Currently enrolled as a Junior or higher, or graduated within the past 12 months, from an accredited college/university, earning a degree majoring in Design, Engineering, Architecture, or similar technical degree
Demonstration of management and leadership skills
Commitment to collaboration and positive working environment
Problem solving and understanding of team dynamics
Curious, learns quickly, self-starter, and good intuition
Good summarization and communication skills
MS Office fluent, including visual presentation and learns other software packages quickly
Attention to detail and ability to process large amounts of data accurately
Academic or professional participation in projects or initiatives that developed or required leadership presence (preferred)
Responsibilities
Obtain a thorough understanding of project plans and standards, then support monitoring of progress to ensure compliance or identify any variations to plan
Contribute to a collaborative work environment and effective communications that support timely decisions
Partner with all departments and stakeholders to ensure on-going alignment and integration of plans for successful project delivery
Identify any variations from approved project scope and process through change management system
Identify critical issues and support resolution
Reporting as required to support Project Manager
Support the PM team in transversal Project Management tasks (meeting minutes, tools, executive reporting) and in Design Management tasks (design reviews, design standards checks, document management)
Serve as key support person (“right hand person”) for the WDI Project Manager through the duration of internship
Support problem solving by data collection, summarization and integration of parties
Participate in project meetings
Identify, monitor, and support mitigation of risks and realization of opportunities
Interface with outside design consultants and ship yard related to scope of work progress
Preparation of content for Project Manager and executive updates
Skills
Project Management
Drawing Reviews
Design Coordination
Change Management
Stakeholder Collaboration
Reporting
Meeting Minutes
Document Management
Data Collection
Problem Solving
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