Job Description
Come design a better, more beautiful world with us. We believe in designing places that inspire joy and honor humanity. Places that uplift the human spirit and imbue life with a sense of delight and greater purpose. At Perkins and Will, we design for life—a philosophy we call “Living Design.”
Come create a world that restores, nurtures, and protects life on our planet through sustainability, resilience, diversity, inclusion, well-being, and programs that give back to our communities. Be part of something bigger.
Job Responsibilities Students may work on various projects during their internship to gain exposure and experience.
This could include:
- Revising Revit drawings with mark-ups
- Working in Rhino for SD/DD
- Site analysis
- Schematic design
- Engineering system coordination
- Building cost analysis
- Code research
- Design development
- Design detail
- Specifications and materials research
- Document checking and coordination
- Construction documentation
Training Program Students are invited to design & project meetings, on-boarding, and will attend some client and consultant meetings to learn and grow. They have the opportunity to directly interact with their project manager, a senior representative of the firm, daily while working on projects.
Training - Mentorship and working directly with more experienced designers/Architects
- Working with our P.Eng. on energy and daylight modeling scripts
- Revit and Rhino sessions and other PW University learning & development
- Design review, critique, learning building code
Required Skills - Knowledge of Revit & Rhino is preferred, additional training will be provided
- Prior work term experience in an architectural firm
We are currently accepting early applications for our summer internship program, and we invite YOU to apply! Submit your resume, along with 5 to 10 recent work samples or a link to your portfolio (combined, all files should not exceed 6 MB).
Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion At Perkins&Will we believe that inclusion spurs creativity, and that innovation is born from an engaged culture of diverse people and ideas. By moving beyond barriers and stereotypes of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, medical condition, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status; we are committed to building an organization that reflects the diversity of the communities and clients we serve.
- Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Perkins&Will has established and adopted an Equal Employment Opportunity Employment policy (“EEO”), which is part of the Company’s Human Resources Policy. The purpose of this EEO policy is to ensure that all employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis, and without regard to sex, race, color, age, national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, gender reassignment, citizenship, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. In some cases, local laws and regulations may provide greater protections than those outlined here and employees will be covered by the laws of their local jurisdiction.
Job Tags
Summer internship, Local area