Project Management Intern (May 2026 - May 2027)
See it differently
You see the world through a unique lens and that’s exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently – it’s essential for creating a sustainable future.
Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of interns to help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.
At Arup, the Program, Project and Commercial Management (PPCM) team leads project delivery and client communication to ensure seamless execution from inception through completion. The PPCM team guides the wider project to achieve an integrated and coordinated Total Design. Our team ensures that client requirements are understood, the project has the resources to deliver quality work, and that the deliverables address our client needs.
The Opportunity
You will become familiar with:
Changemakers: A passion for sustainable development and creating a better world is key.
Innovative minds: We’re looking for critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.
Growth seekers: You have a growth mindset, always eager to learn and explore new ways of working.
Adaptable adventurers: You’re ready to take on any challenge that comes your way.
What We Offer You
At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.
Our Intern Experience Offers You
Purpose-driven work: Join an employee-owned team tackling climate, biodiversity, and social challenges, aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Create remarkable outcomes: We trust you to explore challenges, drive change, and create lasting outcomes for our clients, climate and communities.
Inclusive culture: Your unique perspective matters. We celebrate diversity and foster a supportive, social environment where everyone belongs.
Career growth: Grow your skills through innovative projects, training, and mentoring in a supportive environment. We invest in your future.
Work-life balance: Our hybrid model offers flexibility to balance work with your life. We balance your needs with our clients and communities
Toronto Hiring Range - The good faith base salary hiring range for this job if performed in Toronto is $21 to $38 per hour. This range is commensurate with experience, educational background, and skill level.Benefits are not included in the base salary. Please note hiring ranges for candidates performing work outside of Toronto will differ.
This job posting represents an active vacancy within our organization and is open for immediate recruitment.
Next Steps
We will be reviewing our candidates for this position on a rolling basis. Once you’ve submitted your application, we’ll invite you to showcase your skills through a pre-recorded video interview if you’ve met the minimumrequirements. After reviewing your submission, a member of our team will get in touch with you to discuss the next steps.
Arup is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of a protected veteran, or disability.
Stay safe online. Recruitment fraud is on the rise, and Arup’s name, logo, and branding have been used in fraudulent job advertisements. Arup will never ask for bank information as part of our recruitment process.
Different people, shared values
Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.
Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-
Our Toronto office is located on ceded and unceded lands of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinabewaki , and the Haudenosaunee (hoe-dee- no-SHOW -nee). We acknowledge this land and its people to build a shared understanding of how our collective past brings us to where we are today. Through our ever-developing commitments, we strive to strengthen our relationships with this land, its people, and its treaties to shape a better, more inclusive world.
#goarup
You see the world through a unique lens and that’s exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently – it’s essential for creating a sustainable future.
Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of interns to help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.
At Arup, the Program, Project and Commercial Management (PPCM) team leads project delivery and client communication to ensure seamless execution from inception through completion. The PPCM team guides the wider project to achieve an integrated and coordinated Total Design. Our team ensures that client requirements are understood, the project has the resources to deliver quality work, and that the deliverables address our client needs.
The Opportunity
- Assist in the monitoring of the project scope, budget, and schedule
- Assist in project coordination between various design and technical teams
- Support in resolving design and project challenges with internal and external collaborators
- Assist with preparation and distribution of client submittals, reports, presentations, analysis, guidelines, and project procedures
- Prepare meeting minutes, presentation materials, organization charts, risk registers, trackers or other project documentation as needed
- Support the creation of various management plans and reporting dashboards required for the project
- Support the wider project team in resolution of client and collaborator comments
- Develop, with the oversight of the Project Manager, change documentation or other contractual documents between the client and the project team
- Prepare, track, and resolve requests for information (RFI) in liaison with the project team and the client to ensure the project team has the information required to complete the project
- Support the Project Manager with project reporting, as the need arises
- Support in the delivery of high quality, coordinated, on time deliverables that meet the project intent and client needs
- Research and develop broad technical knowledge and awareness to facilitate management of technical teams
- Apply project management techniques, systems, procedures, and tools to meet project objectives
You will become familiar with:
- Internal and external multidisciplinary coordination required for the successful delivery of projects
- Dependencies between scope, time, and cost in project management
- Interdependence between skills in delivering sustainable outcomes
- Many phases of the planning, design, and construction process
- Regulatory environment for gaining approval at different stages of project delivery
- Applicable contracts, codes, specifications, and standards for the design of infrastructure
- Wide range of subject areas and skills with Arup
- Addressing the needs and concerns of our clients
- Big-picture awareness that permeates every skill area in Arup
- Format, style and quality of our reports, calculations, plans, drawing and specifications
- Presenting at and leading internal meetings
- Document sharing and other software platforms used in the delivery of projects
- Project controls used on projects
- Arup internal management processes and procedures
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in the fields of Engineering, Architecture, Project Management, Construction Management, Business Administration, or a relevant field
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Curiosity about infrastructure and buildings projects
- Professional demeanor
- Good interpersonal and communication skills needed for team-based working
- Excellent planning, organization and workload prioritization skills required for our fast-paced environment
- Must be highly motivated, proactive, and willing to tackle new challenges
- Able to work independently and as part of a large team
- Able to identify when to seek direction or guidance from Project Managers
- Able to think critically, and provide excellent customer service to stakeholders, as required
- Candidate must be eligible to work in Canada without the need for employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future
- Curiosity about sustainable development and climate change
- Sound knowledge of engineering fundamentals
Changemakers: A passion for sustainable development and creating a better world is key.
Innovative minds: We’re looking for critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.
Growth seekers: You have a growth mindset, always eager to learn and explore new ways of working.
Adaptable adventurers: You’re ready to take on any challenge that comes your way.
What We Offer You
At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.
Our Intern Experience Offers You
Purpose-driven work: Join an employee-owned team tackling climate, biodiversity, and social challenges, aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Create remarkable outcomes: We trust you to explore challenges, drive change, and create lasting outcomes for our clients, climate and communities.
Inclusive culture: Your unique perspective matters. We celebrate diversity and foster a supportive, social environment where everyone belongs.
Career growth: Grow your skills through innovative projects, training, and mentoring in a supportive environment. We invest in your future.
Work-life balance: Our hybrid model offers flexibility to balance work with your life. We balance your needs with our clients and communities
Toronto Hiring Range - The good faith base salary hiring range for this job if performed in Toronto is $21 to $38 per hour. This range is commensurate with experience, educational background, and skill level.Benefits are not included in the base salary. Please note hiring ranges for candidates performing work outside of Toronto will differ.
This job posting represents an active vacancy within our organization and is open for immediate recruitment.
Next Steps
We will be reviewing our candidates for this position on a rolling basis. Once you’ve submitted your application, we’ll invite you to showcase your skills through a pre-recorded video interview if you’ve met the minimumrequirements. After reviewing your submission, a member of our team will get in touch with you to discuss the next steps.
Arup is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of a protected veteran, or disability.
Stay safe online. Recruitment fraud is on the rise, and Arup’s name, logo, and branding have been used in fraudulent job advertisements. Arup will never ask for bank information as part of our recruitment process.
Different people, shared values
Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.
Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-
Our Toronto office is located on ceded and unceded lands of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinabewaki , and the Haudenosaunee (hoe-dee- no-SHOW -nee). We acknowledge this land and its people to build a shared understanding of how our collective past brings us to where we are today. Through our ever-developing commitments, we strive to strengthen our relationships with this land, its people, and its treaties to shape a better, more inclusive world.
#goarup