Engineering Intern, Cranes and Derricks

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

NOTE: This summer internship is for up to 13 weeks starting from the first day of the internship and ending no later than September 4 2026. Interns are expected to work 35 hours per week in person.

Job Description

About the Team

At the NYC Department of Buildings we are responsible for ensuring the safe and lawful use of buildings and properties by enforcing the NYC Construction Codes Energy Code and Zoning Resolution. We facilitate compliant development with integrity efficiency and professionalism. As an Agency we are committed to remaining a premier municipal building organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for all New Yorkers and making our city safer. As an employer we are committed to improving our performance and developing procedures that are streamlined understandable and transparent.

The Cranes and Derricks (C&D) units mission is to ensure that crane and hoisting work in New York City is performed safely as per manufacturers recommendations and best industry practices while maintaining the requirements of the NYC Construction Codes.

Position Responsibilities

Under the direction and supervision of the Director Cranes and Derricks the intern will:
- Learn the code & engineering design requirements for suspended platforms
- Assist the plan examiners in the reviews of suspended scaffold filings
- Prepare lists of objections identified during the review of applications and discuss objections with plan examiners to finalize
- Review re-submissions of suspended scaffold jobs and discuss with plan examiner
- Update spreadsheets for the units performance reports

Major / Field of Study
- Undergraduate majoring in Civil or Mechanical Engineering

SUMMER COLLEGE INTERN - 10234

Qualifications :

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).
NOTE: Appointment to this title is only valid for the duration of the Program June - August each year.

Additional Information :

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 individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time