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Project Engineer Internship

CompanyTRIO Electric
LocationHouston
Work ModeOn Site
PostedSeptember 15, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
You will support project managers by maintaining project documentation, tracking contractual requirements, and ensuring construction projects run smoothly. You will also participate in project meetings and assist with project closeout procedures while working across multiple sites.
Internship Type
intern
Company Size
230
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Trio Electric was founded in 2003. Trio is one of the largest electrical engineering and contracting firms in Houston. We are privately held, full-service electrical contractor focusing on commercial, multi-family residential and light industrial projects. Our strategic focus is to leverage our electrical expertise and experience into several complimentary services including: Electrical Contracting, Civil Construction, 24 hour emergency service and Energy Intelligence. The three components that makes up Trio Electric are Customers, Employees and Projects. Our customers are amongst the most notable names in the construction industry: Balfour Beatty, Harvey, Durotech, JE Dunn, Hines, and Manhattan to name a few. The company employs over 280 employees who share the common goal and purpose. Our projects includes office buildings, warehouse facilities, manufacturing plants, hospitals, schools, tenant building and much more.
About the Role
TRIO Electric – Project Engineer Intern
Location: Fully onsite in office in Houston, TX

This entry-level Project Engineer Intern role is designed to give you maximum exposure to both our field and office operations. The training program is expected to last between 10 to 12 weeks, depending on your availability/school schedule.  After graduation, assuming you receive a full time offer, a Project Manager is the most common next step (this promotion path normally takes 3 years but can be quicker, depending on YOU and your pace), you’ll have the chance to explore other exciting opportunities within our different departments.

Project Engineer – What You Will Do
You will play a pivotal part in supporting our team of Project Managers and making sure construction projects are running smoothly from start to finish.
  • Support and maintain data, information, communications, and approvals required by project and company requirements between owner, contractors/subcontractors, or other project-related entities
  • Participate in and maintain document and project control systems and procedures.
  • Attend project meetings to include documentation, administration, and tracking of relevant information and statuses
  • Obtain, track, and document contractor and subcontractor contractual requirements (and construction plans and specs) on areas of safety, performance, project staff, and equipment as directed by project manager
  • Assist in project closeout procedures
You will support multiple projects concurrently. You will work in the office and out in the field (estimated 70% of your time will be performed in the field or on job sites). No overnight travel.

 Project Engineer–  Skills, Experience & Personality Fit
  • Comfort with working at a job site and travel to a variety of project locations 
  • You strive for excellence – you want to do BETTER
  • You enjoy communicating with many different people - a people management career 
  • Organization skills – you enjoy coodinating mulitple teams and projects simultaniously 
  • A basic understanding of the construction life cycle from estimation or bid-through project completion (you might have, not required)

 
Key Skills
Project managementConstruction managementDocument controlCommunicationOrganizationData managementSafety complianceContract administrationProject closeoutConstruction life cycle
Categories
ConstructionEngineeringManagement & Leadership