Design Management Intern

Description

• Working/interning for a Design Consultant (civil engineering, structural engineer, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, etc.)
• Assist with determining functionality and quality of the A/E team’s solution
• Attend presentation preparations and develop presentation skills
• Support proposal development with written narratives, visual images, and graphics
• Design management, contracts, cost, and scheduling
• Supporting Whiting-Turner Design Manager with group and project-specific responsibilities
• Support the A/E through programming, code reviews, and constructability
• Ensure design team completes their project construction phase and close-out commitments
• Help WT project team with design-related issues during construction
• Track follow-up items for A/E team action and information needed from WT, subcontractors, vendors, and/or the client to keep the design moving forward
• Assist with updating and maintaining WT Design Management tools and resources
• Assist with design review, meetings, and monitoring the Design Decisions Log
• Regularly attend construction meetings and conducts site walks with design team
• Construction and participating in the building process
• Participating in regional and national professional organizations
• Observe day-to-day activities of how a Design Manager builds trust between themselves and every team member, and seeks creating an environment of idea sharing, fairness, and professionalism
• Be an integrated team player and look for new, innovative ways to improve our approach, balancing design and build to benefit our customers
• Facilitate a healthy integrated team structure and workflow
• Champion innovation and the best possible project for the customer, within program, quality, budget, schedule, and sustainability constraints
• Assist project teams with value engineering ideas
• Assist with design team networking and selection

Requirements

• Classes in estimating, scheduling, and project controls
• Internships in a non-design/construction-related field or school-related work positions may be considered if the candidate expresses a solid interest working in the design/construction industry
• Exposure to design in a professional setting is recommended but not required
• Professional practice, finance, and accounting
• 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.)
• Architectural License or other applicable design licensure (e.g. RA, CID, PE, etc.)
• Computer application in design (BIM) and clash detection
• Office365 Suite – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, etc.
• Architecture or similar design major (Interior Design, Architectural Engineering, etc.)
• Working/interning for an Architect or Interior Design firm will be most helpful for this position
• Autodesk Suite – AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, other BIM/CAD software
• Advanced/alternative project delivery methods
• Architecture and participating in the design process
• Bluebeam, Primavera P6, Touchplan, other pull planning software
• In addition to the standard classes to support the architectural discipline, the following are recommended but not required

Benefits

• Travel outside of your daily assigned location may include day trips to support project teams within the assigned operating group

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance