Construction Intern: Field & Office Experience

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company offers an undergraduate internship to gain hands-on experience in the construction field. Interns assist project teams from bidding through final completion, with assignments on both office and job sites.

Transportation is required, housing may be provided in some cases, and the program runs 10–12 weeks at 40 hours per week. You may report to a project manager, superintendent, project engineer, or field engineer.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor of Science in an Engineering discipline, Engineering Technology or Construction Management, Construction Technology.

Responsibilities

• Learning the engineering and technical aspects of the project both in the field and in the office.
• You will be learning the engineering and technical aspects of the project both in the field and in the office. Your experience will include some or all the following:
• • Quantity take-off
• • Layout
• • Preconstruction/as-built surveys
• • Shop drawing review/approval & maintenance of log
• • Submittal review/approval & maintenance of log
• • RFI review/submission & maintenance of log
• • Responding to subcontractor RFIs
• • Interfacing with subcontractors & suppliers
• • Attending weekly progress meetings
• • Assisting with coordinating the work between the owner, architect & subcontractors
• • Assisting during the bid process
• • Assist with reviewing construction documents & specifications
• • Assisting with reviewing all document revisions & clarifications
• • Assisting with maintaining field record
• • Assisting with estimates/budgets/value engineering/constructability surveys
• • Assist with writing contracts & purchase orders
• • Assisting with preparing billings to owner & submitting change orders
• • Assisting with approval of invoices
• • Assisting with ordering & expediting materials
• • Assisting with scheduling & updates
• • Assisting with quality control & safety
• • Assisting with settling contracts
• • Assisting with permit process
• • Assisting with performing costing, scheduling, estimating & project management
• • Punchlist & project closeout
• • Cooperating & working with field project management
• • And any other duties that may be assigned

Skills

Quantity take-off

Layout

Preconstruction surveys

Shop drawing review

RFI review

Subcontractor RFIs

Coordination with subs

Weekly progress meetings

Bid process

Review construction docs

Quality control

Safety

Field project coordination

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering/Construction

Tools

Primavera

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Exchange

Job description

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company offers an undergraduate internship to gain hands-on experience in the construction field. Interns assist project teams from bidding through final completion, with assignments on both office and job sites.

Transportation is required, housing may be provided in some cases, and the program runs 10–12 weeks at 40 hours per week. You may report to a project manager, superintendent, project engineer, or field engineer.