Fall 2026/Spring 2027 - Workplace Planning & Design Intern 

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Your success is a train ride away! As we move America’s workforce toward the future, Amtrak connects businesses and communities across the country. We employ more than 20,000 diverse, energetic professionals in a variety of career fields throughout the United States. The safety of our passengers, our employees, the public and our operating environment is our priority, and the success of our railroad is due to our employees. Are you ready to join our team? Our values of ‘Do the Right Thing, Excel Together and Put Customers First’ are at the heart of what matters most to us, and our Core Capabilities, ‘Building Trust, Accountability, Effective Communication, Customer Focus, and Proactive Safety & Security’ are what every employee needs to know and do to be most impactful at Amtrak. By living the Amtrak values, focusing on our capabilities, and actively embracing and fostering diverse ideas, backgrounds, and perspectives, together we will honor our past and make Amtrak a company of the future. Position Summary The person in this position will assist the Amtrak Workplace Planning & Design team with the design and construction services needed to complete projects at Amtrak buildings nationwide. This includes reviewing, updating, and maintaining Amtrak interior design standards. This role may also require in-house AutoCAD design for smaller projects. Communication with Amtrak management, project managers as well as internal and external architects, engineers, designers, and constructors. This position will work closely with the Amtrak Facilities Workplace Planning and Design team to provide support for real estate occupied Corporate Office locations and providing facilities management services at these locations. The internship position is intended to provide a unique perspective of the railroad real estate space planning business earned by working alongside talented professionals. The successful candidate will work directly with the Workplace Planning and Design team to support space and occupancy planning, design and construction, furniture installations, move management, employee workplace experience, and other special projects. The position will provide assistance to the business managers in the execution of daily tasks and support of internal and external customers for various space planning projects. Areas of learning will include becoming familiar with varying types of real estate space planning transactions and information gathering, site audits, updating real estate space planning floor plans and use the CAFM system, AutoCAD drawing updates, move management, updating office floor plans, furniture installations and coordination efforts. In this role, you will be part of a team responsible for taking projects from conceptual programming stages through substantial completion and ultimately final closeout. On-site walk throughs periodically to support workplace planning initiatives for employees. This will involve learning about many aspects of project management which include defining requirements, estimating costs, managing schedules, practicing safety and quality control methods, submittal/RFI reviews, change order document review, move management, maintaining good public relations, and other tasks as required for interior architectural design and standard construction management techniques and procedures. Essential Functions: Solid understanding of design and construction processes for both new builds and renovation projects. Proficiency in AutoCAD for design development and documentation. Effective communication with Amtrak leadership, project managers, and both internal and external architects, engineers, designers, and contractors. Interpret existing conditions and data, collaborate with project teams, gain alignment with key stakeholders, report on project status with key deliveries, milestones and bottlenecks, and risks. Minimum Qualifications: Must be actively pursuing a degree at an accredited educational institution. Must be actively pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Interior Design, Architecture, Facilities Management or Engineering Student interested in workplace strategy, planning, design, capital planning, and construction and project management. Must have at least 2 years of academic undergraduate studies completed or a junior status at minimum. Must have a cumulative GPA of 2.8 or higher. PAY TRANSPARENCY: The hourly range is $18.00 per hour - $35.00 per hour. Pay is based on factors including school year, program of study, etc. In addition, paid internships include Amtrak rail pass privileges as a part of the experience along with one (1) PTO day per academic year. Requisition ID:167131Posting Location(s):Pennsylvania Relocation Offered:NoTravel Requirements:Up to 25%You power our progress through your performance. We want your work at Amtrak to be more than a job. We want your career at Amtrak to be a fulfilling experience where you find challenging work, rewarding opportunities, respect among colleagues, and attractive compensation. Amtrak maintains a culture that values high performance and recognizes individual employee contributions. Amtrak is committed to a safe workplace free of drugs and alcohol. All Amtrak positions requires a pre-employment background check that includes prior employment verification, a criminal history check and a pre-employment drug screen. Candidates who test positive for marijuana will be disqualified, regardless of any state or local statute, ordinance, regulation, or other law that legalizes or decriminalizes the use or possession of marijuana, whether for medical, recreational, or other use. Amtrak's pre-employment drug testing program is administered in accordance with DOT regulations and applicable law. In accordance with DOT regulations (49 CFR § 40.25), Amtrak is required to obtain prior drug and alcohol testing records for applicants/employees intending to perform safety-sensitive duties for covered Department of Transportation positions. If an applicant/employee refuses to provide written consent for Amtrak to obtain these records, the individual will not be permitted to perform safety-sensitive functions. In accordance with federal law governing security checks of covered individuals for providers of public transportation (Title 6 U.S.C. §1143), Amtrak is required to screen applicants for any permanent or interim disqualifying criminal offenses. Note that any education requirement listed above may be deemed satisfied if you have an equivalent combination of education, training and experience. Amtrak is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/color, to include traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to, hair texture and hairstyles such as braids, locks and twists, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, such as lactation), national origin/ethnicity, disability (intellectual, mental and physical), veteran status, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, genetic information, citizenship or any other personal characteristics protected by law.