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Design and Construction Summer Intern

Planning and Capital Project Management

Design and Construction Summer Intern

  • 557263
  • New York
  • Planning and Capital Project Management
  • Part Time
  • Opening on: May 15 2026
  • Ungraded
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Position Summary

To assist the AVP and Directors with project status presentation packages, preparing project profiles; aggregate project data/information for CPM’s website; to assist PMs with projects; to help with archiving documents; assist with setting up a GIS platform for asset management; to help advance signage & wayfinding for Baker Field Campus standard.


Responsibilities

  • Site visits to various campus buildings to record help verify as-built conditions and reconcile field information with record files.

  • Work with Project Managers by visiting renovations projects under construction to determine solutions for accommodating users and researcher components and/or furnishings.

  • On-site verification regarding use, occupancy, spatial configuration, and spatial metrics

  • Prepare project profiles of key / priority projects.

  • Prepare material for updating CPM website information.

  • Prepares concepts and update drawings using digital tools.

  • Update documentation as required, coordination with other stakeholders to reconcile information in data base.

  • Assist with review of consultant, vendor, and other SME lists.

  • Assist AVP/ Directors preparing project status presentations packages for Senior leadership meetings and Governance process.

  • Regularly meets with AVP, Director, Project Managers, and other stakeholders, regarding project material requirements.

  • On behalf of AVP and Directors follow up with external partners reference to invoices, payments, and other required material.

  • Assist with project close out punch lists.

  • Other Duties as assigned by the AVP 


Minimum Qualifications

    • GSAPP graduate student in their final Year. Discipline in Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning, Real Estate or Preservation
    • Familiarity of the Planning, Design, and Construction industry is an asset.
    • Previous professional experience in a design environment is an asset.


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