Winter 2019 NYC School Construction Authority offers a Summer Internship Program

Each year, the NYC School Construction Authority offers a Summer Internship Program (“SIP”) for 125 college-bound NYC public high school students. SIP is designed to provide students with exposure to a wide range of careers within the public and private sectors. This is accomplished through a paid, six-week internship at the SCA or with one of our business partners throughout New York City. Assignments may include reviewing drawings and specifications, drafting for students with AutoCAD proficiency, attending meetings, participating in limited supervised construction visits, internet research, word processing, spreadsheet creation, along with other clerical and administrative work. Students spend four days with their intern host and the remaining day attending educational programming.  Please distribute the attached program flyer and recommendation form to eligible students this week if possible. No more than five students per school will be selected to maintain program diversity.

Students recommended for SIP are expected to meet the following eligibility criteria:

1.       Be a New York City public high school current sophomore, junior or senior;

2.       Have an interest in one or more of the following career interest areas: architecture, engineering (civil, electrical, mechanical, and or environmental), construction management, business, information technology, public administration, and or real estate;

3.       Have a grade point average of 80 or higher;

4.       Be available to work full time from July 8 - August 16, 2019; and

5.       Be able to provide original proof of authorization to work in the United States during the SIP registration process during the first week in June at the SCA: this includes original unexpired I9 documentation and original age appropriate working papers if they are under the age of 18 as of July 8, 2019. 

In order to be considered for SIP, the following application materials must be submitted to SIP by March 1, 2019.

1.       Completed online SIP application,

2.       Current resume (strongly preferred),

3.       Complete official high school transcript, and

4.       Recommendation form (see attached form)

Students are asked to upload their resume as well as their transcript (as a PDF document) to their online application or ask their school counselor to send the transcript to SIP electronically. The recommendation form is to be completed by a teacher or guidance counselor and returned directly to SIP electronically.  Incomplete applications will not be considered. If students have any difficulties, they may contact SIP at SCAINTERNSHIPS@nycsca.org.  Students will be notified of the selection decisions for the SIP interview process by email by March 20.  Interviews will be held during the NYC DOE Spring breakfrom April 22-25, 2019, at the SCA. Students will be notified of the selection decisions for the program by May 15.Students selected either to interview and/or for SIP will receive a Doodle Poll invite by email asking them to register for these events.

The link to the Summer Internship Page on the SCA website is listed below:

nycsca.org/Careers/Internship-Program#Summer-Internship-Program-78

Key Dates:

1)      Application Deadline: March 1

2)      Notification of selection decision for the interview process: March 10

3)      Interviews at the SCA offices in Long Island City: April 22-25

4)      Notification of selection decision for the interview process: May 15

5)      Registration with the SCA’s human resources department: June 3-6