DCS - Road Engineering Internship
About The Position
Multnomah County is seeking one Engineering intern to join the Transportation Division- Road Engineering. You will assist in and/or perform engineering technician duties primarily on capital improvement projects. You will interface with members of the surrounding community, the contracting team, professional engineers, planners and the County project management team. The goal of this position will be to gain experience on practical engineering tasks. You will be assigned productive tasks which may fall into one or more of several areas of transportation engineering work such as asset management, planning, design review, plan review, construction review, data analysis and project management.
Requirements
- Candidates should have completed one year in a college/university academic institution enrolled in Civil Engineering program
- Familiarity with Google Suite (e.g., Gmail, Calendar, Meet, Drive, Docs, and Slides)
- Eligibility to participate in College to County Program
- Promote a culture of respect, inclusiveness, and appreciation of diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and values
- Ability to communicate clearly both orally and in writing
- Strong problem solving skills
- Ability to work cooperatively and develop effective working relationships with diverse work groups.
- This position must work in the field as well as in an office setting.
- The candidate must be willing and able to drive; work in traffic; willing and able to work outdoors in various (and possibly adverse) weather conditions.
Nice To Haves
- Basic knowledge of the fundamental principles of engineering mathematics preferred.
- Basic knowledge of traffic engineering fundamentals preferred.
- Basic knowledge of construction practices and procedures preferred
- Ability to perform designated shop and office duties as may be required such as project tracking, preparing and interpreting plans for construction, and/or understanding a variety of maps and drawings preferred
Responsibilities
- Assist the County’s project manager in responsibilities during design and construction of capital projects
- Assist the County’s on-site construction inspector in site reports and quality documentation
- Develop outreach materials and participate in outreach events for ongoing and for upcoming construction projects
- Conduct data collection and analysis of our transportation system
- Assist in AutoCAD design developing plan sets for maintenance and improvement projects
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
