Summer Intern (Roanoke, VA)

Description

Interns will take part in meaningful, data-driven projects such as tracking block plant production performance, analyzing downtime trends, measuring cull rates, and supporting preventive maintenance (PM) program development and execution. You’ll collaborate with plant supervisors, maintenance teams, and operations leadership to solve real challenges, optimize workflows, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.

• Prioritize customer satisfaction and is service-oriented.
• Engaging team-building events for interns.

Requirements

This operational internship is ideal for students who want hands-on industry experience, exposure to manufacturing environments, and the opportunity to make a measurable impact on production efficiency and quality.

• Display drive and proactively take initiative.
• Possess a keen eye for detail and maintain a high level of organization.
• Demonstrate a robust work ethic; be unwilling to rest on good.
• IT – PowerBI and Helpdesk Technician
• Adaptable team player, equally comfortable collaborating or working independently.
• Exhibit strong communication skills in various contexts.

Benefits

Your internship can be the perfect opportunity to expand your knowledge outside of the classroom and apply the concepts and theories of your major field of study. The hands-on, real-world experiences, which you encounter during our internship program enable you to develop your potential and make key contacts for future networking.

Our Summer Internship program is a 10-week paid position.

Internship Benefits

Chaney Enterprises’ 2026 Summer Internship Program offers an immersive, boots-on-the-ground training experience within our operational teams. As an intern, you’ll work directly in our block and concrete production facilities (Danville, Roanoke, Lynchburg, or Christiansburg), learning how daily operations drive quality, efficiency, and safety across the business. This program is tailored for students interested in operations, production management, construction materials, environmental health & safety, and other industrial-focused fields.

• Paid internship.
• Opportunity to work with some of the brightest and most talented people in the industry.
• Collaborative “lunch and learns” with our top talent.
• Dedicated mentor during your internship experience.
• Swag! A Chaney Enterprises welcome kit with official merch.
• Opportunity to volunteer at a Chaney Cares event.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance