Cooper Crane & Rigging, Inc's internship/coop program offers the ambitious student an opportunity to apply skills learned in the classroom to a real world construction environment. Internships are paid and available to college students majoring in construction related majors including: construction management, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, construction estimating, etc. As a Cooper Crane & Rigging, Inc. intern you will be mentored by a Project Manager, or Senior Project Engineer, who will guide and supervise you in accomplishing your responsibilities and training. You will be exposed to the Cooper Crane & Rigging, Inc. style of business while receiving a hands-on introduction to the world of construction management. Each Cooper Crane & Rigging, Inc. intern is placed on one of our many construction projects, ranging from corporate campus and healthcare construction through biotech/pharmaceutical, electronics and high tech research facility construction. Each internship is unique. The experience you gain will depend on the type of project to which you are assigned, and the construction phase in which you enter the project. Our notable client list includes Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Apple Computers, 3Com Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Sun Microsystems, and Lucasfilms. Internships extend 3 to 6 months and are available to students of all levels. As an intern you will generally encounter the following:

· Project Completion Reports which involve project cash flow summaries
· Owner Satisfaction Index
· Project Cost Analysis
· Project Fee History
· Projected Savings History
· Subcontractor Ratings
· Progress Photos Attendance at various meetings, ranging from monthly safety meetings to staff meetings and jobsite tours, is required. Our past interns have found our program to be "challenging, rewarding, supportive, instructive, and very valuable." As well, we look to our intern pool for prospective employees