Architecture Intern - Healthcare Practice

About the role

Kickstart Your Career with an Internship at CPL. Are you a student eager to turn classroom learning into real-world impact? At CPL, a nationally recognized Architecture & Engineering firm, we believe in empowering the next generation of designers, engineers, and innovators. Our internship program is your opportunity to gain hands-on experience, collaborate with seasoned professionals, and contribute to projects that shape communities.

Why Intern with Us?

• Real Projects, Real Impact – Work on meaningful assignments that go beyond “busy work.”
• Mentorship & Learning – Learn from industry experts who are invested in your growth.
• Collaborative Culture – Join a team that values creativity, curiosity, and fresh perspectives.
• Career Pathways – Explore your future in architecture, engineering, planning, design, or project management.

About our Healthcare Practice: The spaces we design together have a profound impact on people’s lives. That’s what makes our co-creation so powerful. As with any complex diagnosis, CPL understands that a single choice can impact seemingly disparate processes and that any one underlying issue can appear very different depending on who’s looking at it. With this knowledge, and our deep understanding of patient and caregiver needs, we can design environments that are as complex and elegant as the human body. When we give shape to healthcare, the results are potent. Our solutions can enable people to live longer, healthier, and fuller lives. Purpose Built for the Unexpected: Acute care demands high performance from caregivers, with little time to react. Acute care spaces should empower them to work quickly and intuitively, with built-in flexibility to adapt to the unexpected. Our process brings stakeholders to the table to create custom spaces that maximize operational effectiveness through LEAN design while adhering to multiple overlapping healthcare codes and standards. In addition, we work with clients to ensure that spaces are configured to adapt to future care models, including dramatic shifts toward virtual and hybrid care. And when design is complete, our change management strategies help foster a smooth, efficient implementation. Additionally, the intuitive designs we create together enhance the patient journey from arrival to discharge, with a focus on convenience, wayfinding and more, providing a comforting and healing environment from end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Create, update, and maintain AutoCAD and Revit architectural models
• Participate in conceptual design activities under the supervision of a Project Manager
• Attend, participate in design team charrettes, preparing meeting minutes for distribution
• Participate in product research, evaluation, and selection
• Coordinate detailing across disciplinary teams to ensure compatibility between all building systems and material selections
• Assist in the development of project specifications
• Prepare architectural documents for agency approval throughout the bidding and construction administration process
• Perform shop drawings and submittal reviews
• Attend construction meetings, maintaining a photographic record of work progress and preparing field reports for distribution
• Assist the marketing department in obtaining professional, on-site project photos
• Copy and print drawings as requested

Requirements

We welcome students from all backgrounds of study—Architecture, Engineering (MEP and Civil), Interior Design, and related fields—who are:

• Curious, motivated, and eager to learn.
• Excited to bring their ideas to the table.
• Ready to embrace teamwork and new challenges.

Pay

The rate for this position generally ranges between $19.00 or $21.00 hourly. This range is a good faith estimate provided pursuant to the New York Pay Transparency Law. It is based on what a successful New York applicant might be paid and assumes that the successful candidate will be in New York or perform the position from New York. Similar positions located outside of New York will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Actual pay rates may vary from the range, as permitted by New York Equal Pay Transparency Law. Compensation offers will be based on various factors, including operational needs, individual education, qualifications and experience, work location and comparison to employees already in the role, as well as other considerations permitted by law. A potential new employee's pay history will not be used in compensation decisions.

Schedule

Summer Cycle Dates: May 17th - August 6th. Spring Co-op - If interested: January 11th - May 11th or August 6th