2022-BWSO-002-Engineering Drainage & Modeling Intern
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.
The Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations (WSO) is responsible for the operation, maintenance and protection of the City's drinking water and wastewater collection (sewer) systems, the protection of adjacent waterways, and the development and protection of the Department's Capital Water and Sewer Design Program. The selected interns will work within the Water and Sewer Operations Engineering Drainage and Modeling Division. The selected intern will work within BWSO’s Engineering Division on sewer modeling, analysis, and infrastructure design. The selected intern will be involved with data collection, database management, GIS, QA/QC, and sewer infrastructure design related work. Individuals should be proficient in ArcGIS, or have a strong interest in working with spatial data and GIS, and should have a general understanding of hydraulic analysis.
Preferred Skills
- Student must currently be enrolled at a college/university at the undergraduate level majoring in civil, environmental, chemical, or mechanical engineering
- Student must have at least a 2.5GPA (on a 4.0 scale)
- Student must have at least a junior class standing
- Familiarity and/or experience with computers/software such as GIS and Microsoft Office suite is preferred.
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