DOD SkillBridge Intern - Environmental

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Matrix Design Group, Inc. is an award winning, employee-owned engineering, planning, and consulting firm. As an employee-owned company we are committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, respect, and excellence and provide innovative and sustainable solutions for our clients.

We have a friendly, collegial, cooperative atmosphere and offer a full range of benefits including an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance; holiday, vacation, and sick leave; training and education; and a 401(k) plan. Matrix employees are encouraged to participate in employee wellness programs, social committees, and community outreach programs.

This position is for transitioning service members participating in the DOD SkillBridge Program.

Location: Colorado Springs, CO; Denver, CO; Phoenix, AZ or San Antonio, TX preferred. Open to considering other remote locations.

Salary: N/A SkillBridge Internship

Summary: Responsible for providing consulting support to the Government Consulting Services Center of Excellence (CoE). Consulting support is typically related directly or indirectly to the Department of Defense or state/local government(s) and may include developing study methodologies, data collection and analyses, researching and writing unique reports, and other tasks as assigned. This role is ideal for a professional passionate about public service, process improvement, and project management.

Essential Functions

• Research areas or issues as assigned and write formal and informal reports of varying lengths focused on summarizing information or persuading readers to support objectives.
• Support continuous process improvement and business process reengineering projects through process mapping; data collection, analysis, & visualization; and development of digital solutions.
• Support project execution to include preparing reports, developing technical documents and presentations, and contributing to other’s project deliverables.
• Plan, organize, and lead facilitation of virtual and in-person engagements with project stakeholders focused on visioning, brainstorming, and solving various challenges.
• Meeting with clients and their representatives as an individual or part of a team to present results, resolve issues, answer questions, and maintain good relations.
• Project management or project management assistance including budgeting, scheduling, organizing teams, prioritizing multiple projects and deadlines, quality assurance and invoicing.
• Supporting proposal development by providing content for the approach, schedule, or other sections as assigned in accordance with the request for proposal or request for qualifications
  
  

Competencies

• Familiarity with the organization and structure of the U.S. Department of Defense, with a more detailed working knowledge of one or more of the military services.
• Gather input from stakeholders involved in all aspects of a project to ensure their perspective and specialized knowledge is incorporated into recommendations and proposed solutions.
• Collect and organize information from a variety of sources, such as computer databases, scanned documents, surveys, and customer feedback.
• Ability to use statistical analysis, simulations, predictive modeling, or other quantitative methods to analyze information and develop practical solutions to business problems.
• Write memos, reports, and develop presentations explaining findings and recommendations for managers, executives, and other project stakeholders
• Outstanding communication (written and oral) and presentation skills.
• Well versed in use of the Microsoft Office suite of products, to include Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and others.
• Ability and willingness to travel to project sites and other facility offices.
• Working knowledge of data visualization and automation tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, and others) is preferred.
  
  

Education And Experience

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in engineering, architecture, operations research, data science or related field of study.
• Minimum of four years of work-related experience, preferably in the areas of engineering, public works, installation management, construction management, logistics, or base operating support.
• Valid driver's license, in conjunction with successfully passing the Company’s MVR screening.
  
  

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Matrix Design Group, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, gender, color, religion, sex, national origin, or protected veteran status, and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

Any applicant with a qualifying physical or mental disability who believes they require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process should contact us at 719-575-0100 for assistance.

How To Apply

Please apply online at http://www.matrixdesigngroup.com/careers