Safety & Health Intern - Construction (Houston)
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Job overview
The Safety & Health Intern supports Burns & McDonnell’s Construction group, which provides construction-phase services in the design-build process. Intern assignments may involve standard engineering techniques and procedures, design work, updating designs, and assisting lead engineers with project duties. Specific assignments and project work vary by market segment. The Construction group also supports safety and health, estimating, pre-construction, field operations, quality, and project management.
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Full job description
Description
Our Engineering Interns are responsible for performing tasks requiring the application of standard engineering techniques and procedures. This includes standard design of engineering systems, correcting and updating designs, assisting lead engineers with various project duties, and other duties as assigned. Specific assignments and project work vary depending on the market segments. Please see below for information on each market:
Construction
The Construction group is responsible for construction phase services in the design-build process and support for safety and health, estimating, pre-construction, field operations, quality and project management. This includes multiple project execution approaches, including self-perform, multi-subcontractor, construction only and program management.
Qualifications
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Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering or related field from an accredited program required.
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Prior internship and/or related consulting experience preferred.
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Actively involved in campus, community or other volunteer activities or organizations.
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
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Basic knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office programs, including, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
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Demonstrated leadership skills.
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Self-motivated and eager learner, aptitude to grow and develop within the field.
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Minimum of a 3.0 GPA strongly preferred.
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Involvement on campus or in the community preferred.
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Candidates must be legally authorized to work permanently (i.e., without time limitations, without restrictions or without need for work sponsorship) in the country where this position is located.
Benefits
Interns may participate in our 401(k) retirement program provided plan eligibility requirements are met. Sick leave is accrued based on the actual number of hours worked. For more information, please visit the Benefits & Wellness page.
This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.
EEO/Disabled/Veterans
Job Intern
Primary Location US-TX-Houston
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time
Req ID: 265298
Job Hire Type Intern #LI-DNI #CDB
How this job compares
Set against the 2,081 open Engineering Intern jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$54–88K/yr132 salary ranges
- Texas median$22–31/hr45 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 137 open Engineering Intern jobs in Texas and 2,081 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- HNTB17 open
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- Experience
- Engineering Intern postings that state a minimum ask for 0 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 0 to 1 year (33 postings).
- Education
- 725 of the 2,081 open Engineering Intern jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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