FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR AGENCY AND THE 2025 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE: WWW.NYC.GOV/DDC. THEN CLICK ON THE CAREERS TAB TO VIEW OUR 2025 SUMMER INTERNSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT AND INFORMATION REGARDING OUR DDC FEBRUARY HIRING FAIR.

Our Summer Internship Program offers temporary, full-time (35 hours per week) employment from June 2, 2025, through August 8, 2025.

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 Infrastructure Division is committed to delivering best-in-class infrastructure projects for the City of New York, on time and on budget. A major objective of the division is the overall coordination of the different project components requested by the various sponsor agencies. This includes all aspects of a project including sewers (sanitary, storm, and/or combined), water mains (distribution and/or trunk), utility coordination, curbs, sidewalks, traffic signals, lighting, pedestrian ramps, hydrants, catch basins, trees, urban landscaping, plazas, total street reconstructions, resiliency, and flood mitigation.

The Infrastructure Division’s college interns will have exposure to sewer, watermain, roadways construction, inspection, preparing daily construction activity reports, construction safety, getting familiar with the contract plans and NYC DEP and DOT standard specifications, construction management, and design adjustments during construction.

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.

All applicants, including City Employees:
Please go to NYC Government Jobs | Explore Careers | City of New York, go to Search for Open Jobs, and type in the Job ID # listed above. Submit job application as prompted. Do not apply via Employee Self-Service (ESS), e-mail, mail, or fax your resume to DDC directly. The application deadline for the Summer Internship Program is March 31, 2025.

SUMMER COLLEGE INTERN - 10234

As of June of the Program year the prospective interne must be a student matriculated in a college or be a recent college graduate (winter/spring term of the Program year).
NOTE: Appointment to this title is only valid for the duration of the Program, June - August each year.

Preference will be given to candidates who are pursuing an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering.

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education’s website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.