third year or higher Urban Planning, Geography/UP, Regional Planning, Sustainable Design, Sustainability, Transportation Planning, Social Sciences or related program field
• Graduate: Current or upcoming enrollment in a Master's in Urban & Regional Planning (MURP), City & Regional Planning (MCRP), Transportation Planning or related program field
• Recent graduate: Degree in a related field or demonstrated passion for the field
• High school graduate with strong writing skills
• Ability to quickly pick up new concepts, skills, and programs
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
• Experience in an office environment a plus

You'll be great here if:

• You are passionate about active transportation in cities, suburbs and rural areas
• You want to contribute to a more sustainable transportation system and quality of life
• You want to learn and are willing to take on new tasks
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and care about the details
• You ask questions when you need help and take ownership of your work when you've gotten the answer

Work Schedule for a Planning Intern at Toole Design:

This position typically works a flexible schedule of 40 hours a week for 8-12 weeks. The position is primarily in office, with the option to work from home 1 day per week.

About our Minneapolis office:

Toole Design's Minneapolis office is conveniently located downtown at 212 3rd Avenue N, near to the Mississippi River and Cedar Lake bike trail systems and walking distance from Metro Blue, Green, Orange, and C line Stations. The office is easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit.

Located in the North Loop neighborhood in the historic Colonial Warehouse building, the office is inside the former headquarters of the city's streetcar company. Our windows overlook the Cedar Lake Trail which most of our staff use to bike to work each day, sometimes with a canine in tow (our building is dog-friendly). You will also find Minneapolis staff conducting "walking meetings" to the nearby Mississippi River, taking transit nearly anywhere in the region, or hopping on bike share to attend meetings. Our Minneapolis team is known for its collaborative engineers, planners, landscape architects, and urban designers who are committed to a culture of innovation, excellence, and fun.

Ready to Join our Minneapolis Team? We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this internship, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.

At Toole Design, diversity is a necessity, not a nice-to-have. We have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, those with disabilities and people at all the intersections in between - to apply. Even if you don't think your current skill set checks every box, but this role seems to align with your strengths, we want to hear from you.

We're proud that about half of our managers are women and are committed to achieving racial diversity in our leadership as well. Toole Design is a woman-owned business and an equal opportunity employer (EO/AA/VEV/Disabled employer).

Individuals may request accommodations or assistance with the application process by contacting 301-927-1900 and asking for Human Resources or emailing HR@tooledesign.com.

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