Summer 2025 Electrical Engineering Intern

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Progressive Companies’ Summer Internship Program is a paid, 12-week opportunity that provides a 100% real-world experience for students early in their career.  Throughout the summer you will apply academic learning to real-world situations and cultivate project management, problem-solving, and communication skills.  Along with service-learning opportunities, community outings, wellness participation, and professional development lunch-and-learns, you’ll build a foundation for working in the Architectural Engineering field in the future. 

As an Electrical Engineering Intern, you will work collaboratively with project managers and other engineers to design electrical systems for various project building types while providing customer focus.  You will prepare design documents for power distribution, lighting, fire alarm, security systems, and communications using AutoCAD and Revit software. 

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the project team to ensure they achieve project schedules and budgets.
• Manage multiple projects in a timely and accurate manner, monitoring overall project progress according to the project scope and available resources.
• Participate in estimating the time required to complete a project.
• Alert your Technical Leader if you become aware of changes that could affect the project scope, schedule, or your work completion.
• Provide drafting services and final engineering documents consistent with Progressive’s standards.
• Assist in the preparation of building models, detailed contract documents, construction documents, photometric lighting simulations, arc flash and specifications consistent with Progressive Companies' standards.
• Provide design analysis consistent with Progressive Companies' standards.
• Check for Code Compliance information as it relates to the discipline and any affect it may have on other disciplines.
• Collaborate with various disciplines throughout Progressive Companies.  Regularly communicate with Project Manager(s), Project Designer(s), Technical leader(s) and/or Project Architects(s) to understand any changes to project design, scope, schedule, and budget.
• Understand what the deliverable needs to be to meet your client’s project needs and what it takes to make projects successful.
• Use design software/technology, including Revit, AutoCAD, BSD Speclink, Elum Tools or Visual Lighting Software, Easy Power and other emerging technologies for presentation and production purposes. 

Qualifications:

• Enrollment in an EAC/ABET-accredited Electrical Engineering program 
• Desire to learn about architectural building process.  Knowledge of the electrical engineering and documentation process preferred. Knowledge of power distribution, lighting, fire alarm, security systems, and communications preferred.  
• Knowledge of quality assurance/quality control processes and a strong attention to detail. 
• Ability to produce construction drawings and specifications.  Basic knowledge of electrical standards and regulations, and the ability to research and apply/incorporate into technical documents.
• Strong math, analytical, and problem-solving technical skills, and ability to communicate well as demonstrated through your competencies. 
• Knowledge of Revit or AutoCAD required. Experience in Arc Flash Studies utilizing software for simulations preferred. Proficiency in ElumTools or Visual Lighting Software, and Easy Power preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Outlook required. Experience in Project, SharePoint, and Teams preferred.