Management Development Program (Internship)

Competitive Range Solutions partners with the government to plan and deploy complex, IT-enabled, and mission-essential capabilities. Our goal is to help you develop and expand your professional capabilities while working on challenging, exciting projects in a collaborative, congenial environment.

Our Management Development Program (MDP) is a hands-on internship built to walk emerging talent through the real, day-to-day processes of working at a Department of Defense (DOD) contractor, the things you actually do and follow once you are on the job. The heart of this program is practical and process-focused: learning how people get hired and onboarded, completing the trainings every employee is required to take, and shadowing team members to see how each department works within the company.

Most of your time will be spent learning and participating in the processes below.

1. The Hiring & Onboarding Process: You will get an inside look at how a defense contractor recruits, hires, and brings on new employees:

• Walking through the full candidate lifecycle; from job posting and application to interview, offer, and start date.
• Understanding onboarding paperwork and why it matters (I-9 employment eligibility, tax forms, direct deposit, benefits enrollment).
• Learning the basics of the security clearance and eligibility process, including forms like the SF-86 and what a background investigation involves.
• Seeing how new hires are set up with equipment, accounts, and system access.
• Observing recruiters and HR to understand how candidates are screened and how hiring decisions get made.

2. Required Trainings: You will complete and learn the purpose behind the trainings every employee is expected to finish:

• Security awareness and information-handling basics.
• Ethics and standards of conduct training.
• Expense reporting and travel policy basics.
• Company systems and tools training (email, collaboration platforms, HR and timekeeping systems).
• Compliance essentials at an introductory level; what rules exist, why they matter, and where to find them.

3. Shadowing & On-the-Job Learning: You will spend meaningful time observing real employees at work so you learn how tasks are actually performed:

• Shadowing managers and team leads to see how they run their day, prioritize, and communicate.
• Sitting in on team meetings and status updates to learn the rhythm of the work.
• Watching how tasks are assigned, tracked, and reported to leadership and customers.
• Following along on real processes and workflows so you understand the steps before you are asked to do them.
• Asking questions and building relationships with mentors across departments.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance; required
• Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a bachelor's or master's program (all majors encouraged to apply), preferred.
• Organized, dependable, and eager to learn.
• Comfortable asking questions and taking notes.
• Self-motivated and able to stay engaged in a fully remote setting.
• Basic comfort with standard productivity tools (e.g., Microsoft Office / collaboration platforms).