General Millwork Operations Intern.

📐 Craft Your Future and Drive Projects as a General Millwork Operations Intern at Concepts in Millwork!

Are you eager to gain hands-on experience across a variety of business functions while contributing to high-quality work? We’re seeking a General Millwork Operations Intern who is organized, adaptable, and ready to jump in wherever needed. In this role, you’ll support multiple areas of the business—assisting with complex project-related tasks, administrative support, coordination efforts, and day-to-day needs. 

At Concepts in Millwork, our team lives by six core values: Commitment, Respect, Integrity, Service Excellence, Positivity, and Innovation. These values are at the heart of everything we do—from the shop floor to the front office.

If these principles resonate with you, you may have just found a home with Concepts in Millwork. Join a team where your contributions matter and your values align with a company committed to transforming lives and interior spaces.

Position Summary: This internship is designed for students or early-career individuals who enjoy research, problem‑solving, and building structured frameworks from scratch. You’ll work directly with leadership to support three high‑impact initiatives: expanding our vendor network, evaluating outsourcing partnerships, and developing a forward‑looking IT strategy. This role blends analytical work, communication, and hands‑on execution.  

💼 What You’ll Be Doing:

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
1. Vendor Expansion & Evaluation 
Take ownership of building a scalable process for identifying and vetting new material and specialty vendors. 

• Develop a vendor evaluation framework, including criteria, scoring models, and questionnaires 

• Research potential vendors across stone, metal, upholstery, glass, and other specialty categories 

• Conduct outreach (email cold calls) to gather information and assess capabilities 

• Compile findings into clear summaries and recommendations for leadership review 

• Maintain an organized vendor database for ongoing use 

2. Outsourcing Partnership Strategy 
Support our efforts to build relationships with external partners who can assist during workload peaks. 

• Research potential outsourcing partners for design, manufacturing, and installation 

• Assist in developing a strategy to identify, evaluate, and prioritize partnership opportunities 

• Support the creation of Master Services Agreement (MSA) templates and evaluation criteria 

• Gather and compare partner capabilities, pricing structures, and capacity 

• Prepare briefing materials for leadership decision-making 

3. IT Strategy & Infrastructure Planning 
Help shape the future of our internal technology environment. 

• Assist in developing a comprehensive IT strategy for hardware, software, and cloud migration 

• Create a hardware lifecycle and migration plan (laptops, workstations, conference rooms) 

• Research best practices for transitioning from an internal LAN to Office 365/Teams 

• Document current-state systems and propose phased improvement recommendations 

• Work with internal stakeholders to understand needs and pain points 

4. Additional Projects, as agreed and as time permits 
Depending on evolving priorities of the business, assignments and projects may be changed as discussed and agreed between the manager and intern. 

🌟 What Makes You a Great Fit:

Qualifications Desired:

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain, IT, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
• Strong research and analytical skills 

• Comfortable with outreach, interviewing, and gathering information from external vendors 

• Excellent written and verbal communication 

• Organized, detail‑oriented, and able to manage multiple tasks 

• Proficient with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Teams, SharePoint) 

• Curiosity, initiative, and willingness to learn new domains quickly 
  

What You’ll Gain 

• Hands‑on experience in vendor management, operations strategy, and IT planning 

• Exposure to real-world decision-making in a growing commercial construction company 

• Opportunities to present findings directly to leadership 

• A portfolio of meaningful, resume‑ready projects 

• Flexible schedule that supports academic commitments 

Job Details

• 💰 Salary: $20 an hour.
• Job Type: Variable Hour/Part Time. Shift, Mon- Fri, 8:00am - 12:00pm .(with additional hours as needed).
• Length of Internship: 10–16 weeks, depending on business needs and project workload.
• Application Window is expected to close on 05/04/2026.

⚙️ Physical Demands & Work Environment:
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an intern to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the intern is regularly required to talk and hear, including participating in frequent video calls. The intern is frequently required to sit for extended periods of time, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects (such as a keyboard and mouse), and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus for prolonged computer and screen work. The intern must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10–15 pounds (e.g., laptop, monitor, or office supplies). The intern may occasionally be required to stand or walk within their home workspace.
Work Environment: This is a fully remote, work-from-home internship. The intern is responsible for providing and maintaining a dedicated, professional, reasonably quiet and free from frequent interruptions during work hours, and ergonomically suitable workspace in their home. The role involves frequent video calls and virtual meetings throughout the day. The intern must ensure a professional appearance and a suitable background or virtual background for video meetings, along with a quiet environment that allows for clear, distraction-free audio during calls. Noise level in the home workspace should be minimal to moderate, with the ability to control background noise effectively.

📩 Apply Today
We’re excited to meet you and welcome you to a team where your expertise will help shape the future of our company. Apply today and let’s build something extraordinary—together.

☎️ Contact Us:
If you need accommodation to assist with the application process, please contact Human Resources at 719-570-7353 ext. 129 or email meheerah@conceptsmw.com.

Concepts in Millwork is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, age 40 and over, marital status, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law. This policy applies to all employees, including managers, supervisors, co­workers, and non-employees such as customers, clients, vendors, consultants, etc.