Shipbuilding Intern

Summary Statement

Senesco Marine offers internship opportunities for students seeking hands-on experience in a working shipyard and manufacturing environment. Interns support real business projects across engineering, planning and project controls, production and operations, purchasing and supply chain, material control, quality, information technology, human resources, finance, safety and compliance, business process improvement, and data analysis, reporting, and automation.

Assignments are based on the student’s education, interests, experience, learning opportunity, and current business needs.

Education/Experience

• Currently pursuing our recent grad of an Engineering, Business, IT or relevant degree.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

Essential Duties

• Support assigned projects that address real business needs under the direction of an assigned department supervisor or manager.
• Collect, organize, analyze, and report information to support project decisions and process improvement.
• Interns may assist with engineering drawing and package tracking, project schedules, work-order analysis, planned-versus-actual labor reporting, material readiness, inventory analysis, purchasing and supplier reporting, production improvement, rework or root-cause analysis, quality or compliance projects, data cleanup, dashboards, workflow automation, process mapping, documentation, records improvement, IT/systems support, or management research as assigned.
• Work across office and production functions, ask questions, learn how work is performed, and communicate findings clearly to appropriate personnel.
• Complete assignments accurately, maintain organized records, and follow through on agreed actions and deadlines.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Demonstrated willingness to learn, ask thoughtful questions, and collaborate with different departments.
• Ability to organize information, communicate clearly, and work effectively with office and production personnel.
• Comfort using technology and data and an interest in identifying simpler or better ways to perform work.
• Ability to understand an existing process before recommending changes.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Power BI, Power Automate, Microsoft Copilot, Smartsheet, or engineering/project-management systems is helpful but not required.
• Academic, technical, engineering, business, data, or project work demonstrating initiative and problem solving is preferred.

Physical Requirements (Applicable to all including Administrative and Office-Based Roles)

• The employee must have correctable vision to 20/40, however contact lenses are not permitted in certain production area positions.
• The employee must pass the Ishihara test for color blindness and have the ability to read and understand safety symbols and colors, (i.e. red, yellow, green, etc.).
• The employee must be able to stand, sit, walk, squat, kneel, stoop, or climb stairs or a ladder.
• The employee must have good balance and the capability of standing on each foot for a period of 30 seconds or more.

Work Demands

• The employee is required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) including but not limited to respirator, hardhat, face shield, safety goggles, safety shoes (steel toe), safety harness, gloves or other protective clothing as determined by a Senesco Marine Job Hazard Analysis.
• The employee must report all accidents or injuries to their supervisor and the Environmental Safety and Health Department.
• The employee must report to their supervisor any and all damages to equipment, or broken and misused tools.
• The employee may be working in several different areas and environments; this includes work inside and outside of buildings or structures.
• The employee needs to work at a pace consistent with meeting company deadlines.

Disclaimer

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.