This internship allows students to experience a civil- or structural-focused environment within a corporate setting. Engineering department interns are assigned to one of two options: core structural engineering with analysis focus or civil engineering. Training involves hands-on experience with structural analysis software tools and theoretical-based training with licensed professionals, civil engineers, and structural engineers. Interns work in small groups alongside Senior Engineers to address the Company’s needs. In the structural internship, the Engineering Intern performs structural analyses of cell phone towers and prepares formal, written reports detailing tower capacity and listing recommendations for modifications needed to increase capacity. In the civil internship, the Engineering Intern will complete raw-land site development using Civil 3D, stormwater analyses, access road remediation and repair, minor structural calculations and letters related to project permitting.
Founded in 1995, American Tower Corporation, one of the largest global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), is a leading independent owner, operator and developer of wireless and broadcast communications real estate.
Through communications sites and other real estate solutions in 22 countries around the world, American Tower enables our partners and customers to connect with more people, which builds community and creates opportunities.
Think of a tower site like a “vertical office building,” where we provide the basic infrastructure, and our customers—or tenants—lease space on our sites to meet the connectivity needs of those they serve.
Central to American Tower’s business model is colocation or “neutral hosting”. This means we can host multiple wireless communications tenants on one tower, allowing them to reduce network infrastructure costs and concentrate on providing service to their customers.