Engineering Internship

About Us

Founded in 1986, Chen Moore and Associates (CMA), Inc. has grown into a highly regarded multi-disciplinary firm. CMA’s areas of expertise include utility infrastructure, roadway, site development, electrical, planning, landscape architecture, and construction engineering services for both private and public sector clients. CMA prides itself on working to be part of the fabric of the community. We are leaders in community service and the profession. Our staff and our activities are centered around making the community we work in a better place to live. CMA promotes a fun and flexible work environment, taking pride in the quality of our work. CMA promotes a team-oriented approach, both inside and outside of the office.

CMA’s headquarters are in Fort Lauderdale with regional offices in Miami, West Palm Beach, Orlando, and Jacksonville. The firm also has satellite and/or project offices in Atlanta, Gainesville, Jupiter, Knoxville, Port St. Lucie, Raleigh, Sarasota, Tallahassee, and Tampa. CMA currently employs over one hundred and thirty (150) professionals, which affords our valued clients a top-level service.

 

CMA is hiring an Engineering Intern, based in our Cary, NC office, for our Transportation Department as part of the firm’s paid internship program. This internship will support the transportation water resources group with Aviation and NCDOT transportation tasks including completing technical reports, drainage design, hydraulic modeling, stormwater treatment and permitting, erosion control design, and utility plans, among others.

Candidates should be excited about their studies and want to come with an open mind to learn and grow. CMA takes pride in offering internships in the summer or throughout the year when a university is located near one of its regional offices, as appropriate. Many CMA interns come back to work full time for CMA or flourish throughout the A/E/C market as part of the CMA Family. CMA hopes to create a collaboration where students get a perspective in their professional growth within our areas of expertise, while providing CMA perspective on the next generation of professionals in the industry.

Responsibilities:

• Work on challenging projects that require collaboration within and among various departments.
• Contribute to team projects and individual tasks assigned in the discipline you support.
• Prepare project design drawings within Bentley Open Roads Designer and/or AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Develop project specific detail drawings.
• Calculate project construction quantity estimates.
• Assist with technical specifications, cost estimates, reports, schedules, and other related tasks.
• Learn and adhere to client-specific standards.
• Coordinate with team members and client representatives.
• Periodic travel to project sites for field investigation and or construction support.
  
  

Qualifications:

• On track for completing a bachelor's in engineering.
• Knowledge of FAA and/or NCDOT standards is a plus.
• Experience with Bentley ORD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and ArcGIS is a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply complex systems.

CMA's High Standard of Professionalism

Chen Moore and Associates is a company which is unique in its commitment to quality. We are proud of our high standard of professionalism and the quality of service provided to our clients. We strive to establish a sense of pride and loyalty in our employees by maintaining a tradition of excellence in our work and a sense of family in our culture. We also aim to provide an environment that inspires and promotes individuals to reach the full extent of their potential and to continue in their personal “Search for Excellence.” We offer a career opportunity rather than a job – an opportunity that will take our employees as far as they want it to go. You will find that both the management and employees of CMA are dedicated to high achievement and genuinely concerned about employee job satisfaction. In order for us to maintain high standards of excellence, we endeavor to have the finest personnel and only acquire those whom we consider to not only meet the high standards we set for ourselves as a firm, but those who will also blend with the firm culture. Your success is important to all of us.

 

Chen Moore and Associates is a Great Place to Work! 

• Named "Top 500 Design Firm" nationally by ENR
• Named ‘Best Places to Work For’ nationally by the Zweig Group in the
  Multidiscipline Firm Category from 2008-2010 and 2014–2025.
• Named to the ‘Hot Firm’s List’ nationally by the Zweig Group from 2007-2011, 2014, 2016-2025.
• CMA is regularly recognized as a ‘Best Firm to Work For’ by the South
  Florida Business Journal, Civil Structural Engineer, ENR Southeast, and various local branches of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

 

OUR BENEFITS include:

• Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life with Dependent Coverage
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Flexible Spending Accounts with Debit Card
• Voluntary Plans (Supplement Health, Critical Illness/Cancer, Accident)
• 401(k) Plan – Competitive Employer Match
• Supplemental benefits
• Flexible work schedules
• Continuing education
• Mentorship programs
• Professional societies
• Community engagement
• Cell phone

 We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Chen Moore and Associates is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We invite resumes from all interested parties including women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities.