Why O'Neil

W. E. O’Neil Construction Company is a national firm ranked in the ENR top 125 General Contracting companies nationally. Since 1925, O’Neil has seen steady growth that embraces people as its number one asset. Our award-winning family of construction companies, both employee and family owned, is recognized as an industry leader, bringing an impressive history of customers and projects from Connecticut to California and many points between. We have established a position of leadership in our industry because of the talents of our people, strong experience, and an excellent reputation.

Join The Team

As a Project Engineer Intern at O’Neil in Austin, TX you will have a fantastic opportunity to learn the about a career path of engineer, superintendent, or a project manager while gaining the critical hands-on experience. You will be assigned to work on a commercial construction project site, where you will receive ongoing training with a project manager.

At O’Neil, You Will Gain Experience in the Following Areas

• Assist superintendent and project manager in creating, updating, and maintaining the project critical path schedule.
• Review the procurement schedule for the project. This involves tracking, expediting, and processing all subcontractor/vendor shop drawings and submittals through the approval process to ensure that equipment and materials are delivered to the job when required.
• Maintain project documentation and expedite to the owner, architect, and engineers for approval. Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the provisions and requirements of all contract documents, including plans, specifications, owner’s contract, subcontracts and purchase orders.
• Assist in the procurement of equipment and materials, and track and expedite their delivery.
• Calculating and maintaining self-performed work quantity and cost information for the purpose of tracking project costs versus budgets and establishing historical cost data.

To Be Considered for O’Neil’s Summer Internship Program

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student, actively pursuing a degree in construction management, engineering, or other relevant technical discipline
• Working knowledge of windows-based computer software, including Excel and Word; estimating and project management software experience is a plus (Timberline, Prolog, Expedition, etc.)
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills
• An interest in the construction industry