2027 Undergraduate Internship - Airport Facilities Maintenance

Location: Envir Affairs Dept (EAD) Annex

Job Overview

Are you interested in learning how facility needs become maintenance, engineering, and planning projects at one of the world’s busiest airports? The Airport Facilities Maintenance Internship provides an opportunity to gain hands-on experience analyzing facility information and improving the processes that support DFW Airport’s infrastructure.

Working alongside experienced facilities professionals, the intern will support a project to improve how Non-Terminal Facilities requests are reviewed, categorized, and coordinated across maintenance, engineering, and planning teams. This internship is designed for students pursuing a career in facilities management, engineering, construction management, business administration, or a related field.

What you will be doing

Reviews asset histories, maintenance records, and available condition assessments to help the team understand facility needs and identify recurring issues.

Assists with reviewing and categorizing stakeholder project requests to help distinguish maintenance work from requests requiring engineering or planning evaluation.

Documents the current project request and review process, identifies gaps, and helps develop workflow guidance to improve consistency and accuracy.

Collaborates with maintenance, engineering, and planning teams to document roles, clarify project handoffs, and support communication with Airport stakeholders.

Helps develop tracking tools, reports, and recommendations to streamline project coordination and improve the stakeholder experience.

What you need

Must be an active student in a Bachelor’s degree program in facilities management, engineering, construction management, business administration, or a related field.

18 years of age or older.

What we desire

Current, cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, including but not limited to students attending the following universities: University of North Texas, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Dallas, Paul Quinn College, or University of Oklahoma.

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas for this position at this time.

About Us

We are Dallas Fort Worth International (DFW) Airport-one of the most successful airports in the world by any definition. We are recognized for our innovation, leadership, drive for excellence and talented employees.

Our success is made possible because of the diverse talents of over 2,100 employees who champion our mission of providing an exceptional airport experience to our customers and connect our community to the world. We are looking for the best talent to join us and help reimagine what an airport can be.

Bring your talents to DFW. Live and work with purpose.