Seaspan ULC

Intern, Digital Shipyards Architecture (4 months)

Seaspan ULC  •  $28/hr  •  North Vancouver, CA (Onsite)  •  4 days ago
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Job Description

Through the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), the Government of Canada has embarked on one of the largest procurement projects since the Second World War. The NSS is a nation-building effort to create a sustainable Canadian shipbuilding industry, secure long-term job opportunities and build the next generation of ships for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy. Through its NSS–related work, Seaspan Shipyards is owning the redevelopment of our domestic shipbuilding industry on the West Coast and delivering on the promise of ships built in Canada, by Canadians.

As BTS Intern part of the Digital Shipyards Architecture team, you will be working exclusively with Shipyards and WashCorp IT (Shared Services) IT and business projects. Each of these projects deliver scopes of our integral business process with their connected solutions. To be able to manage all these process flows, Seaspan is using our Enterprise Architecture tooling ARIS of Software AG. As our overall architecture model is maturing it is required to improve our process model according to our standards and future process end state. The assignment will first focus on process flow mapping and documentation, process gap analysis, standard operating procedure documentation, data quality analysis and updates and testing support, the intern will support these mission critical projects to achieve their objectives and commitments to the business. Secondly within the Data Architecture scope, you will be involved with performing data analysis, supporting to build up our data model, data lineage, data augmentation and data quality improvements.

Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 889 Harbourside Drive, North Vancouver.

What you’ll do

  • Working closely with the different Architects, Business Analysts and selected business stakeholders, to help assess and document process gaps, make process change recommendations to meet project requirements; make related changes to standard operating procedures.
  • Participate in needed data cleansing efforts by conducting data analysis for quality and completeness; contribute to the clean-up effort by making required data entry updates.
  • Collect and analyze process data to initiate, develop and recommend business practices and procedures that focus on increased productivity.
  • Under the guidance of the Business Analyst CoE representative, Senior Solution Architect, and Data Architect document process flows in ARIS according to the process modeling standards, reviewing outputs with associated teams for accuracy.
  • Under the guidance of a Senior Business Analyst and Data Architect, work with business stakeholders to document data definitions, support on data analysis/lineage/augmentation and produce a data dictionary that will support business process and technology solutions, along with training and reporting preparations.

What you’ll bring

  • Undergoing a Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration
  • A good communicator with strength in collaboration and relationship building, maintains a healthy, open and trusting workplace, with integrity and accountability.
  • Knowledge and understanding of Business Process Modeling, BMPN2.0 standards
  • Knowledge and experience on data warehousing, ETL, data modeling and database design.
  • Expertise in modern data management and data engineering tools preferable, Python or Hive, Ruby, Spark, Databricks, Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) is an asset
  • With a passion for service excellence and business enablement, working to develop skills that will deliver on work products that provide measureable business benefit.
  • A keen interest in how business works; continually develops business acumen through learning and training.
  • An interest and some exposure to Organizational Change Management, Project Management and Process Improvement principles.

Why you’ll love working here

  • A supportive learning environment, great team culture and hands-on experience and training.
  • Opportunity to grow your career and connect with like-minded students.
  • To assist those that are using transit, we operate a complimentary shuttle bus Monday through Friday with various pick up and drop off points around North Vancouver.

We require a full-time commitment Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week with an hourly rate of $28.00/hour.

Start Date of Internship: Tuesday, September 8th, 2026.
End Date of Internship: Friday, December 18th, 2026 (4-Months).

Please submit your Resume, Cover Letter and Academic Transcript as one PDF document.

Application Closing Date: Sunday, June 21st, 2026, at 11:59pm PDT.

Please note: if we receive a large volume of applications, we may close this posting ahead of the closing date, therefore, we recommend applying early. Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted.

To learn more about our InternSHIP Program, visit our website: www.seaspan.com/internships-at-seaspan/

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Seaspan Shipyards is one of North America’s most modern shipyards and unique in its ability to provide a complete range of services including new construction, conversion, refit, repair and life-cycle maintenance work for Canada’s Coast Guard and Navy as well as commercial vessels including cruise-ships and deep-sea vessels. Seaspan Shipyards operations include Vancouver Shipyards, Vancouver Drydock and Victoria Shipyards.

To learn more, visit our website: www.seaspan.com

This position may involve defense articles and/or technical data regulated by the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and the U.S. Arms Export Control Act. In compliance with ITAR, the successful candidate will be subject to a security clearance through the Canadian Controlled Goods Program as regulated by the Controlled Goods Regulations and Defense Production Act. The successful candidate will be required to maintain their security clearance throughout their employment in this position.

Seaspan is committed to Employment Equity, supports diversity in the workplace, and encourages applications from all qualified individuals including, women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, and persons with disabilities. If you require any accommodations at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at recruit@seaspan.com for confidential support. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible environment.

Seaspan ULC

About Seaspan ULC

Seaspan is an association of Canadian companies involved in coastal marine transportation, shipdocking/ship escort, ship repair & refit, shipbuilding, ship design, commercial ferry services, and LNG bunkering on Canada's West Coast.

The scope of Seaspan's services, the quality of its employees and over a century of successful participation in coastal commerce, make the company a major partner in the economy of the Pacific Northwest.

Industry
Manufacturing & Production
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
North Vancouver, CA
Year Founded
1886
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