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Aviation Intern-O’Hare International Airport-2610210TMI02

Ardmore Roderick

Chicago, IL · HybridInternship$25/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$25/hr
Location
Chicago, ILHybrid
Role Type
Internship
Schedule
Internship
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Ardmore Roderick seeks an Aviation Program Management Intern for Summer 2027 at O’Hare International Airport. The intern will join infrastructure solutions experts and support aviation program and project management activities. The role is on-site, with potential to be hybrid depending on client, project, and team needs. Candidates must be pursuing a four-year degree in Civil or Structural Engineering or Architecture; prior airport or aviation design internship experience is preferred.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Microsoft OfficeWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationTeamworkOrganizational SkillsAirport Project ExperienceAviation Civil Design

Qualifications

Four-Year Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering or ArchitecturePrior Internship ExperienceMust Be 21+

Benefits

401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

About Us

Ardmore Roderick is a full-service infrastructure solutions firm that specializes in Utilities, Transportation, Aviation, Rail and Transit, Building and Facilities Projects. We are headquartered in Chicago, IL with offices in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.

Our Vision

Reimagining infrastructure to improve lives and communities

Our Mission

Transforming communities by empowering the best minds to deliver innovative infrastructure solutions

Our Values

We Care: especially about excellence, impact, innovation, inclusion and safety

Job Overview

We are seeking an Aviation Program Management Intern for Summer 2027 to join our team at Ardmore Roderick. As an Aviation Program Management Intern, you join a team of infrastructure solutions experts working to solve our client’s ever evolving project needs. This opportunity will be located on-site at O’Hare International Airport and could have potential to be hybrid depending on the specific client, project and team needs.

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with on-site team for various program assigned tasks

  • Support Project Managers with stakeholder coordination, interface management, design and construction oversight, value engineering, reporting, problem solving, risk assessments, preparation of presentation materials and day-to-day project and technical management activities

  • Assist with preparation of project details across various phases

  • Provide technical support to Project Managers on design project delivery methods, contract packages and project execution plans

  • Interface with the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) team

  • Assist in managing the design of multi-discipline projects

  • Assist with technical review of design and construction documents

  • Assist with development of the project schedule

  • Assist with development of design and soft costs

  • Prepare Task Order Service Request documentation for assigned projects

  • Support resolution or responses to Requests for Information (RFIs)

Required Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a four-year degree in Civil or Structural Engineering or Architecture from an accredited university

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office

  • Have a team player mindset with the ability to communicate proficiently in written and verbal forms

  • Have good to great organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Prior internship experience at other airport projects or on an aviation civil design team

  • The ideal candidate would be coming out of their junior year of school into their final year of a four year degree

Benefits

  • 401K (Must be 21 or older to participate)

  • Part-Time PTO

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Sponsorship and relocation are not available for this opportunity.

Ardmore Roderick is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law. Ardmore Roderick participates in E-Verify.

We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. Please reach out to us if you require reasonable accommodation in responding to a job announcement, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process.

Hourly rate: $25 per hour, Ardmore Roderick is providing the compensation range that the company believes it might pay and/or offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location.

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How this job compares

Set against the 15,365 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$25/hr
  • Illinois median$26–34/hr26 hourly ranges
  • US median$28–36/hr795 hourly ranges

This rate, $25/hr, is 17% below the Illinois median midpoint ($30/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Project Management hourly ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 494 open Project Management jobs in Illinois and 15,365 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 8 years (12,312 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,458 of the 15,365 open Project Management jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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