College Intern - Water Analysis Lab

The Metropolitan District Commission • Bloomfield, CT

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Metropolitan District is a non-profit municipal corporation chartered by the Connecticut General Assembly in 1929 to provide potable water and sewerage services on a regional basis. Today, the MDC provides quality water supply, water pollution control, mapping, and household hazardous waste collection to eight member municipalities - Bloomfield, East Hartford, Hartford, Newington, Rocky Hill, West Hartford, Wethersfield and Windsor - and to portions of other towns in the region. The Water Analysis Lab is looking to hire a full-time (40 hours/week) college intern for the MDC's summer internship program. This intern will work at the company's water treatment facility in Bloomfield (Reservoir 6). The program will begin on June 1, 2026 and run through July 31, 2026 DUTIES The MDC's state licensed Water Analysis Laboratory, located at the Reservoir 6 water treatment plant in Bloomfield, conducts more than 100,000 physical, chemical and bacteriological tests annually. These tests search for over 130 potential water contaminants at the MDC's reservoirs, treatment plants and the 47 state approved sampling sites throughout the 12 town service area. These tests and others conducted at various consulting laboratories ensure that the potable water supplied by the MDC meets all State of Connecticut Public Health Code and Federal Environmental Protection Agency standards for water quality. See the comparison of Water Quality Results for Reservoir 6 and West Hartford Service Areas. The MDC distributes an average of 50 million gallons of water per day to a population of approximately 400,000. Duties would include but not be limited to the wet chemistry and physical analysis of water samples, and generalized spectrophometer analysis for low level nutrients. The Intern will have had some hands on environmental, biology, chemistry and or microbiological laboratory experience inclusive of familiarity with laboratory safety procedures. Course work at the college level in the above noted disciplines is required. Duties will include but may not be limited to; the calibration of various laboratory instrumentation, maintenance of the calibration logs, the conducting of wet chemistry analysis on a variety of laboratory instrumentation and titration apparatus and the recording of analytical data into the laboratory data system. Compare and contrast water quality data looking for trends between the two MDC's large upland reservoirs regard to the levels of Geosmin/MIB, Actinomycetes and other water quality parameters found in the raw water reservoirs. Intern will assist with all day-to-day duties, as well as any special projects, as assigned.

Requirements

• College juniors or seniors pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in a science field (e.g. Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering)
• hands on environmental, biology, chemistry and or microbiological laboratory experience inclusive of familiarity with laboratory safety procedures
• Course work at the college level in the above noted disciplines is required
• Ability to perform physical labor up to and including 50 pounds
• Computer skills including Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint

Nice To Haves

• Preference for students who have completed coursework including limnology, environmental science, ecology, environmental microbiology, and chemistry.
• ability to swim is preferred (field sampling on the reservoirs)

Responsibilities

• wet chemistry and physical analysis of water samples
• generalized spectrophometer analysis for low level nutrients
• calibration of various laboratory instrumentation
• maintenance of the calibration logs
• conducting of wet chemistry analysis on a variety of laboratory instrumentation and titration apparatus
• recording of analytical data into the laboratory data system
• Compare and contrast water quality data looking for trends between the two MDC's large upland reservoirs regard to the levels of Geosmin/MIB, Actinomycetes and other water quality parameters found in the raw water reservoirs
• assist with all day-to-day duties, as well as any special projects, as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees