Participate in a summer engineering internship with mentorship, feedback, and exposure to surveying, mapping, construction, and engineering projects. Support project progression, engineering calculations, construction specifications, drafting, and client-related work. Learn M-FAD and PLS-CADD, attend site visits, engage with senior leadership, and build professional skills. The internship is a paid, flexible, temporary program lasting two to three months, with potential future internship or full-time opportunities.
About Us:
Pickett, an ESP Associates company, is a highly innovative surveying and engineering company with over 60 years of industry experience serving clients throughout the US and Caribbean.
At Pickett, we use the acronym S.O.L.V.E. to define our core values that include: Safety first, Outstanding service, Lasting relationships, Valued teamwork and Engaged culture.
“We solve the problems that matter” and we are always looking to add passionate, motivated, and qualified individuals to our rapidly expanding team.
About the Role:
Summer Intern to join our 2027 Internship Program.
Responsibilities:
- One-on-one mentorship
- Weekly feedback sessions to evaluate progression, ask questions, and give feedbackas to what you would like to see and do more of
- Exposure to mapping and surveying industries, learn how they relate to engineering
- Support engineering staff with needs for project progression
- Intro to engineering software such as M-FAD and PLS—CADD
- Assist with construction specifications and engineering calculations
- Assist with drafting as needed
- Exposure to engineering projects and clients
- Opportunity for site visits to see work in progress
- Meet with senior leadership to ask questions and discuss career goals and advice
- Access to our intranet, which houses exclusive photos and information from allservice lines
- Resume building upon completion of program to ensure all skills acquiredare highlighted for future success
- Potential for hire upon completion of degree, along with future internships
Qualifications:
- Majors: All Civil/Environmental Engineering, Construction Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering majors
- Preferred Minimum Cumulative GPA of 3.0
- School years: Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Masters
- Demonstrated verbal and technical writing skills
- Self-initiator, results-driven, strong attention to detail
- Creative thinking as it relates to engineering innovation and solutions
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S.
Core Details:
- Paid Internship
- 20 - 40 hrs/week (flexible scheduling)
- Temporary / Seasonal (2-3 month duration)
So...Why Join Us?
You will have the opportunity to learn, grow and directly contribute to our business. You will also have a very visible and tangible impact by solving real world problems.
You will contribute significantly to the growth and development of our company while also continuing to be challenged and inspired along the way!
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