Civil Engineering Intern: Substation Design & Field

Dashiell; Covington (LA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Dashiell, an operating unit of Quanta Services, seeks a CivilEngineeringIntern to support design and engineering tasks for electrical infrastructure projects in a supervised setting. This internship offers hands-on exposure to substation construction, design documentation, and field site visits.

Your role includes learning industry standards and using the document management system while collaborating with a project team to deliver safe, reliable civil/structural designs.

Qualifications

• Working toward a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited university is required.
• Power focus is preferred.
• Prior internship and/or related work experience in the power field is preferred.
• Knowledge of steel and concrete design.
• Basic knowledge of structural analysis.
• Knowledge of common word processing, spreadsheet, and e-mail software.
• Working in a team environment.
• Communicating effectively with co-workers, vendors, clients, etc.

Responsibilities

• Work with a project team to create or modify civil and structural design documents and drawings for a project, under direct supervision.
• Perform engineering support tasks such as wind load calculations and structural analysis, with minimal supervision.
• Learn and apply engineering standards including NESC, IEEE, ANSI, AISC and ACI.
• Learn and properly use the document management system.
• Learn and apply corporate standard engineering practices.
• Spend time at job sites to gain hands-on knowledge and additional training in substation construction and design.
• Take personal responsibility for the quality and accuracy of your work.
• Bring potential project-related problems and possible solutions to the attention of the responsible party.
• Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by projects and assignments.
• Perform special projects and complete other duties as assigned or requested.

Skills

Civil design knowledge

Team collaboration

Communication

Documentation and drawing review

Software basics (word processing, sp.*

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (power focus preferred)

Job description

Dashiell, an operating unit of Quanta Services, seeks a CivilEngineeringIntern to support design and engineering tasks for electrical infrastructure projects in a supervised setting. This internship offers hands-on exposure to substation construction, design documentation, and field site visits.

Your role includes learning industry standards and using the document management system while collaborating with a project team to deliver safe, reliable civil/structural designs.