Operations & Maintenance Trainee
Objective: Be a part of the team who ensures the continued success of our projects. An Operations & Maintenance Trainee will assist in the monitoring of Operations & Maintenance costs, preparation of plans, presentations, reports, and consultant/vendor/materials comparison statements crucial to maintenance of our assets and many other challenging projects.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support on the development of Operation & Maintenance (O&M) Cost Models in Excel for inclusion into overall Financial Models that are generated to study the feasibility of investing in new highway projects
- Gather relevant data from sources such as the RS-Means cost database, project design drawings, Request for Information (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP), environmental assessments, and design reports to conduct analysis of O&M expenditures for new proposals and existing concessions
- Support on monitoring O&M costs for existing concessions by collecting data on concessionaries from the O&M benchmarking system
- Prepare presentations, reports, consultant/vendor comparison statements, and other necessary documents to be used within the Technical Department
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD
- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office, specially Excel
- Superior technical report writing and communication skills
- Proficiency in MicroStation and/or ArcGIS preferred
- Prior experience or exposure in the field is a plus, but not required
- Ethical, caring and with the ability to work in a collaborative environment