What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Intern position at City of New Berlin?
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.
The number of hours of work per week can be flexible, and can adapt to school schedules.