Construction Intern

TMG Construction; West Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday paid time off for Interns

Training and professional growth

Job summary

TMG Construction is seeking a Construction Intern in Virginia, open to current engineering and construction management students. You will assist the Project Management team with day-to-day activities, shop drawings, RFIs, document control, and project scheduling.

You will learn change management, estimating, and quantity surveying while supporting field operations and safety compliance. This paid internship offers growth and industry exposure.

Qualifications

• Current student pursuing a B.S. degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related degree.
• Solid understanding of spreadsheets, Email, and other construction industry software.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks under deadlines.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds and walk job sites.
• Clean driving record to facilitate material pickup.
• Team player with positive attitude and customer focus.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Project Manager, Superintendent, or other management roles in the construction lifecycle, including estimating, contracting, buyout, administration, and closeout.
• Assist in creating, updating, and maintaining project controls tracking status, changes, RFIs, shop drawings, submittals, quality controls, safety, and financial performance.
• Work with SMEs to create, review, and process shop drawings and submittals documenting the construction process.
• Support change management: update logs, route documents to vendors, obtain pricing, develop estimates and proposals, write change orders.
• Assist in quantity surveying using digitizers, 3D modeling software, and paper-based processes to summarize scope and quantities.
• Participate in developing and monitoring project schedules and using scheduling software.
• Learn to ensure compliance with contract terms and legal requirements to prevent rework and delays.
• Gain experience with closeout processes to ensure timely completion.

Skills

Spreadsheet proficiency

Email communication

Team collaboration

Education

B.S. in Engineering/Construction Management (in progress)

Tools

3D modeling software

Document control software

Job description

This position is for current students pursuing a B.S. degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related degree; prior internship experience is helpful but not required;

Construction Interns at TMG work directly for the Project Management team and support all phases of the day-to-day activities that are required to deliver a wide variety of construction projects. The Construction Intern role is a developmental position in which Interns are provided an opportunity to develop a deeper understanding of the construction process and apply the knowledge that they are learning in their college courses.

Scope of Construction Intern Position

Assist and support all aspects of project management, and field operations where necessary, for multiple small projects or large projects. Support the project management team by assisting in the processing of shop drawings, the workflow of RFI's, document control, change management, outsourcing, estimating, scheduling, and other related activities.

Construction Intern Responsibilities

• Support the Project Manager, Superintendent, or other management roles in the construction process throughout all phases of the life-cycle of a project to include estimating, negotiation, contracting, buyout, construction administration, and closeout of individual projects and/or task order projects at large;
• Assist in the creation, updating, and maintenance of a variety of project controls that track the status of individual projects or task orders, changes to projects or task orders, RFI, shop drawings and submittals, matters involving quality controls, safety, financial performance, close-out and other aspects of the project(s) or task order(s);
• Work with subject matter experts to assist in the creation, review, and processing of shop drawings and other submittals that are required to document the construction process;
• Support the change management process, by learning how to update logs, route source documents to vendors, obtain pricing, develop estimates and proposals, write change orders, and other related activities;
• Support the estimating process by learning how to perform quantity surveys utilizing digitizers, 3D modeling software, and paper-based processes that obtain and summarize the scope and quantities of work;
• Participate in and become familiar with the process of establishing, monitoring, communicating, and maintaining project schedules utilized by contemporary scheduling software;
• Develop an understanding of how to maintain and require compliance with all contract terms and legal requirements that govern the project to prevent rework and delays;
• Experience the process and activities involved in the successful closeout of projects to ensure timely completion.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current student pursuing a B.S. degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or a related degree; prior internship experience helpful but not required;
• Solid understanding/proficiency with spreadsheets, Email, and other software used in the construction industry;
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in an environment driven by deadlines;
• Strong organizational and time management skills;
• Must be able to lift and handle 50-pound objects;
• Must be fully mobile and capable of walking job sites, climbing ladders and stairs multiple times daily to inspect work, direct subcontractors and TMG's own field forces, and assure safety and quality control;
• Must have a clean driving record to facilitate getting materials from suppliers when necessary;
• Ability to work in a team environment, possess a positive can-do attitude and customer focus;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

TMG provides holiday paid time off for Interns. We fully support training and professional growth.

TMG Construction provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.