Summer College Intern
About The Position
Our Summer Internship Program offers temporary, full-time (35 hours per week) employment from June 1, 2026, through August 7, 2026. Work Location: 30-30 Thomson Avenue, LIC, NY 11101 As the City's primary capital construction project manager, DDC builds many of the civic facilities New Yorkers use every day. We provide communities with new or renovated structures such as firehouses, libraries, police precincts, courthouses, senior centers and more. We also improve vital infrastructure. Our staff delivers roadway, sewer, and water main construction projects in all five boroughs. We provide sidewalks, street reconstruction, water mains, sewers, and pedestrian ramps quality infrastructure that is essential for a healthy, resilient city. DDC’s Summer Internship Program is an opportunity for a select group of students to gain valuable experience in the architecture, engineering, design, safety, and construction management professions within a public service context. Students will gain hands-on technical experience through specific field assignments or task specific office work and a mentoring relationship with senior-level technical staff. They will also have the opportunity, through a combination of seminars, site visits, and on-the-job training, to learn about the challenges of upgrading and constructing the City’s public buildings and street infrastructure. The Public Buildings (PB) division collaborates with 28 City agencies, architects, and consultants to upgrade, rehabilitate, renovate, and build new public facilities, from the ground-up that New Yorkers use every day. The division includes the Civic and Uniform Structures units (Police, Fire, DCAS, Courts, DEP, Sanitation, Transportation, Tanks, Health, Parks, Human Services + UPK, ACS, Libraries, and Cultural Institutions), as well as an in-house Architecture and Engineering team which provides a variety of technical services in support of DDC's portfolio. The PB units are divided to mirror the needs of the City agencies that rely on DDC to execute construction throughout the five boroughs of the city. The Summer Intern will assist with tasks to support the Public Buildings' project teams.
Requirements
- As of June of the Program year the prospective intern must be a student matriculated in a college or be a recent college graduate (winter/spring term of the Program year).
- Authorization to work in the United States is required for this position.
- NYC Department of Design and Construction does not provide sponsorship for international employees for visa applications, extensions, or status changes, including STEM/OPT visas.
- Applicants are responsible for ensuring that they meet all qualifying requirements for this position, at the time of application.
Responsibilities
- reviewing architectural /engineering drawings and blueprints
- assisting with change orders
- Job Site walkthrough
- basic project estimating
- scheduling
- documentation
- determining when a project has attained substantial completion
- documenting site visits/ conditions, investigations and follow-up
- attending bi--weekly meetings
- assisting in the preparation of reports, memo, transmittals, project tracking tools
- follow-up on outstanding payments
- working with project tracking systems
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
