Fire and Life Safety Engineering Intern - Summer 2027

WSP USA hosts interns across the United States, providing hands-on experience, mentorship, and exposure to real projects. The Fire and Life Safety Engineering Intern will assist with fire protection and life safety system design, code research, engineering calculations, commissioning, field work, and preparation of design documents under the supervision of experienced engineers.

What you'll do:

• Research of building code, life safety code, and fire code requirements. This will include familiarity with both ICC and NFPA codes, including the International Building Code and NFPA 101
• Assist with the design of fire protection and life safety engineering systems including automatic fire sprinkler systems, fire detection and alarm systems, smoke management systems, and egress systems
• Assist in the preparation of fire engineering calculations including smoke modeling and evacuation analysis from simple hand calculations to complex 3D computational modeling
• Assist in the commissioning of fire alarm, fire suppression, smoke control, and life safety systems
• Perform routine engineering functions and provide entry-level technical assistance on various code requirements, calculations, and design strategies to develop performance-based solutions for projects
• Under general supervision, assist with review architectural drawings for compliance with building and fire code requirements, and with producing fire safety strategy (basis of design) documents to inform and support the chosen building characteristics throughout the design process
• Support a variety of engineering tasks with the goal to develop technical, social, and ethical skills
• Learn basic principles of Fire Protection Engineering, working under direct supervision of engineers
• Assist with project research, field work, and preliminary design calculations and analysis
• Support preparation of final design plans, special provisions, and cost estimates
• Meeting required schedules while producing quality work
• Coordinates design efforts with multi-discipline teams

What they're looking for:

• Actively enrolled in an accredited Fire Protection Engineering, or related Undergraduate program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2027 or later
• Must be 18 or older
• Demonstrated interest in Fire Protection & Life Safety or related field and have a strong desire to advance skills related to WSP's work and projects
• Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience
• Capable of taking direction from leadership, mentors, and managers to executive projects
• Basic proficiency with technical writing, office automation, software, spreadsheets, technology, and tools
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
• Authorization to work in the United States at the start of the internship
• Actively enrolled in an accredited Fire Protection Engineering, or related Undergraduate program with an anticipated graduation date of August 2027 or later
• Experience using AutoCAD or Revit
• Prior internship and leadership involvement on campus

Benefits:

• Mentorship through WSP’s Developing Professionals Network
• Networking opportunities through WSP’s Developing Professionals Network
• Lifelong career connections
• Hands-on, meaningful work experience to enhance education and professional aptitude
• Complete training on assigned tasks