Intern - Data Analytics

Program Timeframe: Mid-May through mid-August

Join GFT, an award-winning architecture, engineering, and construction firm, as a Data AnalyticsIntern and gain real-world experience in a dynamic environment. Our inclusive environment will fuel your innovation and imagination while fostering a sense of belonging.

At GFT, we’re not just engineering the future; we’re meticulously building it. Our comprehensive suite of construction and program management services reflects our unwavering commitment to excellence, safety, innovation, and sustainability. Our construction management services are the cornerstone of our commitment to transforming communities and enhancing lives. We oversee every construction phase to help ensure projects are completed on schedule, within budget, and to the highest safety and quality standards.   

What you’ll be challenged to do:
During your internship, you will work alongside experienced project controls, construction management, and engineering professionals supporting a major infrastructure program. You will gain hands-on experience organizing and analyzing project data, developing dashboards, and creating reports that help project teams make informed decisions.

 
In this capacity, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following: 

• Support the development of Power BI dashboards and reports that communicate project performance and key metrics.
• Prepare management reports, presentations, and other reporting deliverables using Excel, Power BI, and related tools.
• Improve data quality, reporting processes, and business intelligence capabilities.

What you'll bring to our firm:

• Must have worked on a personal, work, or academic project using scripting to sort data and present dashboards.
• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Finance, Data Analytics, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Basic to intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including organizing data, using formulas, sorting/filtering, and creating basic charts or PivotTables.
• General comfort working with data, spreadsheets, numbers, and reports.
• Strong attention to detail and willingness to check work for accuracy.
• Must have the ability to organize information from multiple files or data sources.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and explain findings in simple terms.
• Willingness to learn Power BI, Power Query, data modeling, and DAX with guidance from the project team.
• Ability to work collaboratively with project managers, engineers, project controls staff, and other team members.
• Interest in learning how data and dashboards are used to support large infrastructure and construction programs.

Location: New York City, NY
Working Hours: 8 AM – 5 PM
Employment Status: Hourly

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