Intern: Project Management (Summer 2026)

The Project Management intern role within our Trucks Technology & Industrial Organization provides business and engineering students with the opportunity to apply academic knowledge and skills in a professional environment. The Project Management department is responsible for managing procurement activities from sourcing to production. In this role you will support tracking clear and actionable deliverables and owners, ensuring clear communication channels, identifying and securing risk mitigation plans, achieving quality, cost, and delivery targets, and executing change management throughout the project.

This internship will be based onsite at our Greensboro, NC location, and will run from May 11th - August 7th, 2026. Interns may be eligible for a monthly housing stipend under certain circumstances.

What You Will Be Doing

• Support in evaluating the performance of our current supply base
• Help to minimize disturbances in our supply chain by steering improvements
• Aid in ensuring projects are delivered on time with the agreed quality, cost, and features according to the requested volumes and production capacity
• Prepare necessary project status, management project reviews and/or steering committee documents and presentations
• Support with identifying and managing risks with risk mitigation plans
• Secure that suppliers are delivering according to Volvo’s specifications
• Be an interface between our operation plants and suppliers during running production
• Utilize Microsoft tools to create reports and dashboards
• Support project managers in their day-to-day activities
• Participate in supplier and internal team meetings

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field. Your degree must be at an accredited school, and you need to have completed 30 semester hours prior to the start of the internship.
• Must be either a Junior, Senior, or Graduate Student at the start of your internship
• Minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75 or higher
• To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status
• Summer Interns may work up to 40 hours per week and must be enrolled as a student

What We Are Looking For

• Organized and agile in your way of working, with a continuous improvement mindset
• Team-player focused
• Developed written and verbal communication skills
• High attention to detail
• Skilled in Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word)
• Experience with Power Bi and Power Automate is a plus