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Design Review Intern

McWhinney
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McWhinney is a privately held full-service real estate investment, development and management firm with a team of highly talented associates. We are passionate about creating places people love. This is a team that constantly strives to add value through all phases of the real estate cycle, cultivating beautiful, sustainable, connected communities that each reflect a unique sense of place. To date, McWhinney has planned and developed over 6,000 acres of master-planned communities and 13 million square feet of mixed-use, industrial, residential, multifamily, hospitality and office properties.

 

Guided by our values – respect, integrity, perseverance and legacy – McWhinney aims to attract and retain the best and brightest in the industry and is constantly building our team to achieve our goals.

Position Summary:

The Intern – Design Review Committee and Community Design position supports the Design Review Committee processes of McWhinney Master Planned Communities and the Community Development efforts of the organization which establish the standards of development for those areas.

This internship will last 3 months from around June 3rd  – August 30th, with the start date being flexible depending on school schedule.

Key Responsibilities:

 

Design Review Committees “DRC” (Centerra, Baseline, Van de Water, Ironhorse, Boyd Lake Village):

  • Assist with Receiving and Checking In DRC Submittals
    • Confirm receipt of submittal. Stamp submittals as received.
    • Check in submittal to assure comments were responded to, to confirm application is complete, and prepare DRC Members in advance of meetings.
    • Conduct Initial Review of submittals as requested.    
  • Attend DRC Meetings
  • Maintain DRC History & Offsite Storage Inventory
    • Responsible for maintaining filing systems: electronic, hard copies and off-site storage of Design Review Submittals and Materials 
  • Assist with compliance drive-throughs of communities for their compliance with the applicable Design Guidelines.
  • Maintain DRC data of the single-family residential plot plans and final DRC compliance inspections (architectural and landscape).
  • Assist with DRC Final Compliance Inspections (Commercial & Residential)
  • Maintain the DRC Intranet Site on McWhinney Central to ensure it is up to date

Community Design

  • Support Community Development Team by creating presentations, exhibits, reports, etc. using Adobe Creative Suite or other Microsoft Programs as needed.
  • Participate in ongoing evaluation of DRC process to identify opportunities for improvement.
  • Assist with maintaining statistics of development, site area, commercial building square footage, residential dwelling units, and jobs to provide analysis of information in various formats (primarily the Land Use Matrix for Centerra and Van de Water)

Community Entitlements

  • Support in the maintenance and modification of Community Entitlement (Zoning) Documents (ex. Millennium General Development Plan and North Park PUD) for administrative and public amendments. Maintain the documents for public distribution on the DRC Websites, Municipal Staff and McWhinney Staff Binders. Facilitate in the assembly of documents for all stages of review including internal and public. 
  • Support in the maintenance and modification of Master Developer/Community Design Guidelines, Planned Sign Programs and supplemental documents. Modify using Adobe Creative Suite programs. Maintain the documents for public distribution on the DRC Websites and as applicable for applicants.