| Job Title: | Summer Interns (2015) |
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| Opening Date/Time: | Mon. 03/02/15 12:00 AM Pacific Time |
| Closing Date/Time: | Fri. 03/20/15 4:30 PM Pacific Time |
| Salary: | $13.65 – $17.31 Hourly $28,392.00 – $36,004.80 Annually |
| Job Type: | Intern |
| Location: | Multiple locations in King County, Washington |
| Department: | Department of Natural Resources & Parks – Wastewater Treatment Division |
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The King County Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) seeks several full-time summer interns. Assignments will be to one of the following areas providing experience in the practical application of coursework in a large-scale urban infrastructure system.
WHO MAY APPLY: This position is open to students currently enrolled and continuing in the fall of 2015 in full time status at an accredited university/college with coursework in the described areas. Proof of full time enrollment status is required. Most positions require a valid driver’s license.
WHERE TO APPLY: Go to http://www.kingcounty.gov/jobs
FORMS AND MATERIALS REQUIRED:
Application and supplemental questions (be sure to answer all supplemental questions accurately) available at http://www.kingcounty.gov/jobs, copy of recent transcript and/or copy of state work study award verification (if eligible for work study). Attach documents to on-line application or mail to: WTD-Human Resources, 201 South Jackson St, MS: KSC-NR-0511, Seattle, WA 98104. Application materials must be submitted by the closing date to be considered.
CONTACT: Please contact wtdhr@kingcounty.gov for further details.
WORK SCHEDULE: In most cases, the work schedule will be Monday – Friday, 8-hour days. Positions will report to various King County Wastewater Treatment Division locations. Please see descriptions below for additional details.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL POSITIONS: Dependability, effective communication skills, enthusiasm to learn, willingness and ability to work in a diverse environment. Additional requirements for individual internships are listed below.
PHYSICAL ABILITIES: Some positions require field work with exposure to safety sensitive areas. Positions may require the ability to traverse in rapidly changing construction areas.
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Learning Objectives and Descriptions of Internship Opportunities
1. Community Relations
Provide community relations support for multiple projects required under the combined sewer overflow (CSO) consent decree, including large traditional infrastructure projects, green stormwater infrastructure projects, and a rebate program for property owners to capture stormwater on their property. Participate in planning and hosting public events, developing and distributing communication materials, attending community events, making connections with community members.
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with a Public Affairs, Environmental, Planning, or Communications focus.
Location: King Street Center-201 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA and field work.
2. Community Relations (web publishing)
Position will develop web publishing skills using a web content management system (WCMS) and gain experience working in a professional office environment with project teams. Will assist in the migration of agency (Wastewater Treatment Division) web content to new templates that are more flexible for displaying content on a variety of device sizes (such as smart phones). The new templates will require some content to be rewritten.
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with a Communications or Public Relations focus.
Location: King Street Center-201 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA
3. Construction Management
Learn the construction management process and understand the construction contracting process. Interns will be exposed to responding to Requests for Information, reviewing contract specifications and contractor submittals and confirming the work in the field is occurring consistent with the drawings, specifications and contractor submittals.
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with an Engineering, Construction Management/Engineering focus.
Location: Brightwater Treatment Plant-22505 State Route 9 SE, Woodinville, WA and other nearby field projects.
4. Drafting
Gain and enhance understanding of drafting, As-Built skills including; field walkdowns and creating redline markups, standards, document control, project management, drawing reading, research, work tracking methods, and field work skills
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with an Engineering or Drafting focus.
Location: West Point Treatment Plant -1400 Discovery Park Blvd, Seattle, WA
5. Engineering-Civil
Gain knowledge in practical application of civil & mechanical engineering design, cost estimating, planning, surveying and some construction observation on multiple active projects.
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with a civil or mechanical engineering focus.
Location: King Street Center-201 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA and offsite facilities as needed.
6. Engineering-Electrical
Gain knowledge in practical application of electrical & control systems engineering design, Engineering Standards and Guide Specification updating, and construction observation.
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with an electrical engineering focus.
Location: King Street Center-201 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA and wastewater treatment plants or offsite facilities as needed.
7. Engineering-Mechanical-Cooling Systems
Gain understanding of design concepts development and heat load/heat transfer requirements, equipment size, and layout development
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with a civil or mechanical engineering focus.
Location: West Point Treatment Plant -1400 Discovery Park Blvd, Seattle, WA and offsite facilities as needed.
8. Engineering-Mechanical-Operations
Gain understanding of how individual mechanical equipment works; understand flow process in wastewater treatment plant; be able to analyze engineering problems and approaches for solution; provide a study regarding specific engineering topics and provide suggestions for improvement; understand and be able to provide engineering drawings and documentation
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with a civil or mechanical engineering focus.
Location: West Point Treatment Plant -1400 Discovery Park Blvd, Seattle, WA and offsite facilities as needed.
9. Facilities Inspection
To learn and understand the essentials of wastewater treatment and what an important part it plays in our society; the necessities of infrastructure of a modern city (area) and what it takes to keep it operating 24 hours a day seven days a week. Specific duties include assisting with confined space entries and traffic control for H2S inspections, sampling for dissolved oxygen (DO), biological oxygen demand (BOD), total dissolved sulfides (DS), and the depth, temperature, and pH of the liquid sewage; Cathodic Protection Station GPS Readings and Locates, and H2S Odalogger Meter Maintenance Repairs and Downloading Sampling Data.
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with a focus on Wastewater/Water Engineering, Environmental, or Sciences
Location: King Street Center-201 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA and mostly field work in service area
10. Finance/Economics
Become familiar with the financial aspects of a wastewater utility and obtain research and analysis experience. Perform an analysis versus other comparable wastewater utilities; report results to WTD’s Management Team. Assist WTD’s Utilities Economist in updating short and long term Residential Customer Equivalent (RCE) and new connection forecasts.
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with a Business or Economics focus.
Location: King Street Center-201 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA
11. GIS/GPS-Field Intern (2 positions)
Gain an understanding of Combined Sewer Systems, GPS data collection, database design and management. Will be involved in field work reading/utilizing record as-built drawings, map creation, data management
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a Geography/GIS or Engineering student.
Location: King Street Center-201 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA and mostly field work in service area
12. Human Resources
Gain an introduction to public sector Human Resources including recruitment, testing, selection, labor relations, metrics, succession planning and leadership development. Will assist in recruitment projects including research for recruitment sourcing, data and metrics, observe labor/management activity, process improvement, employee development/succession planning efforts and ESJ efforts.
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with a Business, Organizational Development or Human Resources focus.
Location: King Street Center-201 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA
13. Inventory-Warehouse Management
Gain an understanding of inventory management, inventory control, expediting, and warehouse management. Duties could include: Input and research inventory and disbursement records, inventory adjustments and parts history/usage. Review daily computer reports and reconcile computer reports with source documents. Expedite parts delivery from multiple warehouses; pick up and deliver items as required. Perform basic warehousing and stocking functions using material handling equipment, load and unload items and acknowledge receipt of goods and services. Assist with physical inventory and cycle counting.
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with a focus on inventory control, supply chain management, general business, warehouse management or other closely related field of study.
Location: West Point Treatment Plant -1400 Discovery Park Blvd, Seattle, WA
14. Project Management-Capital Infrastructure
Gain experience planning, scheduling, budgeting and implementing projects. Develop leadership, communication, team building and decision making skills. Provide exposure into the day-to-day activities of a project manager. Duties will include, depending on stage of project, PM duties on the Elliott West Sodium Bisulfite Dilution Project. Will also assist in project management duties on projects, including scheduling meetings, preparing meeting agendas, updating and preparing action/decision logs, preparing Gate documents,sustainability documentation and/or risk register and preparing work order scopes and level of effort
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with a project management or engineering focus.
Location: King Street Center-201 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA and construction sites as needed
15. Resource Recovery-Biosolids
Learn about the challenges of communicating scientific and technical concepts to the general public and experience the process of developing products within a team of diverse expertise. Develop public information materials and short video scripts about biosolids and energy from wastewater. They will also have the opportunity to develop scopes of work for video contractors. During the process of developing video scripts and other outreach materials, the intern will learn about wastewater treatment, recovery of energy and organic materials, greenhouse gas reduction, and carbon accounting.
Requirements:
This work will be best performed and of most benefit to a student with a Communications, English, or Film & Video focus.
Location: King Street Center-201 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA
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SELECTION PROCESS: Applicants meeting qualifications will be screened based upon the clarity, completeness, content, grammar and punctuation of their application materials. Selection process may also include panel interview, references and final interviews.
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