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Here’s how you launch your construction career and drive the future of Suffolk — and our industry

Starting your Suffolk career

Career Start

Our Career Start program provides fundamental skills and builds the future leaders of our company

Three rotations

Learn the essentials of preconstruction by reading drawings, selecting trade partners, assembling bids, and engaging with the technology and systems we use for digital engineering and planning.

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By the numbers

622

Career Start Hires since program started in 2004

84

members of career start class of 2025

56

jobsites across the country supported by Career Starts this year
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Interested in becoming a Career Start?

We’d love for you to apply to join our program. Applications open every September, with each national cohort finalized in November. The incoming class then begins their rotations in July, covering Suffolk jobsites all over the country.

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Internships at Suffolk

Our internship program gathers students from across the country who thrive on finding new ways to address challenges. Over nine weeks, participants gain experience in construction operations and support functions to shape their careers. It’s a one-of-a-kind opportunity to learn from the best.

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Early careers

“The program inspired me to think larger and dream of changing the industry.

The Career Start program not only provided me with opportunities, but it gave me a home with lifelong friendships.”

— Ted Davenport, Vice President, Project Executive

Early Careers

“The Career Start program was incredibly impactful to me as someone right out of school.

I learned both in the field as an assistant superintendent during my project’s steel erection phase, and in the office as an assistant project manager procuring trades, helping with cost control and scheduling the project.”

— Emily Vander May, Assistant Superintendent

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