Intern, Construction Delay

Chart Your Journey at Secretariat

From a collaborative culture to teammates who will always be by your side, find a career that will grow with you. Deliver your impact at Secretariat.

Responsibilities

• Get hands-on experience learning how major construction project schedules are built, updated, and analyzed to uncover what caused delays.
• Work with scheduling tools such as Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project to explore project timelines and understand how work actually progressed.
• Dig into construction schedules, drawings, progress reports, emails, and project records to piece together key facts and identify what really happened.
• Analyze large sets of project data to spot trends, patterns, and details that help explain why a project finished early, late, or differently than planned.
• Help turn research and analysis into clear expert reports, presentations, and client deliverables that support real-world decisions.
• Build the core skills that set strong consultants apart
• Sharpen your analytical thinking by tackling complex questions with data, documents, and real project information.
• Strengthen your attention to detail by finding the small pieces of information that can make a big difference in an analysis.
• Practice explaining your findings clearly and confidently to teammates, experts, and clients.
• Learn how to manage your time across multiple priorities while contributing to fast-moving client deadlines.
• Grow as a communicator in a professional, team-oriented environment where your work helps make complex issues easier to understand.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, building construction, architecture, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Expected graduation date between December 2027 and August 2028.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0.
• Prior experience with construction project management, scheduling, cost controls, internships, research, student projects, or similar hands-on work is helpful, but not required.
• Comfort using Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; curiosity and willingness to learn new analytical and scheduling tools are equally important.
• Ability to travel as needed, generally under 15%, though travel may vary by project.
• A collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and an interest in working with supportive teams to solve complex problems.
• An organized, detail-oriented, and creative approach to problem-solving, with the confidence to ask questions, share ideas, and keep learning.
• Must be authorized to work in the US without the need for sponsorship in the future.

Additional information

At Secretariat, we believe in pay transparency and equity. Compensation for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including experience, skills, and location. Further details will be provided during the hiring process.

Pay Transparency $25—$30 USD

A rewarding career above all

There are a lot of fine consulting firms out there. But when everything is on the line, it takes a unique combination of skill and savvy to succeed under pressure.

Our culture and people are driven by passion, pride, and performance. Passion for the clients we serve, the work we deliver, and the communities we live in. Pride in our cohesive team recognized for excellence and trusted to perform in the most challenging situations. And our track record of outstanding performance across all of our disciplines speaks for itself.

Our people are motivated to be the best in everything they do - from our approach to making the complex simple to the way we mentor our up-and-coming talent to become trusted experts early in their careers.

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