Construction Intern - Field Job at Black & Veatch Family of Companies, Kansas

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  • Black & Veatch Family of Companies
  • Kansas

Job Description

Job Summary

As a Summer Intern at Black & Veatch, you will play a meaningful role in addressing some of the world’s most critical infrastructure challenges. This internship offers the opportunity to contribute to diverse, impactful projects that support our clients’ goals while fostering your professional growth and advancing the success of Black & Veatch.

The Black & Veatch Summer Internship Program is designed to provide the following to students:

  • Experience in a working environment
  • Meaningful work assignments
  • Introduction to Black & Veatch corporate culture
  • Chance to network with experienced executives, leading professionals, and peers
  • Opportunity to learn and expand classroom theory into practice
  • Earn excellent hourly wage

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist Field superintendents in every day task completion 
  • May include daily reports, material expediting/location, cost/progress reporting, etc
  • Industrial field construction with ability to work in outdoor/rugged environment
  • Individual contributor with no subordinates 

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Skills:

  • Analytical skills
  • Communications skills, both written and oral
  • Initiative
  • Self starter, highly motivated
  • Attention to detail
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Mathematical skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Computer skills 

Minimum Qualifications

Current enrollment in accredited university in Construction/Management Engineering program. All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Physical Demands:
• Lift and carry heavy items weighing up to 50 pounds. 
• Stand, Kneel, Bend, Stoop, Move, and Walk long distances in and around confined, cluttered places, and uneven areas.
• See and hear naturally or with correction.   
• Full range of motion and flexibility consistent with requirements of the job duties. 
• Requires using hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls according to a set procedure. 
• Requires repetitive movement. 
• May require work above 5 feet in height.
• Climb and maintain balance on steel framework, stairs, ladders and scaffolds. 
• Work up to a 12 hour shift doing hard physical labor in varying temperature extremes and other outside conditions. 

Work Environment:
• Typical construction site environment:  
• Requires working in cramped work spaces and getting into awkward positions. 
• Requires working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32F degrees) temperatures and exposure to inclement weather such as dust, wind, snow, rain, etc. 
• Requires working in extremely bright or low lighting conditions 
• Includes exposure to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable. 
• Work around hazardous equipment.
• Typical office environment.
• This position is considered a safety sensitive position. 

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Internship, Summer internship, Work at office, Long distance, Shift work,

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