Overview
The Operations Management Intern will participate in a structured leadership development internship designed to provide hands-on exposure to transit operations, workforce management, compliance, and operational leadership within MV Transportation.
This internship program is intended to provide educational and professional development opportunities while supporting compliance with applicable employment, labor, safety, and wage and hour laws.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- Gain hands-on exposure to daily transit operations including dispatch, routing, scheduling, KPI tracking, customer service metrics, and service delivery performance management.
- Learn safety, maintenance, compliance, and regulatory fundamentals including DOT, FTA, ADA, and Company operating standards.
- Support workforce management initiatives including recruitment, onboarding, retention, employee engagement, and exposure to labor and employee relations processes.
- Assist with budgeting, forecasting, cost controls, and P&L reviews to understand operational financial performance and compliance considerations.
- Lead or support a division-focused operational improvement project and present findings and recommendations to operational and executive leadership.
- Complete weekly progress reports summarizing operational observations, key learnings, project updates, and process improvement recommendations.
- Observe and follow all applicable workplace safety, confidentiality, anti-harassment, and professional conduct policies during the internship program.
Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate student, or recent graduate.
- Interest in operations, leadership, transportation, logistics, or public transit industries.
- Strong communication, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work full-time for the duration of the internship program.
- Demonstrated leadership experience through coursework, student organizations, athletics, military service, or prior internships preferred.
Compliance & Employment Provisions
- Interns will be compensated through payroll and subject to applicable withholdings and payroll practices.
- Work schedules, meal periods, rest breaks, and overtime practices will be administered in accordance with applicable law and Company policy.
- Nothing in this internship program is intended to interfere with legally protected rights or benefits.
- Participation in the internship program does not guarantee future employment; however, successful interns may be considered for future opportunities based on business needs and performance.
- The Company reserves the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the internship program prospectively in accordance with applicable law and business needs.
Location
Corpus Christi, TX
Duration
6-8 weeks | Full-Time (40 hours/week)
Compensation
Compensation: $25/hour, administered in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local wage and hour laws.
MV Transportation is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. The information collected by this application is solely to determine suitability for employment, verify identity and maintain employment statistics on applicants.
Where permissible under applicable state and local law, applicants may be subject to a pre-employment drug test and background check after receiving a conditional offer of employment.
