IT Intern - Summer 2023

The Technical Intern program offers talented college students a year-round opportunity to expand their classroom training to develop technical skills and gain meaningful hands on experience working as part of an IT team. Additionally, the Technical Intern will participate in scheduled activities including sessions with senior leaders, job shadowing, one-on-one feedback and other networking opportunities.

Depending on the area of focus, Technical Interns will work with technology professionals while learning how to build software applications by gathering business requirements through customer interaction and participating in project planning, development, testing, support, and documentation activities. The internship will offer practical experience and broad exposure to the organization. Specific activities vary by assignment.

Responsibilities:

• Learn to work in an agile development environment
• Build strong relationships with customers
• Work collaboratively with other IT teams to meet project requirements
• Deliver project responsibilities on time and in specified budget
• Shadow a variety of IT teams and learn about their individual responsibilities
• Provide timely updates to management and teams on project progress
• Document project related activities and software specification
• Other duties as assigned by supervisory personnel
• Timely and regular attendance according to the scheduled shift as determined by supervisory personnel.

Responsibilities:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related discipline
• Ability to learn and understand technical concepts and tools necessary for their specific job duties
• Ability to work in a collaborative manner with team members and customers
• Time management skills and proven ability to work on time-sensitive deliverables
• Strong oral and written communication skills are critical
• Strong Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Demonstration of curiosity and desire to learn as well as contribute to the team
• Ability to think and work independently within a professional setting

Werner Enterprises provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, genetic information or veteran status or other status protected by law. We encourage applicants of all ages as we do not discriminate on the basis of an applicant's age.