Meet The Team — Summer Intern

Cooper Myrick

Summer Intern at Broken Tractor. Construction Engineering and Technology student at Louisiana Tech, class of 2029. Walker, LA. Smart, creative, hands-on — and most interested in figuring out how to use AI on real construction projects.

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Cooper Myrick • Summer Intern • Walker, LA

Cooper came to Broken Tractor the way a lot of good hires do here — through someone who knows the company. His dad and Chance Carpenter are old friends, and when Cooper was looking at internships, his father recommended he reach out. One phone call with Chance later, Cooper knew he wanted to seize the opportunity.

Three words his people use to describe him: Smart. Creative. Hands-on. Three words that fit a kid who’s already comfortable around iron.

What he’s studying

Cooper is studying Construction Engineering and Technology at Louisiana Tech University, graduating in 2029. What pulled him into the major is a long-running pattern: he’s wanted to build, create, and design projects for as long as he can remember. His plan after graduation is to work for a construction or architectural company designing and creating new buildings — and leading the project from the front.

Already around the iron

Cooper hasn’t spent his life behind a desk. He grew up in his grandfather and father’s racecar shop, worked previous jobs around forklifts and big trucks, and now works with different types of machines at LA Tech. He’s NCCER Electrical 1 and 2 certified, and he spent two years in high school as the lead designer on the robotics team.

That mix — mechanical, electrical, design lead — is the kind of background that translates fast at a parts company. He’s already comfortable with the difference between knowing a machine on paper and knowing what it sounds like when it’s running.

What he wants out of the internship

Ask Cooper what he’s hoping to learn and the answer is straightforward: how to work well with a team, pick up new techniques, and use different devices to actually move a project to the finish line. But pressed for the one thing he wants to learn more than anything else, he names it directly:

“The thing I’m hoping to learn more than anything is how to use AI in projects.”

That answer lines up well with where Broken Tractor is right now. The company has been building toward AI integration across operations — catalog work, sales analysis, agent-assisted workflows — and an intern who’s actively curious about the tooling is going to find a lot to dig into this summer.

Off the clock

Outside of school and work, Cooper hangs out with his fraternity brothers, watches movies and TV, works on his truck, plays video games, and gets pulled into whatever sport or game his friends are playing that day. Classic college kid — with a truck.

Welcome to the team

Cooper is the kind of intern a small company hopes for: came in through trust, showed up with hands-on credentials, knows what he wants to learn, and isn’t afraid of either the iron or the software. Smart, creative, hands-on. We’re glad to have him for the summer.