Types of internships
We post many types of Public Works undergraduate internships.
Engineering Assistant intern
Starting rate
- Wages start at $17.00 - $18.00/hour (effective: Jan 2022)
- Varies with education and experience
Preferred areas of study
- Civil Engineering students
- Surveyors
- Pre-engineering students
- Civil Technicians
- Other college majors may apply
Details
- Assist civil engineers and senior engineering technicians with various Public Works projects.
- Approximately 70% outdoor work, 30% indoor work.
Length of internship
- May to August
- Possibility to extend through Nov
Hours
- 40 hours per week
- Mon.-Fri. 7:00 am to 3:00pm
Willing to work with school schedules.
GIS intern (three position types)
Starting rate
- Wages start at $17.00 - $18.00/hour (effective: January 2022)
- Varies with education and experience
Position types
Qualified candidates can apply for internship positions in the Surface Water & Sewers division.
The positions are the following:
- SWS Planning and Design intern
- SWS GIS intern
- Water Resources Regulatory intern
Details
Assist civil engineers and senior engineering technicians with various data entry projects.
Types of projects:
- Geographic mapping
- Reporting
- Modeling
- Updating of infrastructure improvements in spatial map
Length of internship
Varies
Hours
Varies
Transportation Engineering & Design intern
Starting rate
- Wages start at $17.00 - $18.00/hour (effective: January 2022)
- Varies with education and experience
Preferred areas of study
- Civil Engineering students
- Surveyors
- Pre-engineering students
- Civil Technicians
- Other college majors may apply
Learn more about the Transportation Engineering & Design division
Details
- Assist civil engineers and senior engineering technicians with various Public Works projects.
- Approximately 70% outdoor work, 30% indoor work.
Length of internship
- May to August
- Possibility to extend through Nov
Hours
- 40 hours per week
- Mon.-Fri. 7:00 am to 3:00pm
Transportation Planning Intern
Starting rate
- Wages start at $17.00 - $18.00/hour (effective: January 2022)
- Varies with education and experience
Preferred areas of study
- Urban Planning
- Landscape Architecture
- Transportation Studies
- Civil Engineering
- Another closely related field
Learn more about the Transportation Planning & Programming division
Details
- Support short and long term
- Transportation projects
- Programs
- Initiatives
- Plans
- Approximately 90% outdoor work, 10% indoor work.
Length of internship
- May to August
- Possibility to extend through Nov
Hours
- 40 hours per week
- Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
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Address
City Hall350 S. 5th St., Room 1
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Office hours
8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Monday – Friday