Architect Assistant: Facilities and Maintenance Technician

POSITION RESPONSIBILITES

These are the standard responsibilities in this position, after the student has started, there is an opportunity to add additional responsibilities based on the student’s initiative and skills. The student will support the Architecture Department, primarily write technical memoirs for the planning of installation and building works, as well as maintenance contracts. The main valued qualities are:

• Ease and fluency in drafting: will be assessed very positively enabling the writing.
• Proactivity while facing workloads that can generate situations of stress.
• Trained in analytics: the mastery of calculation tools such as Excel will be valued positively.
• Creativity: we highly value proactive profiles when innovating and proposing improvements on existing processes.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION:
An engineering services consulting company founded in 2003. The company offers services for both public administration and private companies in areas such as architecture, industrial engineering, geology, public works, etc.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS:
On-site Supervision and Support
Our internships include 24/7 on-site staff to support students working and living abroad. All students will also report to a supervisor at their internship site. Supervisors provide and oversee daily tasks, introduce the intern to team members, and mentor the intern in organizational agility, skill acquisition, and career readiness. Interns complete a midpoint and final evaluation, and supervisors complete a final evaluation of their interns. All work responsibilities and projects are approved in advance. 

Academic Credit
Students on an internship have the opportunity to enroll in their home university for credit, or enroll in a course through API to transfer back to their university for credit. Email support-internships@apiexperience.com for more information and a syllabus.

Housing and Excursions
Housing and excursions are included in your internship and will be selectable during the application process. 

Visa Sponsorship
This position does not offer visa sponsorship for non-US citizens 

Visa Sponsorship (London, Edinburgh, Sydney only)
Selected candidates will be responsible for obtaining a temporary work visa with support from API, please note that this has an additional expense on the candidate. For more information visit our visa page.