Design Management Intern: Create, Collaborate, Innovate

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in Morristown, NJ invites an Intern to assist the Design Manager in coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and ensuring alignment with project goals.

You will participate in design reviews, prepare presentations, support development of narratives and graphics, attend construction meetings, and help with value engineering decisions. Travel may be required to support project teams.

Qualifications

• A general construction management class to gain exposure to the construction process, project management and project delivery methods (Construction Management at Risk, Design-Build, Integrated Project Delivery, etc.)
• Classes in estimating, scheduling, and project controls
• Professional practice, finance, and accounting
• Computer application in design (BIM) and clash detection
• Exposure to design in a professional setting is recommended but not required

Responsibilities

• Support Design Manager with group and project-specific responsibilities
• Champion innovation and the best possible project for the customer within constraints
• Support proposal development with narratives, visuals, and graphics
• Attend presentation preparations and develop presentation skills
• Assist with determining functionality and quality of the A/E team's solution
• Assist with design review, meetings, and monitoring the Design Decisions Log
• Assist project teams with value engineering ideas
• Track follow-up items for A/E team actions and information needs
• Regularly attend construction meetings and conduct site walks with design team
• Help WT project team with design-related issues during construction
• Ensure design team completes their project construction phase and close-out commitments
• Assist with updating and maintaining WT Design Management tools and resources
• Assist with design team networking and selection
• Travel as needed to support project teams

Skills

Team collaboration

Architecture interest

Design thinking

Presentation skills

Education

College Degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

Navisworks

BIM/CAD

Bluebeam

Primavera P6

Touchplan

Job description

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company in Morristown, NJ invites an Intern to assist the Design Manager in coordinating multi-disciplinary teams and ensuring alignment with project goals.

You will participate in design reviews, prepare presentations, support development of narratives and graphics, attend construction meetings, and help with value engineering decisions. Travel may be required to support project teams.