Client Facing Title (posting)Intern - Engineering - Manufactured Housing
Job Description
Responsibilities
Engineering Intern – Manufactured Housing
Location: Ashburn, VA
Employment Type: Internship
Department: Engineering – DAPIA Monitoring
About the Role
We are seeking a detail-oriented Engineering Intern to support our DAPIA Monitoring team. This role focuses on assisting with design calculations, updates, documentation management, and compliance reviews under the HUD Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards. The intern will gain direct exposure to factory-built processes, structural systems, and the organizational discipline required to manage large volumes of calculations and design files.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist engineers with preparing, organizing, and reviewing structural, mechanical, and electrical calculations for HUD-regulated designs.
- Maintain calculation packages, ensuring traceability, version control, and proper alignment with approved design sets.
- Verify inputs used in design spreadsheets (e.g., loads, spans, reactions) and compare against design manuals, plan sets, and manufacturer specifications.
- Update design data tables, load tracking sheets, and calculation logs for plan reviews and audits.
- Participate in internal design reviews focused on HUD code compliance, structural integrity, and manufacturability.
- Support engineering documentation related to QA/QC, change management, and design approvals.
Qualifications
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s program in Civil, Structural, Mechanical, or a related engineering discipline.
- Foundational knowledge of statics, materials, and basic structural behavior.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage large data sets and calculation folders.
- Ability to read and interpret engineered drawings, load tables, and technical documents.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
Preferred Skills
- Exposure to factory-built construction, modular systems, or HUD manufactured housing standards.
- Experience organizing calculation sets for plan review, engineering audits, or quality-control processes.
Company Overview
Bring your passion, expertise, and experience to IBTS, where we appreciate and are committed to our employees. We offer outstanding benefits, growth opportunities, and work hard to maintain a culture that values our employees.
The Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization established to provide unbiased professional building code compliance services, while enhancing the communities in which we work. At IBTS, our mission is to deliver quality services to meet the challenges of governance at all levels while enhancing public safety, economic development, and the general welfare of the community. Our services include Building and Community Development, Energy and Sustainability Services, Disaster Planning and Recovery, Quality Assurance, as well as Compliance and Risk Monitoring.
IBTS is headquartered in Ashburn, VA, with additional offices in Louisiana, Missouri, New York, Puerto Rico, and Washington, DC.
We are committed to building a community of experts with diverse backgrounds, disciplines, and perspectives who are passionate about our mission. IBTS is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer that maintains a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or sexual orientation. This opportunity is open to Section S3 Residents. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
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