Responsibilities

Do you want to be a part of something extraordinary? Do you love to win as a team, work hard, innovate and excel? Then let’s chat! Meritage Homes is a Top 5 builder dedicated to building energy-efficient homes and communities. We are looking for future leaders to help Meritage continue to grow, support our strategy, and solve our business challenges. Our internship program is designed to help you learn what we do and understand how and why we do it. If you’re looking for an experience where you can immerse yourself in a business, establish a network, learn, develop your skills, and have some fun, than this is the place for you.

The Communications Culture & Inclusion intern will work within the People Operations (HR) team, to support DE&I, culture, and internal communications and be responsible for:

• Redesigning Meritage’s intranet (researching best practices, surveying teams for needs, preferences, etc. as well as archiving/migrating current content and the actual site build).
• Building out a framework for an executive video series (vetting topics, creating talking points, scheduling, creating and sending invitations and reminders).
• Redesigning internal newsletters.
• Award application tracking, applications and submissions, and communication.
• Reviewing survey results to create analytics and presentations.
• Working on pulse survey administration and analytics support.
• Supporting our Employee Resource Groups
• Building People Operations Standard Operating Procedures

The stuff you will do:

• Work closely with internal business leaders to learn the homebuilding industry, the Meritage business model and an assigned functional area such as construction, land, marketing, operations, purchasing, finance, human resources, etc.
• Learn our core values and why they drive everything we do
• Translate classroom experience into practical application during the internship
• Participate in cross-functional projects involving other interns and business leaders centered around current business challenges
• Present real world business recommendations to senior leadership that can help drive our strategy
• Write a paper focusing on the experience or another assigned topic

Meritage Homes does not provide Visa sponsorship.

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Qualifications

Candidates must be actively enrolled in a degree program from a regionally accredited university or college, and should be passionately committed to:

• Operating with integrity
• Always assuming positive intent and bringing passion to work
• Having a desire to “win” and get stuff done
• Fostering an inclusive environment
• Asking questions, seeking to understand and making recommendations to improve
• Wanting to always innovate, think of new ideas and solve for bigger problems
• Being relentless in the pursuit of excellence and never settling

Preferred Experience:

• Working in a team environment on cross-team or functional projects
• Dealing with ambiguity
• Serving in a leadership capacity or influencing peers

Relevant College Coursework/Majors:

• Business Administration
• Marketing
• Human Resources
• Communications
• Journalism
• Project Management

Overview

Are you looking for an incredible career opportunity? Then Meritage Homes is the place for you! From the homes we build to the careers we offer, we believe in quality. Meritage Homes is the ENERGY STAR® Partner of The Year in Sustained Excellence for being a leader in protecting the environment and advancing energy efficiency in homebuilding. We are looking for candidates who are excited about furthering their careers, as well as being a part of an organization that helps people live happier, healthier lives. With over 150,000 homes built, Meritage Homes is looking for professionals who are self-starters and want to help our organization grow by providing new and innovative ideas.

When joining Meritage Homes, you and your career can benefit in several ways, including:

• A work environment that encourages creativity and innovative ideas from every level
• An organization that lives by its core values everyday
• Team atmosphere where every individual is considered a vital asset
• State of the art technology to provide an optimal working environment
• A competitive pay structure
• Strong benefits
• Flexibility in work-life integration
• Team-oriented environment where all individuals play an integral role in the company
• Opportunity to further your career in a growing national organization
• Maintain a competitive drive to be the best

Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, we’ve built more than 180,000 homes in multiple markets across the country. We believe that every family deserves to live better, smarter and healthier. It’s why we’re setting the new standard in home construction & design and leading the way in energy-efficient homes. For the employees at Meritage Homes that make this all possible, we believe in having the same standards of quality and reward that make for a challenging and enjoyable career.