Electrical Project Engineer Intern (34556)
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Position Summary
This distinctive position is perfect for recent graduates or professionals with 1-3 years of experience in business analytics, finance, or construction-related fields. It combines select responsibilities of an Assistant Project Manager with a strong emphasis on financial ownership, cost control, and accurate reporting while giving you meaningful exposure to the boots-on-the-ground mechanics of executing mega scale endeavors.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Project Teams and Finance Team on monthly project financials: cost tracking, variance analysis, forecasting, and accurate month-end close processes.
- Maintain robust, real-time cost tracking systems and deliver reliable data that informs critical project decisions.
- Drive precise, timely project reporting to leadership and internal stakeholders.
- Perform workforce and labor analytics to optimize crew productivity, staffing plans, and labor cost control.
- Support purchasing, procurement, subcontract management, and material buyout processes.
- Contribute to planning, scheduling projections, and budgeting for multi-million-dollar scopes.
- Act as a liaison between field/project teams and corporate finance/accounting, translating on-the-ground realities into financial outcomes.
- Gain hands-on exposure to construction accounting principles, job-costing methods, percentage-of-completion reporting, and quarterly financial reporting practices.
- Develop a deep understanding of the field-generated data points (productivity metrics, material usage, labor hours, change orders, etc.) that ultimately drive project success and profitability.
- Performs other duties as needed to support projects, operations, and the department.