What are the responsibilities and job description for the Summer Intern position at pma?
Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is a national real estate advisory firm providing consulting services as the owner's representative, including development management, project management, program management and investor representation. Recognized among the commercial real estate industry's top professional services firms, including being named to Engineering News-Record top CM firms for the past four years in a row, we partner with our clients as their unbiased advocate to provide leadership and strategic guidance for increasingly sophisticated real estate needs and challenges, minimizing risk while maximizing outcomes.
Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is a real estate project management company that provides consulting services to businesses in a wide variety of public and private sector industries. PMA’s professional staff employs an approach to project assignments which combines an established team methodology with problem solving, collaboration and innovation. PMA’s team has proven experience in nearly every aspect of the real estate industry, and from both sides of the table, including backgrounds in architectural design, asset management, brokerage, construction, development, engineering and planning.
PMA is looking for summer interns to join each of our offices. The intern will provide project and administrative support to project management staff, including Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Assistant Project Managers.
Responsibilities:
• Work closely with Project Managers in coordinating and executing daily roles and responsibilities
• Assist in preparing written documents, such as monthly reports, due diligence reports, meeting minutes, and other internal and external correspondence
• Conduct research on various projects, clients, companies, vendors, agencies, etc.
• Develop and update spreadsheets and databases to manage budgets, cost estimates, and other financial information
• Develop and update “living” project documents such as schedules, open items, and logistics plans
• Attend project meetings with the team as needed, including client, design, construction, and other various meetings
• Attend periodic project construction site visits to help monitor and document progress
• Manage day-to-day paperwork/information flow and conduct general file maintenance
• Read and interpret general documents, and format and communicate general correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, memoranda, etc.
Experience:
• Graduating in the spring or fall of 2026
• Degree program or concentration in construction, architecture, design, engineering or related field.
• Experience using MS Access, MS Project, MS Visio, Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam Revu, AutoCAD or other programs is a strong plus
Summer Internship Program Overview
Our Summer Internship Program provides an enriching 10-week experience from mid-June to mid-August, designed for students eager to explore the field of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC), and PMA’s role as an Owner’s Representative firm. This program combines experiential learning with practical application, ensuring that interns gain a comprehensive understanding of key concepts and practices in the real estate industry.
Throughout the program, interns will be paired with a buddy for guidance and support, participate in professional development activities, and collectively present capstone project to PMA’s leadership at the conclusion of the internship.
PMA’s Summer Internship Program affords unique opportunities for students to gain valuable experience, build their professional networks, and establish a strong foundation for future careers in project management within the AEC domain
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PMA is comprised of over 150 project professionals experienced and licensed in nearly every aspect of the real estate industry with multi-disciplined backgrounds that are heavily rooted in the built environment, including architecture, development, asset management, brokerage, construction, engineering, finance, and urban planning. Our local market knowledge and ability to leverage broad and diverse experience across a national portfolio of projects is unmatched in the industry, including assignments in civic, cultural, education, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, life sciences, multi-family residential, office and retail.
PMA is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, San Diego and San Francisco, delivering expertise to a broad range of clients from developers to institutional investors based on 30 years of practical experience, allowing our teams to consistently anticipate issues, understand potential impacts and provide proactive solutions.
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