Project Engineer Intern

Now Hiring! Project Engineer Intern (Roadwork/Sitework Division)

Schedule: Full-Time

Location: Connecticut

Salary: $17 an Hour

Who are We: 

Waters Construction is a company that builds the best projects, of the best quality, maintaining the best safety record, using the best methods, with the best people, while having fun doing it.

Job Summary: A Waters Construction Intern will be selected based on their qualifications during their time in the Waters Construction Internship program their abilities and functions will increase as a direct result of the training in the office and hands on experience in the field.

What You’ll Do:

• Extensive work in Microsoft office programs and company electronic filing system
• Will work directly for Project manager, estimator, or superintendent.
• Taught stationing, cross-sections, and profiles.
• Efficiently trained to do accurate take-off for road and site-work projects (no vertical structures).
• Introduction to bid set up on HCSS. (Bid quantities only)
• Educated in the HCSS Vendor/Business contact, the Blue Book, and the Internet to solicit bids from subcontractors. Will learn to understand subcontractor needs and follow through to provide needed information.
• Will be trained to find specification information from contract documents (DOT 818, special provisions, architect specifications)
• Learn DOT specs form 817/818
• Will be trained in the different methods of payment between unit price work and lump sum work.
• If supervised, will fill out purchase orders and subcontractor agreements.
• Assist superintendent in scheduling subs, materials, trucks, and manpower
• Assist superintendent in co-ordination with utilities
• Will begin to understand computerized project scheduling
• Will be trained in using our document management system
• Initiate and follow submittals, material certificates, shop drawings etc.

What You’ll Need:

• Pursuing a college degree in engineering.
• Has proven good communications skills both oral and written
• Is organized: uses both computerized and manual filing system efficiently. Takes good notes.
• Is very familiar with Euclidean geometry, algebra, trigonometry, and surveying.
• Has basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel.