Watch your work come to life in landmark projects around the world when you partner with Syska Hennessy Group! As a global leader in consulting, engineering, and commissioning services, we specialize in MEP, information and communication technology, architectural lighting, vertical transportation, and commissioning. We currently have an opportunity for a Human Resources Summer Intern in our New York office.
Our dynamic work environment provides the optimal setting for a positive learning experience as an intern. From our supportive culture, diverse workforce, and competitive compensation to our flexible work schedules and fun social events, it is everything you will need for an exciting, challenging, and rewarding internship.
Internship Responsibilities:
As a Human Resources Summer Intern, you will be supporting the Human Resources Team in our three centers of excellences: Benefit & Compensation, Learning and & Development and Recruitment and Retention. You will learn from others, and they will expect to learn from you. You will share in the responsibility, rewards, and recognition of producing truly innovative solutions and complete client satisfaction. The pace is fast, and the camaraderie is close.
Some responsibilities include:
- Assisting Benefit and Compensation with formatting job descriptions.
- Assist HRIS data entry to add employees previous experience in ADP.
- Assign training through our LMS, Vector Solution.
- Assist in firmwide rollout and new hire sessions of Core Strengths – SDI.
- Assisting in the implementation/rollout of Recruitment dashboard.
- Assisting Recruitment with Greenhouse ATS system entry clean up.
- Attend intern education program lunch-and-learn sessions.
Internship Requirements:
The ideal candidate will enjoy a team environment and also flexible enough to work independently where needed. Candidates for this role will be eager to expand their knowledge by challenging themselves and using the highly technical resources around them.
Additional job requirements:
- Pursing a bachelor’s degree from accredited university in Human Resources/Business Management
- Must be at a minimum in your Junior or Senior year.
- Previous internship or experience a plus
- Fundamental knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint including building presentations, using lookup formulas, creating pivot tables, and building visualizations is required.
- Knowledge of or interest in Power BI, related databases and/or data warehouses is a plus.
- Time management and excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to exercise discretion working with sensitive information.
- HRIS experience a plus
- Recruiting experience, a plus
Benefits:
As a member of our highly collaborative team, we also provide our full-time employees with a flexible benefits package that reflects our respect for your workplace contributions, professional goals, and personal priorities. As a summer intern you will be eligible for:
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching
- Commuter Benefits
- NY PFL
At Syska, we have cultivated a community that supports learning and provides guidance for professional development and furthering our culture of excellence. We promote an environment that is committed to embedding diversity and equality into the core of our business and culture. We empower our employees so they can take ownership of their work and development and strive to continually improve themselves and our firm. We rely on the talent, drive, enthusiasm, and the total job satisfaction of the great people who work here for our success! Syska is a place where you can build an exceptional career and have a lasting impact on the world.
Syska Hennessy Group
Integrating the best minds and technology to help clients create exceptional environments.
The salary range listed below is for this particular job posting. Actual pay range for candidates will be commensurate with candidate’s experience, skillsets and competencies and may differ based on the cost of labor in their particular location.
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What We Do
Consult ■ Engineer ■ Commission
At Syska Hennessy Group, we create exceptional environments.
By combining our expertise with all of the next generation tools that technology has to offer, we provide high performance engineering, consulting and commissioning solutions for the built environment.
We are committed to being the best, to advancing engineering design practice, and to supporting our clients with integrity and commitment. Through our highly collaborative approach, we engage with our clients to help them meet their challenges head on.
We embrace social responsibility, both in our workplace and in our design practice.
Syska Hennessy Group has been ranked in ENR's Top 500 Design Firms Sourcebook as the #1 data center designer.
We are proud of our portfolio of international projects which include some of the world’s most technically sophisticated buildings.
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