Construction Engineering Intern

Cianbro’s internships are paid and are available to full-time undergraduate students who have completed at least their freshman year of college.

Internships are focused on those students who are pursuing a degree in:

• Engineering
• Construction Management

Job Responsibilities

• Assist in proper project planning, value-added engineering means and methods, developing work packages, and preparing production indicators/benchmarks, and developing the master schedule.
• Ensure proper environmental permits are in place (identify any state or local laws relating to environmental compliance); Educate our team to ensure understanding and compliance with permit requirements.
• Interpret design/drawings for crafts installing material. Research and resolve drawing interpretation problems, conflicts, interferences, and errors. Verify that all completed work complies with applicable codes, drawings, and specifications.
• Provide engineering input to the daily job log.
• Interpret production goals from work packages for craft supervisors, ensuring full understanding to enable daily communication of productivity goals to crews executing the work.
• Verify quantity tracking data and measure productivity.
• Track progress of the major Vendors and Subcontractors to ensure that materials are manufactured and delivered in a timely fashion as not to impact the project schedule.
• Maintain the project schedule to aid project leadership in knowing where they are and making decisions for how to achieve project goals, with input from others.
• Generate and maintain the project submittal log, Requests For Information log, and correspondence with client/owner.
• Generate and maintain contract compliance listings, buyout logs, and procurement reports.
• Identify, document, and estimate costs of extra work activities, which were not anticipated in the original scope, and provide proper notification and financial reporting of change orders. Establish and maintain a project change order log that ties to the UAR.
• Coordinate the transmittal and subsequent approval of all submittals to the Owner/Engineer.

The typical length of the internship is for the duration of the summer but is flexible based on the needs of the student.

Benefits of being an intern with Cianbro:

• Health & Safety – Cianbro’s number one priority is the health & safety of its team members. Cianbro is dedicated to the belief that every team member should go home in better condition than in which they arrived. Through the internship, interns will get an inside look at Cianbro’s industry-leading safety programs and will benefit from being part of a company focused on safety, health, and wellness.
• Training – Interns receive boundless training opportunities; those of which are initiated with a weeklong new-hire orientation, OSHA 10 Hour training, and a Construction Boot Camp training program.
• Mentoring – Cianbro’s mentoring program allows interns to have direct access to years of construction experience through their mentors, experts in the construction industry. At Cianbro, it is believed that “no one in this room is smarter than all of us” and interns and seasoned construction experts collaborate to the benefit of the group as well as the individuals. As a result of the mentoring process, interns will expand their experience and have the opportunity to apply their knowledge to a variety of landmark projects.
• Career Development – After one or multiple summer internships, interns have the opportunity for their internship to lead to a full-time career opportunity, as many of Cianbro’s internships do.
• Technology – Interns are provided with the technology needed not only to perform their job at Cianbro but to establish technical skills and familiarity with industry-specific technology.

Cianbro is committed to people, pride, and progress. We proudly commit to giving our interns a safe and solid foundation on which to build and progress. A wide range of work assignments are provided to help our interns develop a comprehensive understanding of the construction industry as well as develop the skills and experience valuable to their field of study.

Are you ready to enhance your skills and diversify your experience through the opportunities the Cianbro team has for you?


Cianbro is an employee-owned, tobacco-free, equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate based on marital status, race, color, creed, gender, sex, religion, national origin, gender identity, age, veteran status, union affiliation, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, sexual orientation, or genetic information.