Full Time Internship | San Jose
Spring 2024: Internship Examples

This civil engineering internship is with a real estate development company that provides design and inspection services for project management, investment auditing, property appraisals, and more. Intern tasks include drawing plans and conducting mechanical calculations.

This firm specializes in engineering for renewable energy projects including hydroelectric, wind, and geothermal. Additionally, there is an emphasis on the development of infrastructure, such as industrial plants, bridges and urban drainage systems. The company was founded in 1996 by the head engineer, whose vision was the creation of a leading and innovative consulting firm operating in Costa Rica and Central America. Intern tasks may include: – Collaborating with engineers on tasks – Supporting the execution of hydrological studies – Hydro meteorological data processing – Using software to integrate meteorological information – Visiting sites to collect information

This internship is an environmental internship with a focus on geology and water resource management with a consulting company. Intern tasks may include developing a database of groundwater wells for population supply, conducting an analysis of drinking water quality date, analyzing pump testing data, and joining field work operations.

This interior design internship is with a company that provides real-time, online interior design support. Intern tasks include following up with clients to obtain the needed information for the pre-modeling process, preparing necessary resources for the development of sessions, modeling items from vendors in Sketchup, and working as a team with Junior and Senior Designer for the benefit of Pancake and the client.

This internship is a construction and engineering marketing placement at a Costa Rican communications agency. Intern tasks include collaboration in the creation of marketing strategies, designing materials, developing a brand book, and collaborating with staff on marketing strategies.

This internship is with a long-stay residence for the elderly and day care. Intern tasks include brainstorming marketing strategies to promote the facility.

This museum is an institution created for the recovery, custody, conservation and divulgation of the historical patrimony of the heroic gestures of a soldier in 1856-57, to retain them as part of the collective memory of the Costa Rican people through a range of activities and to promote the cultural development of Alajuela. Intern tasks may include: -Creating a museum guide for an archaeological collection -Supporting the cataloging of articles of the collection (inventory items) -Providing recommendations on the management of the collection

This foundation is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-partisan organization whose mandate began in 1988 in Central America and the Caribbean, extending in 2002 to the entire Americas region. The mission is to carry out leading actions in the joint construction of freer, fairer and more supportive societies, firmly underpinned by peace and democracy. Intern tasks may include: – Supporting activities of the foundation’s think tank through elaboration of their weekly summary of important Central American news and facts -Support in execution of projects taking place during the internship period, such as baseline building, research, and translation of documents, among others