Field Operations Interns (Summer 2026)

Date Posted:

2025-09-23

Country:

United States of America

Location:

OT221: GD - NEW YORK, NY One Penn Plaza, New York, NY, 10119 USA

Otis Elevator Company is searching for highly motivated candidates interested in pursuing a career in construction/field operations! Want to gain hands-on experience in Field Operations?

Join us as a Field Operations Intern in Summer 2026! Internships at Otis are rewarding and challenging, providing you with the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop through meaningful projects that drive our business.

Our comprehensive internship program will allow you to gain hands-on experience and broaden your field supervision, operations, communication, and business acumen skills. This role will be heavily based on construction sites. You’ll be immersed in the Otis culture where we collaborate to best serve our customers; and where we empower and inspire each other through support, autonomy and trust. Our Interns are assigned progressively challenging projects that support growth in our various lines of business—servicing existing elevators and escalators, installing new elevators and escalators, and modernizing elevators that have reached their natural life cycle.

The projects assigned are related to core branch office functions that are customer focused, result-oriented, and performance driven which will require teamwork, research and problem-solving skills. This is a full-time, paid summer internship, starting June 2026 and ranging from 10-12 weeks. Throughout your internship, we provide continuous training and performance feedback to ensure you develop the necessary skills to succeed.

Additional career opportunities are available upon conclusion of a successful internship, including opportunity for placement as a Field Operations Trainee.

Education / Certifications:

• Current student pursuing an undergraduate degree (preferably in construction management, and related fields)

Qualifications:

• Ability to work in a highly team-oriented and dynamic environment

• Candidate must demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively develop expectations and relationships with internal and external customers

• Needs to be self-motivated and able to manage many simultaneous projects and responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior field operations or construction internship experience is a plus

Location:

Locations available across North America

Salary Range:

The hourly range for this role is $20-27/hr.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may change in the future.  Pay within the range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.  

Apply today and build what's next!

If you live in a city, chances are we will give you a lift or play a role in keeping you moving every day. 

Otis is the world’s leading elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation, and service company. We move 2 billion people every day and maintain approximately 2.2 million customer units worldwide, the industry's largest Service portfolio.  

You may recognize our products in some of the world’s most famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Burj Khalifa and the Petronas Twin Towers! We are 69,000 people strong, including engineers, digital technology experts, sales, and functional specialists, as well as factory and field technicians, all committed to meeting the diverse needs of our customers and passengers in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. We are proud to be a diverse, global team with a proven legacy of innovation that continues to be the bedrock of a fast-moving, high-performance company.  

When you join Otis, you become part of an innovative global industry leader with a resilient business model. You’ll belon