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Obayashi Corporation

Japan Construction Closed

Overview

Start: Earliest start date: October 2026
Duration: 3 - 6 Months
Department: To be confirmed
Website: Visit Company Site

Company Profile

Founded: January 1892

Established: December 1936

Representative: Kenji Hasurwa, President and CEO

Head office: 15-2, Konan 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo (TEL 03-5769-1111)

Capital: 57.752 billion yen

Number of employees: 9,386 (as of March 31, 2025)

Business Lines: Domestic and overseas construction work, regional development, urban development, and other construction-related businesses, as well as engineering, management, and consulting services related to these businesses, real estate business, etc.

Job Description

  • Design work for design-build projects (Planning, general design study/drafting/documentation, etc. for basic design and implementation design)
  • Various surveys (design conditions/design/various surveys)
  • Promote meetings with foreign companies or overseas customers in English (participation in meetings, preparation of documents, documentation, etc.)


Required Skills

1. Required Specialized Skills
The candidate should have the following experience in order to learn as an intern while being involved in and promoting the work described in “2.3 Internship job description” as a member of the team.
  • The candidate should have a track record of working within a design team on projects in Switzerland that are medium-sized (generally over 1,000 m2 floor area) and for commercial facilities.
  • Strong business review and promotion skills
2. Tool skills (Working knowledge required)
The candidate should have the following experience in order to learn as an intern while being involved in and promoting the work described in “2.3 Internship job description” as a member of the team.

  • Microsoft Office: Required
  • Revit: Required
  • Auto Cad: Preferred 
  • Rhinoceros: Preferred 
  • Sketch Up: Preferred 
  • Photoshop: Required
  • Illustrator: Required
  • Grasshopper: Preferred

(For security reasons, you will use company computers with Japanese-version software installed, so a certain level of Japanese language understanding is required)

3. Language
  • It is better if you can speak some Japanese as well.




Benefits

Applications Closed

The application period for this position is now closed.