Community Planning - Summer 2026 - Student Intern

About Stewart:
At Stewart, we put great emphasis on serving and leading our employees, clients, communities, and professions. We believe that every employee has an impact on our company and our community. What we do is significant and legacy building. Our work is not only about footings, beams, and columns, or roads and bridges, or surveys and inspections, or parks or community planning. We are strengthening our communities through the building of hospitals, office buildings, schools, housing, places of worship, roads to mobilize people, parks and greenways to enjoy the beauty of nature, and thoughtful community plans that delineate the future growth. We love to see how our employees' contributions enhance our communities.

Student Intern, Planning

This position is a temporary, full-time summer student internship working 40 hours a week (estimated dates May 2026 - August 2026).

Position Highlights:

If you are interested in the field of Planning and are looking to gain valuable experience and growth opportunities that will help catapult your career after graduation, this position may be the perfect fit for you! As a Planning Student Intern, you will enhance your planning knowledge by helping communities throughout the state. You will work side by side with our professional planning staff, attend client meetings, and participate in public engagement activities.

Position Responsibilities:

In this role, you will be part of a world-class Planning team, bringing high-quality designs to life for our amazing clients. This position will expose you to most aspects of Planning including coordinating activities for municipal and public projects and researching development codes. Your excellent communication skills will be put to good use, as you will be coordinating and collaborating with a variety of professionals.

Position Qualifications:

• Enrolled in and completed at minimum sophomore year of a Bachelor of Science or Masters' degree program in Urban Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Geography or related field.
• Basic knowledge of development and land use codes/ordinances.
• Basic experience using Adobe (InDesign), ArcGIS, and Microsoft Office suite of products.
• Belief that Trust, Humility, Respect, Excellence, Accountability, and Discipline are important values to embrace and live out.
• Commitment to diversity of thought, contributing new ideas and perspectives while also respecting different points of view.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for an employment-based visa.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands:

You are willing and able to work in a professional, climate-controlled office environment with moderate noise levels and consistent exposure to light, both natural and artificial. Workstations are in an open space layout with frequent collaboration and interactions from co-workers throughout the day. Within the office, you are willing and able to constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer. Additional requirements include providing on-site technical assistance by occasionally accessing client or construction sites with varying terrain.

Our Team:

Stewart's Community Planning practice area is a response to our clients' needs for building healthy, equitable, resilient, and connected communities. Now, more than ever, our communities are adapting to changing climate, demographics, land use trends, environments, and technologies. We are a team of experienced community planners, designers, and engineers that focus on provided high quality data-driven and design-focused solutions for our clients. Our Community Planning Group provides services such as the development of comprehensive and small area plans, urban design plans, GIS mapping, scenario planning, and land use ordinances. We see these planning processes as an opportunity to facilitate meaningful dialog, address priorities and strengthen communities.