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Indiana Economic Development Corporation · 2 days ago

Governor's Summer Intern - INDOT - Construction - LaPorte

DOT LaPorte Dist 0000000459

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$16.24/hr - $17.24/hr

Indiana Economic Development Corporation is offering a Governor's Summer Internship Program designed for college students to gain real-world experience. The role involves serving as an Engineering Intern for the Construction Division of the Indiana Department of Transportation, focusing on various projects and supporting the agency's assignments.

Government Administration

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Acts as on-site inspector exercising due diligence in overseeing the operations of contractors, in order to ensure compliance with specifications. Performs entry-level inspection duties such as collecting delivery tickets, checking temperatures, checking paver speed, and more technical tasks associated with project inspection

Checks for acceptable conformance of lines, grades, dimensions, and material requirements. Performs surveying, staking, plotting and computation of cross-sections. Operates a variety of testing equipment, such as concrete air and slump test equipment, sand cone compaction testers, dynamic cone penetrometers, and lightweight deflectometers. Makes concrete sample cylinders and beams for quality assurance (strength testing). Samples aggregate as well as in place hot mix asphalt and submits samples to the Testing Department and/or the Office of Material Management. Communicates deficiencies to contractor and monitors corrective action

Completes a variety of daily and other periodic reports such as daily construction diaries, material records, and testing records using the SiteManager or AWP system. Provides input to Project Engineer/Supervisors in order to assist them in dispute resolution and in consideration of change order and extra work requests

Other duties as assigned