Project Management Intern - Business Performance
Position Title: Project Management Intern – Business Performance
Company Summary
Crown Castle is the nation’s largest provider of shared communications infrastructure: towers, small cells and fiber. It all works together to meet unprecedented demand—connecting people and communities and transforming the way we do business. Whenever you make a call, track a workout or stream music and videos, we’re the ones providing the communications infrastructure that makes it all possible. From 5G and the internet of things to drones, autonomous vehicles and AR/VR, we enable the technologies that help people stay safe, connected and ready for the future. Crown Castle is a Fortune 500 company, publicly traded on the S&P 500, and one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the US, with an enterprise value of ~$100B.
Role
The Towers Process Improvement Team leads Towers teams through improving and optimizing processes and systems within the business unit. The Project Manager – Towers Business Performance Intern is responsible for supporting the project manager of all designated projects and their associated budgets and schedules; including creating schedules, tracking progress, communicating status, and proactively identifying any schedule risks working with cross-functional project teams utilizing the Project Management Principles.
Responsibilities
- Support the project manager of the assigned projects start to finish on time utilizing the PM Principles (Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Controlling, Closure).
- Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of all 5 project management principles
- Create a comprehensible project schedule with allocated resources utilizing the Project & Portfolio Management system
- Track risks, actions, issues and decisions utilizing Project and Portfolio Management system RAID log
- Deliver projects on time and within budget
- Ensure that forecast and actual dates are maintained in a timely manner
- Apply critical thinking across all PM principles.
Expectations
- Customer focus in problem-solving approach and team first mentality.
- Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to execute cross-functionally without formal authority.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to present complex information in a clear and simple format.
- A constant example of modeling Crown’s Purple values.
- Customer service orientation with a strong problem-solving approach.
- Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships.
- Conceptual thinker with ability to navigate ambiguity.
Education/Certifications
- Currently enrolled in pursuit of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited higher education institution
- Preferred field(s) of study: Business or Technical
Experience/Minimum Requirements
- Authorization to work in the U.S. on a full-time, regular basis without additional sponsorship
Reports to: Manager, Project Management
Work Plans: This role falls into our hybrid work model working in your assigned office approximately 60% of the time (3 days per week) and where you do your best work 40% (2 days per week).
Additional Information: Crown Castle has a COVID-19 Vaccine Policy in place requiring vaccination by your employment start date, unless approved for an accommodation or otherwise prohibited by law.