Job Description

Overview: 

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) offers internship and co-op opportunities to high-performing college students who want meaningful hands-on experiences in their fields of study. The following core values guide MPC’s approach to doing business: health and safety; environmental stewardship; integrity; corporate citizenship; and diversity and inclusion. Interns and co-ops work side by side with experienced professionals as contributing members of diverse work teams who create value for the company’s shareholders. MPC believes that how we conduct our business is just as important as the bottom line.  

Responsibilities: 

Logistics & Storage Engineering (L&SE) provides project management and project controls services to support the continuous growth and maintenance of Marathon’s Logistics & Storage (L&S) organization. Projects typically involve petroleum product storage tanks; terminal facilities; pipeline facilities and our network of pipelines.  

The L&SE Project Controls Intern/Co-op position offers a variety of challenges to students holding a degree in Construction Management, Construction Engineering Technology or a similar degree. The intern/co-op program may consist of any number of work sessions; however, multiple sessions provide interns/co-ops a variety of assignments with increasing responsibility. Project Controls Intern/Co-ops will apply principles learned in construction management/project controls classes to a portfolio of projects ranging from tens of thousands to millions of dollars.  

L&SE Project Controls Intern/Co-ops work closely with L&SE Project Engineers to successfully move projects through the 5 phases of the Marathon Project Management Process (MPMP) including conceptual, feasibility, definition, implementation and close-out/start-up. Typical tasks include schedule development and progress monitoring; development and integration of individual schedules into the overall project plan; regular progress updates; identification of key project milestones; resource loading and leveling; and preparation of periodic progress reporting to management. The intern/co-op will learn Project Controls standards and procedures. 

Qualifications: 

Candidates must be majoring in Construction Management, Construction Engineering Technology, Project Management or other related disciplines. 

Candidates must be authorized to work in the US on a full-time indefinite basis without the need for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future.  

Positions are available for summer and fall semesters. 

A valid driver's license is required. 

Military experience a plus 

Concurrent enrollment in a degree seeking program