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City & County of San Francisco 2020 Summer Student Intern Program

24 Jan 2020 10:14 AM | Christine Chaplin

The City and County of San Francisco is seeking student interns for various engineering and architecture disciplines, to provide support to in-house Engineering · Architecture · Landscape Architecture · Planning · Surveying · GIS · IT staff. The City Departments that employ interns are the Airport Commission (SFO), Department of Building Inspection (DBI), Department of Technology (DT), Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA), Port of San Francisco (Port), San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), Public Works, and Recreation and Park Department (RPD). Interns will gain on-the-job experience under the guidance of experienced professional engineers, architects, planners and surveyors. Interns will participate in various activities in the respective City Departments.

Deadline for Filing:                                                                                     February 12, 2020

Starting Salary:


$29.50 per hour ($2,360 Bi-weekly salary)


Minimum Qualifications

At the time of filing, the applicant must be in an accredited Engineering · Architecture · Landscape Architecture · Planning · Computer Science/Information Services Program · Mathematics · Biology · Natural Resources at a university or a related field at a community college. An applicant must be returning to their undergraduate program or entering/continuing a graduate program in the Fall 2020. For students that have graduated, an applicant can be appointed to begin work within 6 months after graduation.


How to Apply

Please apply online: Submit the following (a) Cover letter (limited to 1 page), briefly addressing your interest in Engineering · Architecture · Landscape Architecture · Planning · Computer Science/Information Services · Biology · Natural Resources discipline area(s) and career goals,

(b) a current resume; (c) your current college transcript all in pdf format. Failure to submit a copy of college transcripts with cover letter and resume may result in rejection of application. Submission date for college transcripts may be extended if it is impossible to obtain them by the filing date. Applicants must submit a signed statement explaining why transcripts cannot be obtained by the filing date. Extension requests will be granted on a case-by-case basis. It is the applicant’s sole responsibility that all application materials and support documentation be received in a complete and legible form.

General Information regarding City and County of San Francisco Employment Policies and Procedures can be found at http://www.sfdhr.org/index.aspx or a hard copy can be obtained at 1 South Van Ness Avenue, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94012.

Terms of Announcement: Applicants must be guided solely by the provisions of this announcement, including requirements, time periods and other particulars, except when superseded by federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations.

Right to work: All persons entering the City and County of San Francisco workforce are required to provide verification of authorization to work in the US. The list of acceptable verifications can be found

at:          http://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/acceptable-documents/list-documents/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

Conviction History forms: As part of the application process, an applicant must also fill out a Conviction History form. Please note that the conviction history form should not be submitted with a job application unless you are instructed to do so in the job announcement.

Reasonable Accommodation Request: Information on requesting reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities can be found at: http://www.sfdhr.org/index.aspx?page=33

Application packages must be submitted online at www.sfstudentintern.org (All file attachments should be in PDF format)

The following dates are tentative and subject to change:

Application Start Date                                                                                October 28, 2019

Deadline for Filing:                                                                                     February 12, 2020

Notification of Interview:                                                                         March 6-22, 2020

Conduct Interviews:                                                                                   March 23-April 3rd, 2020


Selected applicants to be contacted with additional hiring instructions:


April 4-22, 2020


Minorities, Women and Persons with Disabilities are encouraged to Apply An Equal Opportunity Employer


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