At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Civil Intern, Highway Design

Your work environment at EXP

In this role, you will be a part of the Civil team for Highway and Transportation projects based in Chicago, Illinois.

EXP is currently seeking a talented Civil Intern for the Chicago market. The candidate will learn and perform diversified civil engineering work under direct supervision of a senior civil engineer. Duties include engineering design of highways, freeways and local streets. Duties also include preparation of construction plans utilizing MicroStation and AutoCAD Civil 3D Software and various specialized civil engineering design programs. Miscellaneous duties include working with construction specifications and estimating quantities and costs. Candidate must be able to work within a team environment and have good communication skills.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• Assist with analysis and review of roadway plans, traffic data, various reports, and geometric designs. 
• Assist with planning and preliminary designs for roadways
• Perform analysis and design calculations according to the applicable design codes; use computer programs as appropriate
• Prepare construction plans using CADD programs
• Prepare construction specifications
• Perform material quantity take-offs
• Organize design calculations

What your experience looks like

• Studying Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering required
• Knowledgeable with civil design and design computer programs
• Knowledgeable with CADD programs such as Microstation and/or AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Knowledgeable with Geopak and 3D Modeling desirable but not required
• Proficient with MS Office software
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work in a team environment