2027 Summer Construction Intern - St. James Project Office

This position will be filled at a rate contingent on previous relevant intern experience. Job Location: St. James Project Office, 17855 Highway 8, St. James, MO 65559 Why you'll love this position: The construction intern inspects routine construction items for conformance to plans, specifications, special provisions, and terms of the contract. Responsibilities are performed under moderate supervision. Assist with coordinating and performing construction inspections verifying that contractors' activities are in compliance with contracts, specifications, and engineering principles. Assist construction inspectors with routine inspection items, such as asphaltic or portland cement concrete plants, asphaltic or concrete paving, including grading and base, small bridges, concrete box and pipe culverts; general or specific items, such as utility adjustments, signing, traffic signals and lighting. Assist with performing measurements, computations, or other work in preparing final plans, change orders, contractor payment estimates, and engineering costs. Provide field checks for contractor surveying operations; assist party chief on routine layout and staking. Perform other duties as assigned. Special Working Conditions: Some night work may be required. All you need for success: Minimum Qualifications Enrolled in a relevant ABET-accredited bachelor's or post-bachelor's degree program full-time (12+ credit hours). 30 credit hours completed/accepted toward current degree program. High school or other postsecondary program credits must be shown to be accepted by the current program through a degree transcript to apply. Possess and maintain an overall GPA of at least 2.0 out of 4.0, or equivalent. At MoDOT you will play a key role in maintaining the seventh largest highway system in the United States. We value team players who are open-minded and work well with others to accomplish goals and fulfill our mission of safety, service, and stability. We see the growth of our team members as an investment, both in MoDOT's future and yours. If you're looking for diverse opportunities, challenging work, and a flexible environment, we want to talk to you about joining our winning team. MoDOT operates on shared values and your success in our organization depends upon modeling these values. CLICK HERE ( to view our mission, values and tangible results. Central District Human Resources at View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr State-of-Missour