Planning Internship
Barge Design Solutions

What We're Looking For:
Are you a hard-working and dedicated planning student looking to gain valuable work experience in your field? Do you want to gain experience while learning from mentors and leaders who were once in your shoes? Barge Design Solutions is looking for someone like you to intern with us next summer.

Location: Nashville, TN

Number of positions available: 1

Schedule: Summer 2025

You will be involved in the following types of projects:

• Policy Analysis and Development - Community planning, urban design, zoning and entitlement support in a wide variety of rural, suburban and urban settings
• Community Engagement - Interactive exhibits, presentations and meeting planning
• Parks and Recreation - Comprehensive systemwide master plans, park master plans, urban trails and greenways
• Streetscape and Multi-modal Transportation - Urban and suburban, bike, pedestrian, and multi-modal integration

You will gain experience in:

• Collaborative design within a team setting
• Preparation of meeting exhibits and presentations
• Possible involvement in preparation of graphic plans, images and reports
• Supporting Planners and Landscape Architects in completing project deliverables
• Collaborating with team members on new ideas/innovations
• Learning and Using GIS, SketchUp, Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign

Education & Experience Qualifications:
Responsibilities for this position include:

• Must be pursuing a graduate degree in Planning or Landscape Architecture, Environmental Science or Urban Design with a planning focus, from an accredited university and preferably have a bachelor's degree in architecture, landscape architecture, engineering or similar
• Link or attachment of portfolio is REQUIRED
• Preference will be given to students that do not require sponsorship
• Current GPA of 3.0 or higher
• You must be at least 18 years of age.

Additional Details:

• This position is a paid internship working full-time hours (40) per week.
• Position requires in-person work with some limited opportunities for remote work.
• Interns are not eligible for company benefits.
• Housing assistance is not provided.

Why join us?

Barge Design Solutions, Inc., is an engineering and architecture firm with diverse in-house multidisciplinary practice areas. The employee-owned company is more than 550+ people strong and serves clients nationwide from multiple U.S. locations. Barge is ranked on Engineering News-Record (ENR)'s Top 500 Design Firms and Architectural Record's Top 300 Architecture Firms and is a certified Great Place To Work®.

Our primary purpose for being in business is ultimately to create a better life by unleashing the potential of our people, clients and communities. This purpose is supported by our company's core values because at the end of the day, Barge CARES:

• Collaborate - Help and expect help. Teamwork is essential in what we do.
• Authentic - Honesty, integrity and trust are at the heart of everything we do. We are who we say we are.
• Responsible - We are accountable for our work, our attitude, and our actions. We make Barge better.
• Excellence - We go all in and expect more of ourselves than others expect of us.
• Service - We are humble. We use our gifts in service of others.

We believe that if we are living out our purpose for being in business and integrating our values into everything we do, we will ultimately achieve our vision to be the firm best known for being selected when it matters most.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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