HR Intern

American Engineering Testing • Internship • Saint Paul, MN • $20 - $21 / hour • 3d ago

About Us

At American Engineering Testing (AET), we believe that people are the heart of innovation. We create an environment that values teamwork, curiosity, and continuous improvement while delivering innovative engineering and consulting solutions. As a 100% employee-owned firm, we deliver comprehensive testing, analysis, and design to reduce uncertainty in construction projects and offer rewarding work, exceptional training, and career development opportunities.

Job Summary

The HR Intern supports the Human Resources team by assisting with day to day operational activities, data management, onboarding, employee experience initiatives, and process improvements. This role is ideal for a student or early career professional interested in gaining hands on experience in HR operations, systems, and compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations or workable solutions may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Gain an understanding of AET’s HR department and learn what HR can do for the organization
Assist with maintaining and updating employee records in HRIS systems.
Support document management including filing, scanning, uploading, and auditing forms.
Help prepare HR reports, metrics, and dashboards as needed.
Assist with internal communication drafts—emails, newsletters, or intranet updates.
Participate and lead audits of employee files and HR processes.
Respond to basic employee inquiries or route them to the appropriate HR team member.
Update internal HR documentation, templates, and SOPs
Learn and support day to day use of HRIS, ATS, and other HR tools.
Assist with data entry, quality checks, and system updates.
Help review processes and identify opportunities for automation or streamlining.
Assist with various HR administration tasks.

Required Qualifications and Education Requirements

Actively enrolled in a degree in a Human Resources program or similar programs
Professional written and verbal communication skills required
Ability to work under tight deadline schedules and float between various projects and priorities
Demonstrated ability to effectively interact with a wide range of individuals
Effective planning, organizational and detail-orientated skills – ability to prioritize projects and adjust workload accordingly
Must take initiative, be self-motivated and an independent, accountable, dependable performer
Proficient use of Microsoft Office, with demonstrated capability in Word, Excel, PPT, Zoom, Teams and Outlook
Good organizational and time management skills required
Excellent verbal and writing skills
Take immediate action to overcome obstacles
Proactive, customer-driven attitude

Pay Transparency

Base compensation is expected to be in the range of $20 - $21 per hour. The selected candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones photocopiers, filing cabinets.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands or finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 5 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Third Party Disclosure

Notice to Third Party Agencies: AET does not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiting firms. Absent a signed Service Agreement by AET’s Chief People Officer (CPO), AET reserves the right to pursue and hire these candidates without financial obligation to recruiters or agencies.

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