Consulting Services Intern

About the Role

The AECOM Advisory Consulting Internship is an opportunity for students and recent graduates to gain hands-on learning experience in an exciting, fast-paced consulting and advisory practice. This is a highly competitive leadership, professional development, and skill-building opportunity for students interested in pursuing a career in management consulting, business, public policy, urban planning, economics, infrastructure, energy, climate and sustainability, and/or data science. The internship program offers exposure to a wide range of consulting engagements while working alongside other interns, junior staff, and senior leaders in a highly collaborative environment.

As a Consultant Intern, you will support project teams on client engagements across a variety of locations, industries, and topic areas, and gain exposure to consulting methodologies, client service, and project delivery. Interns are integrated into active project teams and contribute to research, analysis, problem-solving, and preparation of key client deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

Specific assignments vary by project, but may include:

• Performing entry-level work on a variety of assignments designed to develop professional work knowledge, abilities, and judgement, requiring the application of standard techniques, procedures, and methodologies.
• Conducting market, industry, policy, and organizational research.
• Collecting, organizing, and analyzing quantitative and qualitative data.
• Supporting development of business cases, strategic plans, and investment analyses.
• Assisting with stakeholder engagement activities, workshops, and interviews.
• Creating presentations, memos, reports, dashboards, and other client-facing materials.
• Synthesizing complex information into clear insights and recommendations.

What You'll Gain

Through this internship, you will:

• Gain exposure to management consulting and advisory services.
• Work on projects that address real-world business, infrastructure, and community challenges.
• Develop analytical, research, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Learn from experienced consultants and subject matter experts.
• Build professional networks across AECOM's global organization.
• Receive mentorship and coaching to support your career development.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Minimum Requirements:
• Candidates must be pursuing a bachelor’s program or higher in Public Policy, Business, Economics, Finance, Real Estate, Urban Planning, Sustainability or a related field and must have completed at least three years of study.
• Candidates who have recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree and plan to continue with a master’s degree are eligible to apply.
• Graduates must have enrolled in their bachelor’s degree in the most previous school term with an interest in pursuing an advanced degree in the same or similar discipline at the conclusion of the internship.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Currently enrolled in a graduate-level program.
• Prior internship, research, leadership, consulting, or project-based experience demonstrating an ability to structure problems and communicate findings clearly.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
• Ability to critically analyze public policy and regulation language.
• Experience and interest in one of the following domain areas: corporate strategic planning; organizational assessment and operating model design; economic development and industrial policy; sustainability, climate change, and net zero strategies; real estate and infrastructure investment; public sector finance.
• Fluency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
• Strong quantitative analysis skills, including familiarity with one or more of the following: statistical programming tools (e.g., STATA, R, Python), spatial analysis tools (e.g., ArcGIS), data visualization tools (e.g., PowerBI, Tableau), economic modeling tools (e.g., IMPLAN, REMI), public datasets (e.g., BLS, BEA, NAICS) and/or AI tools.

Additional Information

• This position is expected to begin in May 2027.
• Locations: Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; or New York City, NY.
• Offered rate of compensation will be based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location.
• Compensation: USD $26 to $30 per hour.
• Relocation assistance is not available.
• Sponsorship for US work authorization is not available.
• All newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.