Date Opened: Monday, January 12, 2026 12:00 AM

Close Date: Friday, January 16, 2026 12:00 AM

Department: Aviation Department

Function Apprentice/Internships

Salary: $0.00 - $0.00 Commensurate with Experience

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

The City of Charlotte’s Aviation Department – Development Division Engineering Summer Internship Program is designed to recruit diverse college students majoring in Civil Engineering, Surveying, Environmental Science, Construction Management, or related disciplines. The program provides full-time employment during the summer and offers students real life job experiences.

We are seeking talented students with strong technical and interpersonal skills in the following disciplines: airport planning and design, surveying, construction, and utility relocation.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 
The City of Charlotte Aviation Department is seeking an individual for the position of Civil Engineering Intern. This individual will work under the supervision of the Airport Engineer or designee.  The selected candidate will assist project managers in the development of future airport projects, assist inspection staff in field inspection of airfield and roadway projects under construction, participate in coordination of resolving conflicts between existing utility facilities and proposed public works projects, and complete various administrative tasks as assigned. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 
Candidates must have graduated from high school and be currently enrolled in an engineering, engineering technology, environmental science, construction management, surveying, or related program. Position requires good driving record, valid driver’s license, ability to receive and maintain a City Driving Permit (Please note that in order to receive a City Driving Permit, employees must have their license for a minimum of two years).  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
•    Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting, standing, climbing, or walking extended periods of time
•    Light to moderate lifting and carrying; some crouching, stooping, squatting, crawling, reaching, pushing, and pulling when performing tasks
•    Adequate vision, hearing, and speech required

SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:
•    Concentrated and attentive use of one or more senses (visual, audio, and other sensory modalities) for proof reading, data entry, tabulating data
•    Ability to operate in an environment with frequent interruptions from people and or noises, which in return could result in some level of stress, fatigue, or strain
•    Comprehensive of written information in work related documents
•    Ability to hear, understand and distinguish speech

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

This job description is not intended to be and should not be construed as an inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position. While it is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements, management reserves the right to 

modify, add or remove duties and assign other duties at any time.  This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were written out in this job description.