Florida Project Engineer Intern

Balfour Beatty plc; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance

Health Savings Account

401(k) with company match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Vacation Time

Holidays

Tuition Assistance

Employee Referral Bonus

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking motivated college students for their 2026 summer Internship program in Orlando, Florida. Interns will gain hands-on experience managing project budgets, coordinating actions for safety and quality control, and understanding the construction process through various hands-on tasks. Ideal candidates are enrolled in relevant degree programs and demonstrate a passion for learning and working collaboratively. Join us to start your journey in the construction industry.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a relevant degree program.
• Prior commercial construction internships or experience preferred but not required.
• Quick to develop new skills and participate in team activities.

Responsibilities

• Learn about managing the project budget and controlling expenditures.
• Understand Safety and Quality Control programs.
• Review and process submittal data and shop drawings.
• Monitor status reports and change orders.
• Coordinate submittals and deliveries to align with project schedule with the Superintendent.
• Monitor status reports, change orders, and meeting minutes to understand workflows.
• Support with RFI logs and change request logs.

Skills

Self-organization

Verbal communication

Written communication

Strong computer skills

Education

Currently enrolled in Construction Management, Civil Engineering or Mechanical Engineering program

Civil Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus

Summary

At Balfour Beatty, we are seeking motivated college students for our 2026 summer Internship program in Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale! If you have a passion for what you do, a strong drive to achieve results, the ability to solve problems creatively, and a dedication to client service and relationship management, come join us.

Essential Functions

• Learn about managing the project budget by controlling expenditures, coordinating owner and subcontractor billings, identifying work not covered by subcontractor, and ensuring successful office support related to overall cost and schedule.
• Learn about Safety and Quality Control programs and how to coordinate actions to address problems.
• Learn about company procedures, the correspondence process and handling, etc. with the Office Manager in accordance with the Operations Manual.
• Learn how to review and process submittal data and shop drawings.
• Understand how to coordinate submittals, deliveries, etc. that affect the project schedule with the Superintendent.
• Monitor/review weekly and monthly status reports and weekly subcontractor meeting minutes, change orders, etc. to understand process.
• Understand change documents and change proposal requests for price review.
• May go with Project Engineer to meetings with architect and owner representatives to understand information required by owner, necessary progress reports and summaries, and how action plans from owner/architect meetings address all outstanding issues related to the project.
• Learn how changes, clarifications, directives, RFIs, etc. are updated on “as-built” plans and coordinated with company supervision and subcontractors/suppliers.
• Learn how to maintain RFI logs and change request log.
• Currently enrolled in a Construction Management, Civil Engineering or Mechanical Engineering program.

Preferred Requirements

• Prior commercial construction internships or work experience, very helpful, but not required.
• Able to develop new skills and knowledge quickly.
• Participate in training, seminars, task team meetings, etc.
• Demonstrate expanding knowledge of construction details about miscellaneous metals, casework, doors, specialties, radiation protection, etc.
• Strong computer skills including the ability to use word processing, spreadsheets, etc.
• Possess good self-organizational and management skills, and strong verbal and written communication skills.

About us

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry’s assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation’s largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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