Physical Plant Landscape Architecture Intern
About The Position
Penn State’s Office of Physical Plant Planning, Deign & Properties (PDP) Department is seeking landscape architecture students as interns for Summer 2026. The primary mission of this group is to promote wise stewardship of the University’s physical assets and to provide responsive, high quality, and creative planning & design solutions, as well as project oversight, for both exterior and interior spaces, in support of the University’s mission. Core responsibilities include master planning, architectural design and oversight, interior space planning and programming, landscape architectural design and oversight, exterior and interior signage, and managing University real estate. Based on the applicants’ backgrounds and interests, the successful candidates will assist staff landscape architects with a wide variety of tasks, some of which may include: site reconnaissance & research design conceptualization & development project design meetings & job conferences graphic design & production documentation & database management construction observation
Requirements
- Excellent visual, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
- Experience using drafting, GIS, modeling, and graphics software
Nice To Haves
- Plant knowledge
- Hand drawing skills
Responsibilities
- site reconnaissance & research
- design conceptualization & development
- project design meetings & job conferences
- graphic design & production
- documentation & database management
- construction observation
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
