Clarkson University C3G Summer Intern

The Clarkson Construction Engineering Management (CEM) Consulting Group

The Clarkson CEM Program has developed an in-house capability that provides pre-professional consulting in planning, engineering, and construction areas.  This is an enterprise (the Clarkson CEM Consulting Group or C3G) that uses temporary employees in an experiential learning mode in order to deliver products that serve several market segments that would not otherwise be able to conduct using professional consulting services.  Likewise, these efforts help to build community economic opportunities by jumpstarting projects that would otherwise not be able to be done, absent some key preliminary work, data collection, or planning efforts.  More information can be found at https://sites.google.com/clarkson.edu/clarkson-c3g/. 

Temporary employees in C3G are provided with guidance and leadership by the faculty.  Temporary hires to C3G can use their effort to fulfill their professional experience requirement for graduation* in addition to receiving compensation for their work efforts.  Projects executed by C3G result in deliverables that are used by our clients in many capacities, and are often critical in the decision making of those customers.

Position Description:

The Clarkson CEM Consulting Group (C3G), Clarkson University, is looking for several temporary employee interns to assist with work in the areas of GIS, project management, data collection and analysis, building operations, pre-professional engineering studies, construction estimation, project scheduling, and other efforts contracted by C3G.  These temporary workers will work full-time during summer periods to assist in C3G’s efforts.  This effort will give the selected employees, which are collegiate-level students, hands-on, real world pre-professional experience as well as considerable exposure to construction and design efforts in our neighboring communities.

Qualifications:

• Be enrolled at a University anywhere in the US or Canada in a program within the following degree fields or similar:
  • Civil Engineering (Structural, Architectural, CEM, and Water Resources Concentrations)
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Data Analytics and Business
  • Engineering and Management (Construction Track and/or Project Management Minor)
  • Environmental Health and Safety
  • Environmental Science and Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • Planning (Urban, Rural, Community) or Community Engagement
  • Architecture or Architectural Engineering
• Have working knowledge of Infraworks, GIS (ArcGIS, Cartograph, etc.), AutoCAD, BIM (Autodesk Revit), or similar systems
• Have some knowledge of how to use survey equipment, a GPS device or application, and/or to do field location and verification
• Undergraduate students applying will be given preference over any graduate student applicants.

Application Requirements:

1. Provide a Letter of Interest, which includes information on the following:
   1. Why you desire to be an intern with C3G
   2. Your career objectives as they relate to projects you think C3G might execute (examples on the website listed above)
   3. Information about your co-curricular activities and how you plan to manage your time related to being an intern
   4. Information related to your planned activities during the summer/in-between semester periods
2. Provide a Professional Resume
3. Provide a listing of collegiate level courses that have been taken, with associated grades obtained (aka an unofficial transcript; if not already in the resume)

Submit all of the above through Clarkson’s hiring site, Handshake (https://joinhandshake.com) addressed to Erik Backus, Howard E. Lechler Endowed Director of Construction Engineering Management.

Compensation/Hours Worked/Length of Appointment:

The selected Temporary will work full time during the summer break period as directed by the faculty of C3G.  The Temporary Employees will be paid at an hourly rate commensurate with class level for services rendered (NYS Minimum Wage for Freshman and Sophomores, $15.00/hr., $16/hr. for Juniors, $17/hr. for Seniors, and an hourly rate commensurate with normal stipends for Graduate Temporary Employees**).  The selected Temporary Employees will serve until the conclusion of the summer period appointed and will be evaluated for continuation at that time.  After the initial summer period, and at the end of each successive semester or summer break period thereafter, appointments will continue on an ongoing basis so long as each end of period evaluation indicates they should continue as a part of C3G.

*Note: Dependent on the institution which the temporary employee originates.

**Graduate Temporary Employees on a University appointment may only participate in C3G based upon permission of their advisor and upon clearance through their appropriate institutional policies.

Inquiries: Contact cem@clarkson.edu or call 315-268-4017.