Internship-Project Engineer-Fort Collins

Our staff includes many of the region’s most talented and experienced construction professionals. Saunders North provides excellent benefits, highly competitive compensation and an opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects in the northern Colorado community.

As much as we believe in our history, reputation and continued success, we believe in our employees. They add value and help elevate the company to a higher level. Their skills and ideas only make this company better. Now take the next step to join Saunders Heath, and see where it takes you.

Saunders North aspires to be an organization made up of people who are passionate about growing and developing both as individuals and as an organization. We are not about acquiring and keeping employees who perform jobs, but rather about fostering exciting, fulfilling and rewarding lifetime careers.

Purpose of the Role

To obtain experience in the field of engineering as it relates to the construction industry.

Functions / Duties

• Prepare required documentation for areas of responsibility
• Copy and distribute documentation per procedures
• Receive data and compile summary reports of activities for supervisor on weekly and monthly basis as required
• May be required to control a specific type of material or equipment depending on particular assignment
• Take jobsite photos
• Post RFI’s and bulletins on field drawings, office drawings, and as-builts
• Copy submittal comments from master set to additional sets
• Field submittals
• Other duties  as assigned

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities / Qualifications / Experience

• A Project Engineer Intern must have been enrolled in a Construction Management program, or a related field, from a four-year college or university.

Physical Demands

The following are some of the physical demands commonly associated with this position:

• Spends approximately 70% of the time sitting, and 30% of the time either standing or walking while on the job.
• Occasionally* lifts up to 50 lbs, when moving project binders, office supplies or files, and may stoop, kneel, crouch, and balance while performing these same functions.
• Occasionally required to climb, crawl, stoop and negotiate ladders, stairs or other routes at and within project sites in order to fulfill duties.
• Constantly uses verbal and auditory capacity enabling interpersonal communication as well as communication through automated devices such as E-Mail, telephone and radio.
• Constantly employs eye, hand and finger coordination enabling the use of office machinery such as computer keyboard.
• Constantly utilizes full scope of visual capacity to travel to project sites and observe/verify project progress in addition to operating automated office equipment.

Constantly - Activity exists more than 2/3 of the time

Frequently - Activity exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the time

Occasionally - Activity exists less than 1/3 of the time.

Saunders Construction's Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program
• 401k Plan / Safe Harbor plan
• Holiday Pay
• Bonus Program

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This posting is intended for individual applicants.