Title: Intern Exemption Status: Non-Exempt Last Update: 06_26_2024
About the Role
The Intern role is designed for students currently pursuing a degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or a related field. As an intern, one will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in various aspects of the construction industry while working alongside experienced professionals. The ideal intern will have a strong interest in construction, a willingness to learn, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. This internship will provide valuable exposure to real-world construction projects, helping to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and practical application.
Skills & Qualifications
- Actively enrolled a university pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Construction, Engineering, Architecture, or Business
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization
- Exceptional organizational abilities, including time management and attention to detail, to handle multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
- Proactive problem-solver with a customer service orientation, able to take initiative and adapt to changing needs
- High level of integrity and emotional intelligence, ensuring confidentiality and effective management of sensitive situations
- Technological proficiency coupled with a willingness to continuously learn and apply new practices and tools
- Basic computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to follow instructions and adhere to safety guidelines
Primary Duties
Assigned to a specific project, the Intern is in training to learn how to perform the following duties:
- Execute the Linbeck Site Specific Safety Program, including BBS and Safety Walks
- Read drawings and specifications to ensure the assigned scope is procured and constructed to meet contractual obligations
- Create internal and external Potential Impacts to properly notify the Owner, Architect, Engineer, and Subcontractor that one or more quality concerns may exist
- Compose RFI’s that are clear and concise to be added as part of the contract documentation
- Manage the RFI Log to create, monitor, and close RFI’s, distributing documentation to applicable project team members
- Create clear submittal log form requirements in the Contract Documents and utilize pull scheduling to establish priority dates to ensure the design team and subcontractors meet the schedule requirements
- Create and manage the Contract Document Log, record set, and current set with all revised contract documents
- Incorporate RFI’s into the record and current set, per Digital Document Management standards
- Create clear submittal log form requirements in the Contract Documents
- Utilize pull scheduling dates in the log to prioritize submittals to ensure the design team and subcontractors meet the schedule requirements
- Manage the submittal log, including reviewing all types of submittals and shop drawings, verifying correctness per the contract documents
- Create and manage the Expediting Log to get material on time based on accurate delivery dates, lead times, and coordination with subcontractors
- Create and complete checklists and issues in Autodesk for effective Quality Assurance / Quality Control management with subcontractors
- Implement all aspects of the QA/QC Program, including A3’s, Pre-install Meetings, and Peer Reviews
- Implement Lean Operating System concepts, such as Daily Huddles, Visual Communication, and Continuous Improvement to reduce the 8 Wastes
- Compile Subcontractor and Owner closeout documentation, including Closeout Manual, Training, O&M’s, Warranties, As-Builts, and Attic Stock
Secondary Duties
- Execute the Linbeck Site Specific Safety Program, including BBS and Safety Walks
- Support the Proposed Change Order process for the assigned area of scope, including defining the order of magnitude, calculating change pricing, and drafting the Proposed Change
- Manage Spatial Coordination process, including leading cross-functional meetings, effectively communicating updates with subcontractors and all impacted parties, and resolving issues with the design team
- Prepare Site Utilization, Zoning and/or Phasing Plans for effective jobsite planning
- Assist in creating GMP and Lump Sum Package estimates at different design stages, including composing effective assumptions and clarifications, alternates, and allowances to define the project scope
- Assist in compiling an estimate, including creating an Instruction To Bidders and associated scope packages, subcontractor qualifications/bidding, and bid tabulation
- Write and review all types of vendor contracts with effective inclusions, exclusions, and job/general requirements
- Utilize master scheduling software to develop and continuously maintain the GMP, baseline project schedule
- Manage manpower and self-perform field execution to ensure safety and schedule compliance through checklists, look-ahead planning, meeting agendas, logs, and quantity tracking
- Evaluate subcontractor pay applications by reviewing the percent complete on labor and materials with actual field conditions, including stored materials
- Process approved subcontractor pay app with proper retainage, verifying contract amounts and changes to ensure non-overbilling
- Other duties and responsibilities as deemed appropriate
Physical Requirements
Must be physically fit enough to function safely on a project site and office setting. This includes the following:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer with repetitive movements
- Ascends or descends ladders, scaffolding, and steep slopes with agility (Climb)
- Maintains body equilibrium to prevent falling from precarious situations (Balance)
- Lowers the body to floor level and move with agility (Stoop or Crawl)
- Extends out and retrieves objects outside immediate range (Reach)
- Supports oneself and stays in an upright position (Stand)
- Presses against something with substantial and steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward (Push)
- Exerts a considerable force to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion (Pull)
- Raises substantial objects from a lower to a higher position or moves objects horizontally from position to position (Lift)
- Maneuvers small objects precisely by whatever means (Pinch or Pick)
- Seizes an object by applying considerable force (Grip)
- Detects attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, texture, tension, or force by tactile means (Feel)
- Expresses or exchanges ideas through spoken word (Speak), English preferrable.
- Perceives the nature of sound with no less than a 40db loss @ 500 Hz, 1,000 Hz, and 2,000 Hz with or without correct (Hear)
- Is subject to substantial repetitive motions of the body and or its parts
- Must have good depth perception, field of vision, near acuity
- Frequently exposed to weather (occasionally extreme cold, extreme heat, wet, and/or humid, exposure to dust and fumes, and working in highly exposed places)
Additional Requirements
- Current driver’s license, required.
- Work on-site at a main office or project location, required
- May be called after hours and on weekends to address delays, emergencies, bad weather, and other issues at the jobsite
- May require travel
Linbeck Group and its affiliates are committed to maintaining a working environment that encourages mutual respect, promotes respectful and productive relationships between co-workers, and is free from all forms of prohibited harassment or discrimination of any Employee or applicant for employment by or against any person, including supervisors, co-workers, temporary or seasonal workers, vendors, or customers. As a result, the Company prohibits any form of harassment or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
JD_Intern 062624.pdf