Excellent company to work for! Provides you with eveything you need to really grow and boost your career to the next level.
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Advice
Don't be afraid to try new things and experience all the opportunities that come your way!
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Process Engineer Intern
June - August 2020 • Conshohocken, PA
What I liked
I really liked that I was able to interact with senior management as much as I wanted. Once, I even was able to organize a meeting with the COO of the company even though he was personally responsible for 10,000's of employees. People were really accessible to me.
What I wish was different
I wish I had been able to do more technical work involving calculations rather than diagrams
Advice
Definitely reach out to as many people as you can!
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CCM Intern
May - August 2019 • New York City, NY
What I liked
I learned a lot about CCM and other operations of the company (sales, design)
What I wish was different
I was doing a lot of the same thing I did the previous summer, soI wish I was challenged a little bit more.
Advice
You get what you put into the internship. Ask a lot of questions, the employees of the company are always willing to help!
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Controls Engineering intern
May - August 2019 • Bingham Farms, MI
What I liked
The company was very welcoming of me and did everything to make sure I was comfortable and busy. They gave me true engineering project experience and made my time very enjoyable.
What I wish was different
Advice
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Mechanical Engineering Intern
May - August 2019 • Tullahoma, TN
What I liked
Process
What I wish was different
Nothing
Advice
none
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Marketing & Communications Intern
May - August 2019 • Englewood, CO
What I liked
Great Internship, awesome skills. Very independent work - most days I wouldn’t see my supervisor but get assigned tasks.
What I wish was different
More intern collaboration
Advice
Learn how to be a self-starter. You won’t always be given guidance you have to go out and get that yourself.
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Mechanical Engineer Intern
May - August 2019 • Greenville, SC
What I liked
The managers and fellow engineers were always ready to help. There was no such thing as a stupid question and everybody was super supportive.
What I wish was different
I wish there was more work for me to work on, however this is the nature of consulting engineering, you never know when a client will need to put a project on hold.
Advice
Be ready to sit at a computer all day. Try to set up a standing desk, and don't be afraid to ask for help.
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Civil Intern
June - August 2019 • Englewood, CO
What I liked
Friendly work environment. Awesome intern program.
What I wish was different
Would have liked a little more guidance.
Advice
Participate in the Intern Competition Events! It's a great way to meet others and learn about what they are doing and opportunities available to you.
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Mechanical Engineering Intern
July 2019 • Sacramento, CA
What I liked
I got great experience working with project managers, sitting in on meetings, some field experience, and lots of new office skills.
What I wish was different
I wish that I received more technical support from coworkers as I ran into computer stoppages almost every day.
Advice
Get a job! Any experience is good experience, it will help guide you to something and possibly show you what your next step in life should be.
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Project Management Intern
May - August 2019 • Colorado Springs, CO
What I liked
I loved the atmosphere, although it was quite fast paced, it felt as if I was working on Wall Street. With this being an IT position we were constantly on the phone scheduling meetings of using other tools of consulting.
What I wish was different
The only thing I wish would have been different would have been my housing arrangement, since it was only for 3 months it was difficult to find places offering summer leases at decent rates.
Advice
At this position you cannot simply be a sponge, a sponge just absorbs what is given. You must go out there and gain whatever it is you are looking for, you have to do this by taking initiative.
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Mechanical Engineering Intern
May - August 2018 • Merritt Island, FL
What I liked
I was able to get real world experience in a field that I am interested in.
What I wish was different
Advice
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Fire Protection Engineering Intern
May 2023 • Arlington, VA
What I liked
Jacobs is a wonderful company that really prioritizes their employees. My time at Jacobs is well spent as I work with the Fire Protection Engineering team, one of the most unique teams I have ever worked with. Fire Protection Engineers are hard to come by so working with an entire team of them at Jacobs was really special.
What I wish was different
The only thing that I wished was different was the amount of site visits I had done. Since the internship is so short-lived and inspections/flow tests are scheduled months in advance, I didn't have that many opportunities to pursue them. But a full-time employee would have no problem scheduling them.
Advice
Fire Protection Engineering at Jacobs uses a lot of Revit, CAD, and Sprinkler calculations. Coming in with even a basic understanding of Revit, hydraulics, and NFPA codes would put you in a good position to start an internship.
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Process Intern
June 2017 • Conshohocken, PA
What I liked
All of the employees are eager to answer questions. You work on designing manufacturing plants for major pharmaceutical companies and Jacobs offers internships in a variety of positions-- from all kinds of engineering and architecture to business and sales. Besides the connections, money, and experience, the people are just really fun. Theres a bunch of company wide seasonal & super casual sports teams.
What I wish was different
Head of HR just really didnt like me for some reason and prevented me from going to existing plants that I was working on because all of the interns didnt get to go.
Advice
Make friends, play softball. Just keep asking for more work.
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Process Engineering Intern
May - August 2019 • Cincinnati, OH
What I liked
I liked to people I worked with and they made it easier for me to want to be at work. I also liked to be more apart of the project, the kept me involved and invited me to meetings so I knew what the project was all about.
What I wish was different
I wish I would have been able to go to the site to see the project that I was working on to see the progress I had help make throughout the summer.
Advice
I would say if you work for a contracting company, or any engineering business to get informed about how all the disciplines worked together. My first internship was focused on what the process team did for the project, but I learned a lot more about how the process worked and went together because I got familiar with how all the disciplines worked together.
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Instrument and Control Systems Engineering Intern
May - August 2018 • Cincinnati, OH
What I liked
I really enjoyed all of the networking opportunities available.
What I wish was different
I wish I had more time to meet new people in different departments.
Advice
I think you shouldn’t be afraid to speak up and ask questions even if they aren’t related to the work you are doing. Go talk to people higher up in the company about professional development and what they enjoy about their job.
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Civil Engineering Intern
June 2018 • Portland, OR
What I liked
Getting to work on so many different projects
What I wish was different
Advice
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Quantitative Finance Intern
October 2018 - April 2019 • White Sands Missile Range, NM
What I liked
Workplace
What I wish was different
Workload
Advice
Being Excel proficient
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Civil Engineering Intern
April - September 2019 • Philadelphia, PA
What I liked
Got exposure to real structural engineering work!
What I wish was different
Perhaps more training on how to perform job tasks instead of self-learning.
Advice
Never be afraid to ask questions when you are feeling lost at work.
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Civil Engineering Intern
June - August 2020 • Bedford, NH
What I liked
This was my first time working for a private firm so it was interesting to see how it differs from the public sector. I was able to work on a variety of different projects and learned about new softwares.
What I wish was different
The only thing I wish was different would be to have had some of the internship in person or be able to go on site visits, but due to the Coronavirus pandemic, that wasn't possible. I was okay with this because it means the company puts their workers safety as a top priority.
Advice
If you are going to work for a private firm for the first time, be ready for a faster pace environment. That was the biggest difference I noticed between working for the public sector versus the private sector was that the private sector tends to move through projects more quickly.
