Highway Safety Engineering Intern -SUMMER 2027

Job Summary - Why you’ll love this position

Job Location: 830 MoDOT Drive, Jefferson City

Why you’ll love this position: The highway safety intern provides engineering support to individual units within the Highway Safety and Traffic Division by reviewing and analyzing traffic data to identify concerns and recommend corrective action in order to make improvements in traffic flow, congestion, and safety. Responsibilities are performed under moderate supervision.

This position will be filled at a rate contingent with previous relevant intern experience.

Responsibilities - What you’ll do

What you’ll do:

• Reviews and analyzes real-time and historical traffic data to identify concerns and recommend corrective actions to optimize the safety and performance of existing infrastructure.
• Reviews policies, standards, and other criteria pertaining to signing, pavement marking, signals, lighting, crash records, permits, work zone, and access to make improvements or ensure compliance and improve the reliability and safety of roadways.
• Assists in the preparation of transportation related reports, correspondence, and performance measures; may support project development activities as a member of a core team.
• Assists in facilitating and organizing statewide teams for various traffic engineering subject areas.
• Performs other responsibilities as required or assigned.

Qualifications - All you need for success

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be enrolled in a relevant bachelor’s or post-bachelor’s degree program full-time (12+ credit hours); for engineering candidates, program must be ABET-accredited
• Must possess, and maintain, an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher out of 4.0.
• Must have completed at least 30 credit hours. High school or other postsecondary program credits must be shown to be accepted by the current program through a degree transcript to apply.

Special Working Conditions:

• This is a wage, non-benefits eligible position, working no more than 1,039 hours per year.
• The typical working hours are Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Preferred Qualifications

MoDOT is looking for team members who align with our preferred employee qualities. Please click the following link to learn more about our preferred employee qualities.

Preferred Employee Qualities | Missouri Department of Transportation

Job Details - More reasons to love this position

At MoDOT you will play a key role in maintaining the seventh largest highway system in the United States. We value team players who are open-minded and work well with others to accomplish goals and fulfill our mission of safety, service, and stability. We see the growth of our team members as an investment, both in MoDOT's future and yours. If you're looking for diverse opportunities, challenging work, and a flexible environment, we want to talk to you about joining our winning team. MoDOT operates on shared values and your success in our organization depends upon modeling these values. CLICK HERE to view our mission, values, and tangible results. If you embrace these values, we welcome your application.

Contact Details - If you have questions or require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process please contact:

[email protected]

The State of Missouri is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to developing and maintaining a talented workforce.