Summer Intern 2025 - Virginia Offices

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking Summer Interns to join our team. Opportunities are available throughout our Virginia locations: Richmond, Roanoke, Shenandoah Valley and the New River Valley. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients.

This is an incredible opportunity to learn and grow with an extremely successful multi-disciplined land and site development firm. With four offices in Virginia, we provide internship opportunities in:

• Architecture
• Civil Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Landscape Architecture
• Land Survey
• Structural Engineering

The Summer Intern is involved in a wide variety of projects that provide a foundation on which a successful career can be built. Our diversity of work and discipline affords the Summer Intern the opportunity to be exposed to all aspects of the land development process, from concept to construction.  As a multidiscipline firm, we offer a collaborative environment in which the Summer Intern has the unique opportunity to interact, learn, and grow every day in a hands-on, collaborative environment. Our diversity of work affords our interns the opportunity to be involved with a wide variety of projects that provide a foundation on which a successful career can be built.

• Assist the department in daily activities specific to that discipline
• Contribute to various unique projects, all of which are real and not hypothetical, under the mentoring of licensed engineers, architects, landscape architects and land surveyors

• Familiarity with industry specific concepts and software (including, but not limited to, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Revit, and Carlson depending on discipline)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products
• Valid Virginia drivers license and a satisfactory driving record
• College coursework towards an industry specific degree required
• Internships are limited to rising college juniors, seniors and graduate students

• Strong Written and Verbal Communication Skills: Effectively convey ideas, communicate clearly with various audiences, and listen actively.
• Collaborative Team Player: Work well with others, contribute to team goals, and embrace diverse viewpoints to achieve shared success.
• Creativity and Passion: Think innovatively, bring fresh ideas, and show enthusiasm in your work and problem-solving.
• Computer / Technical Skills: Proficient in industry-specific software and office tools, with the ability to quickly adapt to new technologies.
• Dependability: Reliable, punctual, and committed to meeting deadlines and maintaining a professional attitude.
• Initiative: Proactive, self-motivated, able to take ownership of tasks, and comfortable with working independently as needed.
• Organizational Skills: Efficiently manage time, prioritize tasks, and maintain an organized approach to your work.
• Productivity: Consistently meet or exceed performance expectations while staying focused and managing workload efficiently.
• Quality: Deliver high-quality work with attention to detail, continuously seeking improvement in output.

Westwood Professional Services Inc. (Westwood) was established in 1972 and has since become a leader in many of the markets it serves. Westwood is a full-service, multidiscipline professional engineering firm and serves wind, solar, power delivery, residential and commercial development, and public infrastructure clients and their projects from multiple offices across the U.S.

In 2023, Zweig Group ranked Westwood nationally at #12 and #30 respectively on its Hot Firms and Best Firms to Work for lists. Zweig also awarded Westwood two national 2nd place awards for Marketing Excellence. Westwood was recently recognized as #79 in the ENR Top 500 Firms in 2023. The firm consistently ranks on industry top 25 lists and receives recognition for its involvement on award-wining projects nationwide.

Westwood provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We believe that diverse backgrounds strengthen our business. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.