Instrumentation and Controls Internship - McDermott International : Job Details

Job Description

Job Overview

McDermott is looking for an engineering intern to join our Instrumentation and Control System team during the summer of 2025.

As an intern, you will have the chance to learn about the instrumentation and systems that control, monitor, and safely shutdown process plants.

You will work in a project team environment, engaging with peers and mentors as you develop and review engineering documentation and grow in your career.

Responsibilities

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

• Support the review of project P&IDs and related instrument index.
• Develop and review instrument datasheets (used to specify instrumentation).
• Support instrumentation procurement activities.
• Develop and review of I/O lists and alarm lists.
• Develop and review Cause & Effect charts for safety logic.

Essential Qualifications and Education

• One or two semesters away from graduation in a bachelor's or master's engineering curriculum.
• Strong analytical and mathematic skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management and professionalism.
• Experience with using MS Office Suite (MS Word, MS Excel).
• A growth mindset and willingness to learn and accept improvement feedback.
• Eligible to work in the United States (citizen or green-card holder).
• Experience working in databases.
• Familiar with instrumentation and their purpose.
• Familiar with control systems such as PLCs.

About Us

Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we've forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms hundreds of miles from shore, using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure, and reshaping the onshore landscape to deliver the energy products the world needs safely and sustainably.

For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.