Naval Architect / Marine Engineer Intern

About Us

Matson has been the leading ocean shipping and logistics provider throughout the Pacific since 1882. We are the supply chain lifeline for Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and islands of the South Pacific. We also offer the top two ocean shipping services in the world’s largest trade lane - Asia to the U.S. West Coast. With our subsidiaries Matson Terminals and Matson Logistics, our business focus is exceeding customer expectations with quality, reliability, and integrity.

We strive to operate in an environmentally sustainable manner and promote land-based environmental programs in Hawaii, Guam, and Alaska. We help improve the communities in which we work and live through our community giving program that annually supports hundreds of local organizations.

Matson is honored to be certified as a Great Place to Work. Our team of dedicated and talented employees consistently deliver exceptional results for our customers and the communities in which we serve.

Learn more at matson.com.

About the Role

Gain hands on naval architecture experience as a Summer Intern in Matson’s Vessel Operations and Engineering Department. The Intern rate of pay is $25/hour. This position requires the successful candidate to work on-site at our Walnut Creek corporate office.

What you’ll do:

• Enter new electronic vessel drawings into Matson’s Document Management System (DMS) and add document metadata to allow easy location.
• Review existing vessel documents in Matson’s DMS, confirm / modify / add metadata as necessary. Remove duplicate files. Combine multiple sheets into single documents.
• Attend occasional department meetings in person or remotely, some of which may be outside normal business hours due to time zone changes.
• Review Matson’s intranet and internet and identify out-of-date documents, locate up-to-date documents, and forward to the Matson Corporate Communications team.
• Assist with ad hoc projects and analysis, as needed.

You have these skills:

• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to characterize vessel documentation and understand revision methodology.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively.
• Self-motivated with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) skills.
• Experience with Adobe Acrobat – able to combine multiple single-sheet PDFs into multi-page PDFs.
• Willingness to learn the OnBase document management system.

And these qualifications:

• Rising Junior or Senior in active pursuit of a Bachelor’s Degree in Naval Architecture and/or Marine Engineering or completed undergraduate degree and entering master’s degree in Naval Architecture / Marine Engineering or related field in the fall of 2026.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher.

The hourly rate is posted for this position.

At Matson, we're looking for people to build a unified team to maintain our values of trust, integrity, and reliability. We welcome people who think rigorously and thoughtfully challenge assumptions.

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