• Job Description

  Req#: R2025-0937

  QTS' summer internship program will provide you first hand experience into the fast paced world of the data center industry by providing weekly lunch and learns, a comprehensive orientation program, and site based activities, socials and volunteering events. Every intern will be assigned initiatives tied to real QTS objectives helping with anything pertaining to the whole life-cycle of a data center build and/or company operations.

  The Development Capital Intern will gain hands on experience in the following areas:

  Capital Strategy Intern:

  • Collaborate with Development, Finance, Accounting, and Procurement teams on strategic capital initiatives.

  • Support new development capital project requests and approvals in monthly senior executive committee meetings.

  • Maintain and create cost projections for greenfield construction and incremental site builds.

  • Work on equipment procurement and delivery processes.

  • Develop new processes and documentation to improve capital project management.

  • Apply industry-leading practices to improve overall business performance.

  • Mapping out capital processes and documentation for efficient initiative processing/life-cycles

  • Analyzing multi-million dollar project portfolios for efficient planning/forecasting

  A successful intern in this group is someone that loves to solve complex problems leveraging a variety of variables. Familiarity with Excel beyond basic pivot tables and V-Lookups is ideal but required. An individual whom is comfortable asking questions and doing deep dives into data to discover trends will thoroughly enjoy this opportunity.

  BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Actively pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Construction Management, Construction Engineering, Business Management, Accounting, Finance

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially PowerPoint for presentations and Excel for data analysis and budgeting.

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.

  • Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

  • Must be a US citizen

  PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Current full-time enrollment in one of QTS’s partner institutions (listed below) or a Blackstone Launchpad affiliate school:

    • Auburn University

    • Kansas State University

    • Georgia State University

    • Southern Adventist University

    • Texas A&M University

    • University of Kansas

  • Previous internship or co-op experience in construction, finance, accounting, engineering or related field

  • Experience with data analysis tools such as Tableau or Power BI.

  • Involvement in community activities outside of schoolwork (athletics, clubs, volunteering, part-time employment).

  We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, Genetic Information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or discrimination claim.

  The "Know Your Rights" Poster is included here:

  Know Your Rights (English)

  Know Your Rights (Spanish)

  The pay transparency policy is available here:

  Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster-Formatted

  QTS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to talentacquisition@qtsdatacenters.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

• About the company

  QTS delivers secure, compliant data center infrastructure, robust connectivity, and real-time access to DCIM data through our API driven customer portal.

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