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 could 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).
Salary Range Information
We foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive and strive for pay practices that are fair, competitive and reflect our commitment to pay equity. Our compensation decisions include but are not limited to a candidate’s qualifications, including skill sets, education, experience and training, licensure and certifications credentials if applicable, and business-related factors. This practice extends to all employees, including performance considerations for merit increases, job promotions, and transfer opportunities. We additionally review our pay practices, conduct pay equity audits, and ensure our managers are trained in our pay practices on an annual basis. At the time of posting this job advertisement, the annual pay salary range for this position, if located in California, is between $29.00 hour and $32.00 commensurate with qualifications.
Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision
Perkins&Will will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
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