Civil Engineering Intern (Kansas City)

Description

An Intern will work collaboratively with our teams to support a Burns & McDonnell Department, Global Practice or Regional Office. This position will provide support and assistance with requests in support of the business strategy.

Our Engineering Interns are responsible for performing tasks requiring the application of standard engineering techniques and procedures. This includes standard design of engineering systems, correcting and updating designs, assisting lead engineers with various project duties, and other duties as assigned.

Specific assignments and project work vary depending on the market segments. Please see below for information on each market:

Aviation & Federal

The Aviation & Federal group is responsible for program management, master planning, facility design commissioning, and operational systems design of commercial aviation and Federal & Military projects, including buildings, infrastructure, hangars, passenger terminals, fueling & ramp services, runways, and aviation support facilities.

Construction

The Construction group is responsible for construction phase services in the design-build process and support for safety and health, estimating/pre-construction, field operations, quality, project management. Our team utilizes multiple project execution approaches - including self-perform, multi-subcontractor, construction only and program management.

Power

The Power group is responsible for the planning, design and startup of power generation technologies including gas turbines, solar, batteries, hydrogen, carbon capture and nuclear plant services.

Environmental Services

The Environmental Services group is responsible for the full life cycle of infrastructure development, from permitting new projects, to the remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater. They support a variety of clients including those in the transportation, manufacturing, industrial, oil and gas, chemical and utility spaces. They also work with municipal, state, and federal government clients.

Global Facilities

The Global Facilities group is responsible for the planning and design of manufacturing facilities, administrative buildings, district energy systems, data centers, and mission-critical facilities. They work in a variety of industries including food and beverage, consumer products, healthcare, commercial, life sciences, pharmaceutical, and aerospace manufacturing industries.

Oil, Gas & Chemical

The Oil, Gas & Chemical group is responsible for the planning and design of facilities across the oil, gas and chemicals spectrum, specializing in process design for renewable fuels, chemical, refining and midstream industries.

Transportation

The Transportation group is responsible for the planning and design of bridges, highways, ports, rail systems, streets and arterials, trails, and pathways with additional focus on stakeholder outreach, traffic engineering, long-range planning, policy development.

Transmission & Distribution

The Transmission & Distribution group is responsible for the planning and design of electrical transmission projects in power delivery, including overhead transmission, underground transmission, distribution systems, substation design, telecommunication & network engineering, pipelines, renewable power integration, security, grid modernization and more.

Water

The Water group is responsible for the planning and design of facilities and processes related to drinking water supply, treatment and distribution, wastewater treatment, stormwater management, and more. They provide services to all levels of government and a variety of industrial clients.

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  Assist with tasks that may include filing, scanning, data entry, documentation, Power Point presentation.

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  Assist with responses to general questions.

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  Participate in continuous improvement efforts by collecting and analyzing data.

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  Present solutions to concerns.

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  Research solutions to project concerns; analyze and recommend solutions to problems.

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  Assist with ad hoc projects as assigned by managers.

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  Minimum of a 3.0 GPA strongly preferred.

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  Involvement on campus or in the community preferred.

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  Candidates must be legally authorized to work permanently (i.e., without time limitations, without restrictions or without need for work sponsorship) in the country where this position is located.

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  Performs other duties as assigned

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  Complies with all policies and standards

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Qualifications

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  Pursuit of Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil Engineering or related degree from an accredited program.

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  Currently enrolled, and in good standing, in a post-secondary education and/or technical certificate program in a field related to the work done in the department.

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  Minimum of a 3.0 GPA strongly preferred.

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  Prior internship and/or related consulting experience preferred.

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  Actively involved in campus, community or other volunteer activities or organizations.

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  Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

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  Strong problem solving and analytical skills.

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  Basic knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office programs, including, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

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  Demonstrated leadership skills.

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  Self-motivated and eager learner, aptitude to grow and develop within the field.

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  Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without requiring future sponsorship for employment visa status.

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Benefits

Interns may participate in our 401(k) retirement program provided plan eligibility requirements are met. Sick leave is accrued based on the actual number of hours worked. For more information, please visit the Benefits & Wellness page.

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.

EEO/Disabled/Veterans

Job Intern

Primary Location US-MO-Kansas City

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time

Req ID:

Job Hire Type Intern #LI-FK #COR