What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Controls Internship (Clearable) 2025 - 2026 Season position at M.C. Dean, Inc. and Careers?
Overview:
Why Join Us?
Our interns will have access to a wide range of technical fields supporting real world projects that help our customers shape the modern world. Interns will gain experience working side-by-side with experienced professionals in our labs, on project sites, or in our manufacturing facility to put their problem solving and creativity to work. Our program also offers opportunities to pursue certifications, land new skills, and network with mentors and organizational leadership.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications
About M.C. Dean
M.C. Dean is Building Intelligence™. We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation’s most mission-critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. With over 7,000 employees, our capabilities span electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audiovisual, and IT systems. Headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, M.C. Dean delivers resilient, secure, and innovative power and technology solutions through engineering expertise and smart systems integration.
Why Join Us?
Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.
Our interns will have access to a wide range of technical fields supporting real world projects that help our customers shape the modern world. Interns will gain experience working side-by-side with experienced professionals in our labs, on project sites, or in our manufacturing facility to put their problem solving and creativity to work. Our program also offers opportunities to pursue certifications, land new skills, and network with mentors and organizational leadership.
Incoming Project Controls Interns will
- Own project planning and scheduling documentation to support project and customer requirements
- Manage planning and scheduling support for in-house or on-site work as required
- Assist the Project Controls Manager, Team Leads, Superintendents and the Project and Program Managers in tracking against baseline schedules and budgets
- Prepare customer reports and presentations as required under the supervision of the Project Controls Manager
- Assist on project proposal teams
Clearance/Citizen Type: Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. Citizenship, for access to classified information.
Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program or higher in engineering, business, construction management, or similar field
Abilities
- Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time
- Sitting for extended periods of time.
- Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
- Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
- Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Identify and understand the speech of another person.
Salary : $18 - $21