Intern

Cherry City Electric
Salem, OR 97302
Compensation
$20.00 - $25.00 Hourly
Employment Type
Part-Time

Description

Interested in a career in construction? Fantastic! We're excited about the long-term projects we've added to our backlog, including CHALLENGING healthcare facilities, sports arenas, bioscience labs, and more.

As a large Electrical Contractor with a family-like culture, we focus on personal GROWTH, honoring every voice as we strive to continually Engage, Grow, Empower people to Lead THE INDUSTRY and Our TEAM into the future.

If you're ready to take on exciting new challenges and make an impact, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with estimating and preconstruction, while learning to read drawings, summarize scope, perform quantity takeoffs, and coordinate quotes
  • Support project management tasks such as submittals, schedules, and document control
  • Help with design-build coordination, drawing QA/QC, and scope narratives
  • Participate in field engineering activities, jobsite visits, RFIs, and field observations
  • Learn RFP writing by creating a capstone presentation and presenting to a team communicating project approach and big ideas
  • Attend lunch-and-learns, operations meetings, and jobsite tours

What You'll Learn:

  • How projects move from concept to construction
  • How estimating, operations, and field teams work together
  • Exposure to BIM, lean construction, prefabrication, and safety practices
  • Real-world understanding of construction workflows and team collaboration

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a degree in Construction management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related field
  • Strong interest in construction and the building process
  • Organized, curious, and eager to learn
  • Dependable
  • Strong communication and teamwork skills
  • Ability/willingness to drive long distances as required
  • Field experience (not required, but added benefit)
  • Good computer skills, proficient at Microsoft Office

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