Summer 2025 - NEC Business Strategy Intern - 90378055 - Washington

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.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES:

Have a passion for business strategy and for Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor? As an intern in Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor Service Line (NECSL), you will learn about and make a meaningful impact on the Northeast Corridor, the busiest railroad in North America. NECSL’s work focuses on working cross-functionally to maximize ticket revenue and ridership performance on America’s only high-speed route, the Acela, and Amtrak’s highest customer volume route, the Northeast Regional. 

You will have the opportunity to apply your academic background in both the office and field, and to gain firsthand field related work experience in the various aspects of complex business and operations of the Northeast Corridor (NEC). Individuals in this role use their knowledge of business strategy and performance to support assigned projects, including: 

• Support development and implementation of Amtrak’s strategies to drive ridership and ticket revenue performance on the NEC 
• Analyze business performance and identify opportunities for improvement 
• Works with team members and subject matter experts to coordinate efforts on assigned projects

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Attend office meetings, field meetings, and conference calls
• Research, collect and analyze data
• Communicate effectively and professionally with management
• Other specific work assignments may be determined based on the needs of project and program assigned to.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be actively pursuing a degree at an accredited educational institution.
• Must be actively pursuing an undergraduate degree within Business Administration, Business Management, Marketing, Finance, or Data Analytics.
• 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Specific interest or desire to work in the railroad industry
• Ability to synthesize and visualize data to distill meaningful insights  
• Basic familiarity with business strategy frameworks and strategic planning 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
• Must be able to maintain a high level of confidentiality and work with tight deadlines
• Demonstrates a desire to learn and alignment with Amtrak’s core value of do the right thing, put customers first, and excel together 
• Familiarity with the Microsoft Office software suite, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint 

WORK ENVRIORNMENT:

• Ability to travel 0-5%.

COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

Must have excellent oral and written communication skills.

The hourly range is $17.50 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.

Summer 2025 internship program will run from May 19th - August 8, 2025. 

Requisition ID:163797
Posting Location(s):District of Columbia

Work Arrangement:06-Onsite Click here for more information about work arrangements at Amtrak. 
Job Family/Function:Research & Strategy 
Relocation Offered:No 
Travel Requirements:0 - 5% 

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 EOE/Affirmative Action Minority/Female employer, and we welcome all to apply. We consider candidates regardless of race/color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions), national origin/ethnicity, age, 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.