Gateway Headquarters Interns

About This Grant

The Architect/Engineer intern will be assisting the Project Manager for the park, working on on-going design and construction projects; performing building condition assessment field work, assisting in organizing electronic drawings and records and reviewing and/or preparing future project proposals. The Landscape Architect intern will work for both the park s Chief of Facilities and the Chief of Cultural Resources to develop a post hurricane Sandy Landscape Preservation Treatment Plan for Jacob Riis Park located along the Rockaway Peninsula on the Atlantic ocean. The landscape features and buildings were severely impacted by Hurricane Sandy and are vulnerable to climate change. The intern will prepare a condition assessment and master plan to guide future landscape management for the 220 acre Jacob Riis Park. The Camping Education intern will work with the Ecology Village program at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, NY to expand school and youth group camping and participate in leadership training sessions, facilitate park based resource stewardship activities that introduce youth to the natural and cultural resources of the park. The Web Developer intern will work with the Business Management office to develop a public website highlighting historical assets of the park, including a digital catalog documenting interior and exterior building conditions, etc. The Web intern will work with other divisions in the park to gather information, documents, utilize other data already existing to incorporate into the website. The Management Analyst intern will work with the Facility Management division documenting, analyzing and evaluating existing and proposed processes and procedures, gathering, reviewing and summarizing data from financial asset management systems and tracking and organizing records related to the Facility Management program. The Safety and Occupational Health Intern reports to the park Safety Officer. Responsibilities include conducting safety and health workplace inspections for facilities, buildings and processes to evaluate compliance with safety regulations. Performs risk assessments, documents and/or prepares reports, assists staff in preparing Job Hazard Analysis for specific job tasks and updates Hazardous Chemical Inventories. The Vegetation Management Interns will report to the Chief of Natural Resources and assist in removing invasive non-native plants and tending new plantings of native species on Staten Island and at Jamaica Bay in New York. Interns will assist with fieldwork to advance restoration progress while gaining experience and specialized knowledge in natural resources stewardship. In addition, all eight of the interns will be provided park based training ranging from endangered species monitoring, resource protection and safety based operational leadership training.