IT Generalist Internship Job Erie area,Pennsylvania USA,IT/Tech

Position: IT Generalist Internship 2027

Responsible for the efficient and timely ordering of all hardware, software and services ordered by the IT department.
Code all invoices and transactions associated with procured items ensuring accuracy of product, quantities and costs.
Where applicable, coordinate the installation of services or equipment.
Maintain strong relationships with suppliers and service providers ensuring we are aware of product roadmap, changes, availability and incentives.
Where applicable, perform spend analysis to identify opportunities to realign purchasing programs to optimize plans, service and discounts.
Participate in select vendor relations and roadmap discussion with the Director of Information Technology
Prepare and submit appropriate cost allocations to the finance department on the appropriate interval in order to distribute IT costs back to the business areas as appropriate.
Work with members of the IT leadership team to ensure accuracy of inventory and information used to generate allocation of IT allocations
Work with the finance department to continually streamline and optimize these processes.
Update IT Allocation model and corresponding documentation under the guidance of the Director of IT.
Update and prepare Monthly IT forecast documents to be used by the IT Leadership team.
Project Administration
As designated by the Director of IT, assist in the development of scope, schedule and objectives for project that the IT department is involved in. These will include both internal IT driven projects as well as business area sponsored projects.
Maintain or assist in creating project progress reports and communicate status to key stakholders.
As appropriate, act as the technical liaison between internal IT resources and external technology resources.
Participate with the IT Manager – Business Intelligence in the collection of scope and requirements definitions for various analytics and visualizations requested to perform process health and confidence analysis.
Develop and maintain the dashboards and visualizations used by the IT department to monitor and audit our internal processes.
Develop other visualizations as assigned.
Office Productivity Suite
Maintain a current understanding of capabilities, and pending enhancements being made by Microsoft to the Office 365 suite of products. Identify what you believe to be core functionality or enhancements that will benefit the organization and present those to the Director of IT for consideration.
Develop and maintain the Internal and External IT SharePoint and collaboration sites. Evaluate and test new or existing tools, modules or functionally as they are released. Work with the Director of IT to determine what might be of value to incorporate in our IT sites for testing and further consideration.
Participate with the various process areas within IT on initiatives to select, implement and deploy mobile hardware, software or processes to enhance the user experience and address process gaps or inefficiencies.
Maintain awareness of trends in mobile technology for the Construction, Materials and Equipment. Look for opportunities to bring new ideas or increased awareness to the IT Leadership Team.
User Support
As designated, provide level 1 user support in the areas of:
User account, password and security management.
Device preparation and deployment.
Education and troubleshooting for initiative roll outs.
General Responsibilities
Maintain a current knowledge and understanding of features, functionality and performance of existing and emerging technologies through independent research and by utilizing available vendor resources as appropriate.
Meet agreed upon commitments regarding responsibilities as assigned.
Actively participate in and contribute to assigned projects, key…