DOD Skillbridge Internship

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Matrix Design Group Inc. is an award winning employee-owned engineering planning and consulting firm. As an employee-owned company we are committed to fostering cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity respect and excellence and provide innovative and sustainable solutions for our clients.

We have a friendly collegial cooperative atmosphere and offer a full range of benefits including an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP); medical dental vision disability and life insurance; holiday vacation and sick leave; training and education; and a 401(k) plan. Matrix employees are encouraged to participate in employee wellness programs social committees and community outreach programs.

This position is for transitioning service members participating in the DOD SkillBridge Program.

Opportunities are available in the following centers of excellence:

Civil Services

Construction Management

Environmental Services

GIS

Government Consulting

Landscape Architecture

Planning Services

Structural/Transportation

Water Resources/Ecological Services

Location: Colorado Springs CO; Denver CO; Phoenix AZ or San Antonio TX preferred. Open to considering other remote locations.

Salary: N/A SkillBridge Internship

Summary:Responsible for providing consulting support to the Government Consulting Services Center of Excellence (CoE). Consulting support is typically related directly or indirectly to the Department of Defense or state/local government(s) and may include developing study methodologies data collection and analyses researching and writing unique reports and other tasks as assigned. This role is ideal for a professional passionate about public service process improvement and project management.

Essential Functions:

• Research areas or issues as assigned and write formal and informal reports of varying lengths focused on summarizing information or persuading readers to support objectives.
• Support continuous process improvement and business process reengineering projects through process mapping; data collection analysis & visualization; and development of digital solutions.
• Support project execution to include preparing reports developing technical documents and presentations and contributing to others project deliverables.
• Plan organize and lead facilitation of virtual and in-person engagements with project stakeholders focused on visioning brainstorming and solving various challenges.
• Meeting with clients and their representatives as an individual or part of a team to present results resolve issues answer questions and maintain good relations.
• Project management or project management assistance including budgeting scheduling organizing teams prioritizing multiple projects and deadlines quality assurance and invoicing.
• Supporting proposal development by providing content for the approach schedule or other sections as assigned in accordance with the request for proposal or request for qualifications.

Competencies:

• Familiarity with the organization and structure of the U.S. Department of Defense with a more detailed working knowledge of one or more of the military services.
• Gather input from stakeholders involved in all aspects of a project to ensure their perspective and specialized knowledge is incorporated into recommendations and proposed solutions.
• Collect and organize information from a variety of sources such as computer databases scanned documents surveys and customer feedback.
• Ability to use statistical analysis simulations predictive modeling or other quantitative methods to analyze information and develop practical solutions to business problems.
• Write memos reports and develop presentations explaining findings and recommendations for managers executives and other project stakeholders
• Outstanding communication (written and oral) and presentation skills.
• Well versed in use of the Microsoft Office suite of products to include Teams Word Excel PowerPoint and others.
• Ability and willingness to travel to project sites and other facility offices.
• Working knowledge of data visualization and automation tools (e.g. Power BI Tableau and others) is preferred.

Education and Experience:

• Undergraduate or graduate degree in engineering architecture operations research data science or related field of study.
• Minimum of four years of work-related experience preferably in the areas of engineering public works installation management construction management logistics or base operating support.
• Valid drivers license in conjunction with successfully passing the Companys MVR screening.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop kneel crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Matrix Design Group Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race gender color religion sex national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

Any applicant with a qualifying physical or mental disability who believes they require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process should contact us at or .

How to Apply:

Please apply online at Experience:

Intern