Engineering Intern

City of New Berlin; New Berlin (WI); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

The City of New Berlin offers a paid internship position as an Engineering Intern in the Department of Community Development. This role introduces you to municipal civil engineering, with involvement in transportation engineering, stormwater, erosion control, and CAD/GIS.

We seek a student enrolled in civil engineering at undergraduate or graduate level, with tasks ranging from permit reviews to field inspections and data preparation. Hours per week are flexible to match school schedules.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in civil engineering undergraduate or graduate program or closely related field.
• Willing to assist with transportation engineering tasks and related areas (stormwater, erosion control).
• Flexible hours to fit student schedule.

Responsibilities

• Assist with building permit reviews and utility/road cut permits.
• Conduct field inspections, traffic counts, surveys; analyze traffic issues.
• Prepare plans, specs and estimates for construction projects.
• Perform data entry and organize departmental documents.

Skills

Civil engineering

CAD

GIS

Traffic engineering

Data entry

Education

Civil engineering student (undergrad/grad)

Tools

CAD software

GIS software

Job description

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.

Assist with daily tasks that might involve:

• 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.

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.