The Bay Area SMACNA Intern Program started in 2000 as an excellent employment opportunity for students, as well as a way to introduce the different careers available within the various specialties of the sheet metal construction industry.
Bay Area SMACNA has received over 4,000 Intern Applications since the inception of this program and has placed approximately 600 students in intern positions throughout the Greater Bay Area. Many of the Interns have been offered permanent employment after graduating, and many of them have pursued a career as a sheet metal worker in a SMWIA Local 104 Joint Apprenticeship Training Center.
Career opportunities for Bay Area SMACNA Interns include engineering, estimating, design, architecture, project management, construction management, purchasing, accounting, office administration, shop and field construction, service and repair.
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All applicants are required to be students at least 16 years of age
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Students under 18 are required to obtain a work permit from their school
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Interns hired for office administrative duties may work throughout the school year
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Interns hired for shop and/or field may only work between May 1 and September 30th
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The rate of pay is a minimum of $11.00 per hour, subject to negotiation between the Intern and Employer.
Click Here for the 2013 Intern Application: INTERN APPLICATION 2013.pdf For more information on the Intern Program, call Bay Area SMACNA at 510-635-8212 or e-mail info@bayareasmacna.org.
Many thanks to the following companies who
have hired a 2012 Bay Area SMACNA Intern:
ACCO Engineered Systems
Air Systems (4)
Aire Sheet Metal
Bay Area Balancing (2)
Bayside Heating and Air Conditioning
Bel-Aire Mechanical
Bell Products
Brady Air Conditioning
Burlingame Heating
Columbia Mechanical
Contra Costa Metal Fab
Control Air North
Critchfield Mechanical, Inc.
Environmental Systems, Inc.
Indoor Environmental Services
Innovative Mechanical
Kent Lim & Company
Kinetics Mechanical
Marelich Mechanical (4)
Mauck Sheet Metal
MESA3
Michael D. Burns Company
Monarch Mechanical
N.V. Heathorn (2)
National Air Balance (2)
Peterson Mechanical
RMI Mechanical
Southland Industries
United Mechanical
Western Allied Mechanical (4)