Job Description:
Ragan Smith, a Pape-Dawson company, is seeking a paid full-time Land Planning Intern to join our Transportation, Landscape Architecture and Land Planning team. The ideal candidate is creative, collaborative, has a passion for creating places that are authentic, innovative, and functional and has strong communication skills. This position will have an opportunity to work on a broad range of projects with a focus on public sector work and community planning and design comprehensive community and area planning, parks and recreation projects, transportation planning, streetscape and urban placemaking design, green infrastructure, and downtown master planning.
The Planning Intern will have access to professionals of various backgrounds and expertise across our multi-disciplinary firm. RaganSmith interns hit the ground running with opportunities to contribute to a team with research, site design concepts, and graphic design skills from day one. Interns will be introduced to all aspects of working in a professional consulting practice including project set up and approach, design process, business development, and project accounting. We encourage applicants ready to challenge themselves in a fast paced professional environment where we work hard, play hard, and celebrate delivering great results for the clients and communities we serve.
Responsibilities
Review planning and design documents throughout a project lifecycle
Assist communities in pursuing potential grant opportunities and assisting with project grant administration
Assist in the production of graphics and narrative elements of planning maps, reports and exhibits in InDesign, Photoshop, and Microsoft Office platforms
Assist with coordination and presentations at meetings with clients, design professionals, reviewing agencies, state agencies, development districts, and nonprofit agencies
Conduct field work, collect parcel data and search land records
Support senior planners and/or project managers in producing documents for local, state, and federal projects
Participate in survey development and document community engagement and public input
Additional related duties as needed
Requirements
Working towards a bachelor’s or master’s degree in urban planning or related field
Portfolio of previous project experience, research projects, or past internship projects.
Technical abilities or training aptitude in GIS ArcView, Microsoft Office, InDesign and Photoshop platforms
Adaptability and time management
Strong communication and community engagement skills
RaganSmith was founded in 1933 as a land surveying company. More than nine decades later, we have grown into an interdisciplinary consulting firm of experienced civil engineers, landscape architects, transportation experts, savvy surveyors, and brilliant land planners serving the private and public sectors. In 2024, RaganSmith joined the Pape-Dawson family of companies. Pape-Dawson is an industry-leading, future-focused civil engineering and professional services firm with nationwide locations.
RaganSmith is an equal opportunity employer recognizing the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, and/or protected veteran status in accordance with governing laws.
Please submit a portfolio of relevant work to be considered.
EEO Statement:
All qualified applicants for Pape-Dawson Engineers will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.