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Project Management

Project Management

LOCATION: NASHVILLE, TN OFFICE

This internship is currently not accepting applications. Please check back in the fall!

Are you eager to learn, have a keen eye for detail, consider yourself to be a self-starter, and excel in time management? If you answered yes, then our project management internship may be the role for you. In this position, you will:

• Learn the steps to manage large-scale projects such as document control, design coordination, project scheduling, scope procurement, fabrication coordination, on-site coordination, and customer relations. 
• Travel to various job sites to see how your work in the office translates to the build. 
• Shadow the estimating team in the Nashville office to gain an understanding of the estimating process and learn how to develop a bid package, which provides you with an end-to-end view of a project.

Please note: Prior construction field experience is required for this internship.

Fabrication Operations

Fabrication Operations

LOCATION: SHELBYVILLE, TN OFFICE

This internship is currently not accepting applications. Please check back in the fall!

For those who are eager to tackle challenges, strong communicators, organizers, and problem solvers by nature, our fabrication operations internship provides exciting, hands-on learning of our operations processes. In this role, you will: 

• Assist the estimating and sub-fabrication departments at Cooper Steel with fabrication schedules to meet project timelines and ensure project completion while maintaining budget. 
• Be given ownership of various tasks, including responsibility for analyzing costs and budgets for our projects, providing accurate estimates for materials, labor, and equipment. 
• Gain skill-based learnings such as how to build estimates with varying degrees of information, project scheduling and handling changes, reviewing takeoffs and recaps to create fabrication budgets, use of Tekla PowerFab, and more.

Field Quality

Field Quality

LOCATION: FIELD

Are you self-motivated, detail oriented, eager to learn, responsible, and communicative? Then consider joining our team as a quality intern! In this role, you will:

• Work closely with our quality team to gain hands-on experience in inspection practices, evaluation of steel components, and documentation of audit findings.
• Play a role in ensuring Cooper Steel delivers projects to the highest quality standards. 
• Be tasked with supporting inspections of fabrication and erection, nonconformance tracking, and helping prepare inspection reports. 
• Collaborate with our quality team, site personnel, office project management, fabrication operations, and other internal departments to build foundational skills for a career in quality assurance and related fields.

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On-Site Management

On-Site Management

LOCATION: FIELD

This internship is currently not accepting applications. Please check back in the fall!

If you are a proactive, confident, communicative, organized, and detail-oriented individual, you may be a fit to work alongside our team as an on-site intern to fulfill the needs of the project through a variety of tasks. Expect to: 

• Aid in the completion and organization of site documents, daily reporting, progress tracking, delivery coordination, material verification, and other duties that ensure a successful project. 
• Have the opportunity to become proficient in reading erection and fabrication drawings.
• Use 3D modeling software.
• Navigate client and subcontractor relations.
• Learn how to approach and resolve the day-to-day challenges that come with large, high-speed projects in the construction industry. 

As an on-site intern, you will also receive OSHA 10 training, which teaches industry-specific skills that help keep workplaces safe and productive.

Field Safety

Field Safety

LOCATION: FIELD

This internship is currently not accepting applications. Please check back in the fall!

Are you confident, observant, approachable, and initiating? If so, consider an internship with our safety team! Working closely with the safety manager, you will:

• Assist in implementing and maintaining policies in the field that establish a culture of health and safety while building firm relationships with the on-site crew.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with in-office and on-site teams. 
• Work with a variety of stakeholders to sustain a safe working environment by evaluating work areas, bringing hazards to the team’s attention, and working toward a solution. 

As an on-site intern, you will also receive OSHA 10 training, which teaches industry-specific skills that help keep workplaces safe and productive.

Marketing

Marketing

LOCATION: NASHVILLE, TN OFFICE

This internship is currently not accepting applications. Please check back in the fall!

Are you the enthusiastic, creative, design-savvy friend who makes the perfect graphic or curated social content for every event? Then consider interning with our dynamic marketing team! In this role, you will: 

• Craft unique newsletter narratives.
• Design brand-aligned graphics.
• Strategize engaging social media content.
• Capture a wide variety of photo and video assets.
• Gain hands-on experience with tools such as Adobe Creative Suite and Canva.