Assistant Project Engineer Intern - Summer 2027

christmanco; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The Christman Company invites students to join its Summer Internship Program as Assistant Project Engineer Interns. You will gain hands-on experience across project planning and construction phases and support the project team with administrative and technical tasks.

Ideal candidates are active sophomores to seniors pursuing civil engineering or related fields, with a minimum 3.0 GPA, and a willingness to learn in a collaborative, safety-conscious environment.

Qualifications

• Sophomore–Senior pursuing a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• Minimum 3.0 GPA required.

Responsibilities

• Provides administrative and technical support to the project team.
• Assists with RFI, document control, submittals, cost tracking, and schedule updates.
• Assist in summarizing discussions and decisions from project meetings and owner/subcontractor meetings.
• Reads specifications to ensure compliance and project quality.
• Assist in inspections planning and readiness for inspections.
• Update contract drawings to reflect approved changes and maintain trade contractor updates.
• Assist with daily reports and manage progress and quality photos.

Skills

RFI handling

Document control

Submittals tracking

Cost tracking

Schedule updates

Education

Civil engineering degree

Job description

The Christman Company Job Description:

Build More with Your Career at Christman

Get out of the classroom and Build More with your internship experience at The Christman Company! Our internship program provides undergraduate students opportunities to learn about different building types and delivery methods while gaining on-the-job experience in the various markets we build in.

The Christman Company is looking for Assistant Project Engineer Interns for the upcoming Summer Internship Program! As a valued member of our operations team, you will have opportunities to gain hands-on experience during either project planning and/or construction phases.

What You Will Do:

• Provides administrative and technical support to the project team.
• Assists with Request for Information (RFI), document control and management, creation and tracking of submittals, cost tracking, and schedule updated.
• Assist in summarizing important discussions, questions, and decisions raised during regular project team meetings, owner meetings, and weekly subcontractor meetings.
• Reads through and understands specification books to ensure compliance and project quality.
• Assist the Project Manager with identifying necessary inspections, create project-specific inspection log according to Christman standards, establish relationships with inspectors, schedule inspections, and ensure readiness for inspection.
• Assist in updating contract drawings to reflect all approved changes and ensure trade contractor document updates.
• Assist Superintendents with daily reports and manage all progress and quality photos.
• Model safety awareness and planning at all times while observing safety practices and report any concerns to the Project Superintendent or Project Manager.
• Supports the logistics process for all safety initiatives listed in the site-specific safety plan.

What You Will Bring to the Team:

Required experience, knowledge, and skills for this role include:

• Active, full-time Sophomore-Senior level student pursuing a bachelor's degree in civil engineering, construction management, or a related field.
• Minimum 3.0 GPA

Preferred experience, knowledge, and skills for this role include:

• Previous work or internship experience in the commercial construction industry.
• Shows participation and/or leadership roles in student organizations or extracurricular club activities.

The Christman family of companies is an Affimative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or disability status. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.As part of our company policy, this position requires successful completion of pre-employment screening, including but not limited to drug and background screening.

Notice to Recruiting Agencies (Unsolicited Resumes)

The Christman Company does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Please do not forward unsolicited agency resumes to our applicant tracking system, website, or to any Christman employee/affiliates. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Christman employees or its' affiliates will be considered property of The Christman Company and will be processed accordingly. Christman will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume without an executed agreement and assigned to a specific search.