Engineering Intern

City of New Berlin Department of Community Development; New Berlin (WI); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of New Berlin Department of Community Development offers a paid Engineering Intern position that exposes you to municipal civil engineering challenges, especially transportation engineering, with some involvement in stormwater, erosion control, and CAD/GIS.

The internship targets students enrolled in civil engineering programs (undergraduate or graduate) and provides flexible hours to fit school schedules. No benefits are available for this internship.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in civil engineering (undergrad or graduate) program.
• Flexible hours to accommodate school schedule.
• Paid internship.

Responsibilities

• Assist engineering staff with building permit reviews.
• Assist in review of utility and road cut permits.
• Assist staff with field inspections and investigations.
• Investigate traffic issues, perform traffic counts, surveys and studies, and determine solutions to traffic issues.
• Aid in the preparation of plans, specifications and estimates for construction projects.
• Assist customers by answering general inquiries.
• Prepare background research on engineering topics and prepare reports
• Prepare and organize departmental lists, maps, plats, correspondence and other documents.
• Grant research & writing.
• Perform site visits as needed.
• Assist engineering staff with active construction management.
• Collect inventory of City assets.
• Data entry.

Education

Civil engineering student (undergrad/grad)

Tools

CAD

GIS

Job description

Position Summary

The City of New Berlin Department of Community Development is currently offering a paid internship position as an Engineering Intern. This position exposes your engineers to a wide variety of issues as they occur in a municipal engineering environment. This exposure will provide the prospective intern valuable experience and breadth in many facets of Civil Engineering. We are looking for a student who is enrolled in civil engineering, undergraduate or graduate program or closely related thereto. The prospective intern will perform a variety of tasks and duties in the area of transportation engineering with some involvement in stormwater, erosion control, and CAD/GIS.

Essential Duties

• Assist engineering staff with building permit reviews.
• Assist engineering staff in the review of utility and road cut permits.
• Assist staff with field inspections and investigations.
• Investigate traffic issues, perform traffic counts, surveys and studies, and determine solutions to traffic issues.
• Aid in the preparation of plans, specifications and estimates for construction projects.
• Assist customers by answering general inquiries.
• Prepare background research on engineering related topics and prepare reports
• Prepare and organize various departmental lists, maps, plats, correspondence and other documents.
• Grant research & writing.
• Perform site visits as needed.
• Assist engineering staff with active construction management.
• Collect inventory of City assets.
• Data entry.

Qualifications

Position requires a student who is enrolled in a civil engineering, undergraduate or graduate program or closely related thereto.

The number of hours of work per week can be flexible, and can adapt to school schedules.

No Benefits Available