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Construction Intern

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Construction & Surveying
  • Washington, DC

Requirements

  • Mechanical engineering student entering their junior or senior year.
  • Interest in building mechanics and energy performance.
  • Resourceful, organized, autonomous, great communication skills and safety-oriented.
  • Able to travel to and work on-site daily and as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Construction Engineers during the implementation of energy performance measures.
  • Coordinate with subcontractors and help supervise the work site.
  • Help prepare work plan and manage the schedule.
  • Take readings and measurements of HVAC systems.
  • Participate in meetings, as required, with the client, subcontractors, and internal resources to resolve issues and ensure smooth project implementation.
  • Ensure compliance with best practices and health and safety on construction sites.
  • Assess compliance with design, drawings, specifications, and applicable codes and regulations.

FAQs

What qualifications do I need to apply for this Construction Intern position at Ecosystem?

To apply for this position, you must be a Mechanical Engineering student entering your junior or senior year with an interest in building mechanics and energy performance. You should also be resourceful, organized, autonomous, have great communication skills, and be safety-oriented.

What will my responsibilities be as a Construction Intern at Ecosystem?

As a Construction Intern at Ecosystem, your responsibilities will include collaborating with Construction Engineers during energy performance measures implementation, coordinating with subcontractors, helping to supervise the work site, preparing work plans, managing schedules, taking readings and measurements of HVAC systems, participating in meetings, ensuring compliance with best practices and health and safety on construction sites, and assessing compliance with design, drawings, specifications, and codes.

What benefits does Ecosystem offer to Construction Interns?

Ecosystem offers a 4-month paid internship in the Fall, a 40-hour work week with flexible hours, providing a laptop, work uniform, boots, helmet, safety glasses, and other personal safety equipment. The company also offers a team-oriented, collaborative work environment, a high-performance culture, and professional nurturance to help shape your career.

Reconnecting People to Results

Engineering & Construction
Industry
201-500
Employees
1993
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

At Ecosystem, we believe in building meaningful relationships with both our clients and employees. With curiosity and collaboration, we do breakthrough work so our clients achieve environmental, financial, and operational results and reach their ambitious decarbonization goals. When we sit around the table with our clients, solving problems in their buildings, we work together to align our interests and identify the outcomes important to them. From the outset, we believe that accountability for achieving the outcomes that matter to our clients should completely lie with us. After all, we are engineers with three decades of experience in energy retrofits, and our proven expertise and track record of innovation is why we are invited to the table in the first place. To be accountable, we've built a business that re-connects engineering design, construction and commissioning with a total focus on delivering results. This way, we can contractually guarantee the outcomes that mean the most to our clients while acting as a single point of contact throughout each step of the journey. With over 200 specialists and offices in Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, and Columbus, we are the go-to engineering and construction firm for energy projects across multiple industry sectors.