Intern - Structural Engineering

About the role

Do you enjoy applying your superior skills to new challenges? Are you looking for a nimble firm where you can work closely with clients, stakeholders, and internal team members? Would you enjoy teaming up with people in multiple departments to help get projects from a concept to being built? If so, we're AHBL and we've been looking for you! At AHBL, we're not just shaping cities – we're creating vibrant communities where the work is rewarding, and every project is an adventure. Our teams enjoy coming to work and flourish through innovation and creativity. Join us and be part of a dynamic company that’s as enthusiastic about transforming and designing spaces as we are about our daily office banter and team-building activities. We're a multi-disciplined engineering, planning, landscape architecture, and land surveying firm that has been offering creative design solutions to public and private sector clients since 1969. AHBL has consistently been recognized as one of the premier local consulting firms in the Northwest and a top place to work. Our people love it here because we don't do cookie-cutter work; we work collaboratively on the most diverse, complex, and fascinating projects.

Responsibilities

• Work alongside experienced engineers who are eager to share their knowledge and help you apply your classroom skills to real-world projects.
• Lateral force calculations for wind and seismic design.
• Structural design of roof and floor framing members.
• Sizing of beams and joists.
• Wall framing.
• Design of foundation elements.
• 3D analytical models of building components.
• Exposure to structural detailing, including the opportunity to sketch engineered connection details and draw in Revit or AutoCAD.
• Occasional site visit or field trip to review project in construction.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a Structural, Civil, or Architectural Engineering degree program and have completed Junior level coursework.
• Strong analytical, conceptual, communication, and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in AutoCAD, Revit, and structural analysis software.

Pay

$23 - $27 per hour. Actual rate of pay will be based on the level of coursework completed, previous experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Benefits

• Full time interns may be benefits eligible depending on length of service and agency benefit terms.
• Six (6) paid holidays.
• Medical Benefits.
• Supplemental Benefits.
• Washington State sick pay.
• Retirement Savings.
• Real-world experience.
• Networking opportunities with professionals.
• Potential for full-time employment after graduation.

Schedule

Internships will begin in May or June at approximately 40 hours per week and will be 12 - 14 weeks in duration.