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Balfour Beatty Intern
Job Description – Engineering Intern
The purpose of this position is to provide comprehensive support to Project Engineers as they focus on assisting Project Managers and Superintendents in building current and new business.

PROJECT RESPONSIBILITIES
* 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.
* Understand processing close-out documents.
* Learn how to maintain RFI logs, and change request log.

WORKING CONDITIONS
*Most work occurs on construction sites in an office trailer or an existing structure. Due to daily conditionchanges on construction projects, when employees are outside of the office trailer or structure they mustwear appropriate personal protective equipment as required by the company's safety policies and asrequired for weather conditions.
Job Requirements
*Currently enrolled in Construction Management, Engineering, or related education program; no experiencerequired, prior internships or work experience helpful but not required.
*Prior experience or classes in mechanical and electrical systems is helpful but not required.
*Able to develop new skills and knowledge quickly.
*Able to travel as needed to 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, spread sheets, etc. as well as the use ofportable devices such as iPads.
*Possess good self-organizational and management skills, and strong verbal and written communicationskills.
*Act in a manner of integrity that shows support for the company, its values, and the employees, while maintaining constant focus on meeting/exceeding customer requirements and expectations

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).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.