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Spring Project Intern

CompanyProject Management Advisors
LocationChicago
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMarch 2, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The intern will provide project and administrative support to project management staff, including coordinating daily roles and assisting in preparing written documents like reports and meeting minutes. Responsibilities also involve conducting research, updating financial databases, managing project documents, and attending site visits.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
207
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is an independent real estate consulting and project delivery firm that delivers clarity and leadership to complex decisions, guiding owners, developers, and investors to maximize the full potential of their assets and portfolios. We provide strategic guidance and hands-on execution throughout the real estate lifecycle, including advisory services, development management, project management, program management, and investor representation. For more than 30 years, PMA has advised on and delivered billions of dollars in real estate projects nationwide, bringing deep industry expertise, objective insights, and owner-minded leadership to every engagement. Consistently ranked among Engineering News-Record’s Top Project Management-for-Fee Firms for six consecutive years, PMA has a proven track record across diverse project types, industries, and public and private sectors. Headquartered in Chicago, PMA has offices in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Tampa, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle. As of December 2025, Project Management Advisors has merged with Brailsford & Dunlavey.
About the Role

Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is a national real estate advisory firm providing consulting services as the owner's representative, including development management, project management, program management and investor representation. Recognized among the commercial real estate industry's top professional services firms, including being named to Engineering News-Record top CM firms for the past four years in a row, we partner with our clients as their unbiased advocate to provide leadership and strategic guidance for increasingly sophisticated real estate needs and challenges, minimizing risk while maximizing outcomes.

Project Management Advisors, Inc. (PMA) is a real estate project management company that provides consulting services to businesses in a wide variety of public and private sector industries. PMA’s professional staff employs an approach to project assignments which combines an established team methodology with problem solving, collaboration, and innovation. PMA’s team has proven experience in nearly every aspect of the real estate industry, and from both sides of the table, including backgrounds in architectural design, asset management, brokerage, construction, development, engineering, and planning. 

PMA Chicago's office is seeking a part-time intern this spring. The intern will provide project and administrative support to project management staff, including Senior Project Managers, Project Managers, and Assistant Project Managers. 


 Responsibilities:

•    Work closely with Project Managers in coordinating and executing daily roles and responsibilities
•    Assist in preparing written documents, such as monthly reports, due diligence reports, meeting minutes, and other internal and external correspondence
•    Conduct research on various projects, clients, companies, vendors, agencies, etc. 
•    Develop and update spreadsheets and databases to manage budgets, cost estimates, and other financial information
•    Develop and update “living” project documents such as schedules, open items, and logistics plans
•    Attend project meetings with the team as needed, including client, design, construction, and other various meetings
•    Attend periodic project construction site visits to help monitor and document progress
•    Manage day-to-day paperwork/information flow and conduct general file maintenance
•    Read and interpret general documents, and format and communicate general correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, memoranda, etc. 

Experience:

•    Graduating in the spring or fall of 2027 
•    Degree program or concentration in construction, architecture, design, engineering or related field. 
•    Experience using MS Access, MS Project, MS Visio, Adobe Creative Suite, Bluebeam Revu, AutoCAD or other programs is a strong plus 

The hourly rate for this position is $30.00. 

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PMA is comprised of over 150 project professionals experienced and licensed in nearly every aspect of the real estate industry with multi-disciplined backgrounds that are heavily rooted in the built environment, including architecture, development, asset management, brokerage, construction, engineering, finance, and urban planning.  Our local market knowledge and ability to leverage broad and diverse experience across a national portfolio of projects is unmatched in the industry, including assignments in civic, cultural, education, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, life sciences, multi-family residential, office and retail.  

PMA is headquartered in Chicago, with offices in Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, San Diego and San Francisco, delivering expertise to a broad range of clients from developers to institutional investors based on 30 years of practical experience, allowing our teams to consistently anticipate issues, understand potential impacts and provide proactive solutions.

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Key Skills
Project ManagementAdministrative SupportDocument PreparationResearchDatabase ManagementSpreadsheet DevelopmentCost EstimationSchedule ManagementLogistics PlanningMeeting AttendanceSite VisitsFile MaintenanceCorrespondence FormattingMS AccessMS Project
Categories
ConsultingConstructionAdministrativeEngineering