Austin Industrial delivers premier maintenance, construction, and soft craft services to the nation’s leading producers of oil, gas & chemicals; energy; and manufactured goods. As a merit shop, employee-owned company that self-performs more than 95% of a typical project scope, we pride ourselves on helping our customers maximize their return on investment.
Maintenance:
Austin considers every industrial maintenance contract to be a true team effort between us and the owner – prioritizing your bottom line as one of the most important measures of our success. Owners view us as a long-term partner in their plant maintenance operations. Austin’s maintenance division, supported by our powerful AIMS technology, can help reduce headcounts, control costs, increase productivity, and implement best practices.
Construction:
Austin expertly performs major grassroots construction projects, brownfield expansions, plant modernizations, and small capital improvement projects. Our ability to self-perform up to 99% of a construction project’s scope enables us to deliver first-class safety and high quality results – on time and within budget. As a single-source contractor, we promise our customers schedule reliability, transparency in reporting, firm cost control, and exceptional outcome certainty.
Soft Crafts:
Through Austin’s soft craft service programs, owners can reduce costs, streamline operations, and protect your assets in the critical project scopes of scaffolding, insulation, painting, and abatement services. We give our customers in the energy, manufacturing, refining, and chemical markets a strategic approach to the efficient management of their soft craft work. AIMS for Soft Crafts allows Austin to digitally track assets on site using QR or RFID tags, to create 3D scaffold designs, to quickly produce accurate material lists, and to monitor shipments and deliveries to the jobsite.
The intern will support active heavy civil construction projects by processing submittals, managing RFIs, and maintaining project documentation.
They will also assist with site safety meetings, project scheduling, and coordination with field teams and trade contractors.
What you need
Applicants must be active junior or senior college students pursuing a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a related field.
Candidates must have a valid driver's license, excellent communication skills, and the ability to commute to the project site in Phoenix, Arizona.
Austin Industries is one of the nation’s largest, most diversified U.S.-based
construction companies. With more than 8,000 employee-owners, Austin Industries
provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction
services through the expertise of our operating companies: Austin Bridge & Road,
Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.
Austin Bridge & Road is a leader in the heavy highway and transportation
industry for more than 100 years, Austin Bridge & Road delivers asphalt and
concrete services, and builds landmark projects such as complex highway
interchanges, tollways, runways, bridges, rail projects, and water/wastewater
facilities.
We are currently seeking an intern for our 2027 Part-Time Spring Heavy Civil
Engineering Internship Program. As a spring intern you will gain intensive real
world, hands-on jobsite experience directly from seasoned construction
professionals at Austin's construction project. Come join our internship program
that was ranked as one of the Top 100 Internship Programs of 2024
[https://www.nationalinternday.com/2024-top-internship-programs] and 2026
[https://yello.co/blog/2026-top-internship-programs/] presented by WayUp and
Yello!
This is a paid part-time internship program that will start on Monday, January
4, 2027 and run through Friday, May 14, 2027. Our intern will report to their
assigned project located in Phoenix, Arizona. Hear more about our intern
experiences on our Internship Page - Real Projects, Real Impact.
[https://www.austin-ind.com/careers/internships]
Intern Learning Opportunities:
* Gain hands-on experience supporting active heavy civil construction projects
and field operations.
* Learn how engineering principles are applied to project planning, execution,
quality, and safety.
* Develop skills in reading construction drawings, specifications, and project
documentation.
* Collaborate with project engineers, superintendents, project managers, and
field teams to understand the full project lifecycle.
* Receive mentorship from industry professionals while exploring career paths
in project engineering, construction management, and operations leadership.
As an employee-owner hired for an internship, you will be given the title of
“Project Intern” and your duties could consist of:
* Processing submittals by reviewing, stamping, filing and distributing
submittals
* Sending RFI’s to architects and engineers
* Resolving problems generated from the plans and specifications
* Documentation– updating and distributing construction drawings,
specification, shop drawings and samples
* Participating in and aiding with weekly safety meetings as requested,
including writing meeting minutes
* Leading project orientation and maintenance of logs
* Assisting with trade contractor coordination and scheduling
* Assisting with maintaining project look ahead schedules
* Verifying proper construction techniques per plans and specs (raise concerns
and follow through until corrected)
* Assisting with project planning and scheduling, giving interns a glimpse into
the early stages of project development
* Engaging in hands-on training with construction management software and
tools, helping them develop valuable technical skills
* Participating in team meetings and client interactions to understand the
collaborative nature of our work
* Supporting the documentation and reporting processes to ensure accurate and
timely project records
* Other miscellaneous duties as defined by the Project Manager or
Superintendent
Requirements:
* Must be an active junior or senior college student working toward a
bachelor's degree in one of these fields: Civil Engineering, Construction
Management, or similar
* Targeted graduation date between August 2027 and December 2028
* Must be able to commute onsite to assigned location
* Valid driver's license
* Must have excellent oral and written communication skills
* Must have the ability to think analytically, present ideas professionally,
and work in project teams
* Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United
States. Austin Bridge & Road is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of
an employment visa for this position.
Our interns are assigned a supervisor who is a professional with both expertise
and educational background in the field. Interns can expect a preliminary
meeting with their supervisor to discuss the goals, expectations, and desired
outcomes of the internship. Employee-owners participating in an internship will
be reviewed upon the completion of their internship. This review should be used
as a tool to communicate the successes and learning outcomes of the internship.
The supervisor will also complete any necessary paperwork that must be provided
to the intern’s school or university.
Individuals hired as interns will be classified as Temporary employee-owners as
defined in Policy A-5. Temporary employee-owners are not eligible for vacation
pay, holiday pay or any of the other benefits listed in Policy A-5.
Temporary employee-owners are expected to adhere to the same policies and
procedures as regular, full-time employee-owners.
Austin Bridge & Road is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
See the “Know Your Rights” poster available in English
[https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf]
and Spanish
[https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRightsSp6.12.pdf].
About Austin Bridge and Road
A leader in the heavy highway and transportation industry for more than 100
years, Austin Bridge & Road delivers asphalt and concrete services, and builds
landmark projects such as complex highway interchanges, tollways, runways,
bridges, rail projects, and water/wastewater facilities.
To learn more about us, visit https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/bridge-road
[https://www.austin-ind.com/what-we-do/bridge-road].
No Third-Party Inquiries Please
This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any
other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its
employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in
response to a posted vacancy. The Company will not pay any placement fee(s)
without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to
the terms of a written agreement).
Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or
any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.
Accessibility Note
If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation
to apply for one of our jobs or have accessibility concerns, please contact
the People Services Team at (877) 831-1217.
