Demo

Electrical Engineering Intern

City of New York
Queens, NY Intern
POSTED ON 4/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/28/2025

Job Details

Company Description

Job Description

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.

New York City has approximately 140,000 catch basins, 114,000 hydrants, 90,000 valves, 14 gatehouses, 3 reservoirs, 68 groundwater wells, a 100-million-gallon underground storage tank and 7,000 miles each of both sanitary sewers and water mains. The responsibility of maintaining these vast networks falls under the Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations (BWSO). The primary responsibilities of the Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations are 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 Division of Distribution Operations is responsible for operating the water distribution system throughout the five boroughs. This includes operating and maintaining the shaft distribution chambers of the three City Water Tunnels and in-city aqueduct, the trunk main valves and pressure reducing regulators throughout the system, pumping stations, and in-city treatment facilities; cross-connection inspections; installing and maintaining CCTV, instrumentation, and operational software systems for the bureau; and providing engineering direction for improvements to the entire system.

Working for the Bureau of Water and Sewer Operations within the Division of Distribution Operations, the selected Electrical Engineering Intern will provide support to the maintenance team to maintain and repair facilities that are critical to supply drinking water to the City of New York. They will support contractors in their efforts to maintain and repair equipment in the shaft facilities, and work alongside trade staff in maintenance and repair of equipment. They will perform inspections and testing of equipment, provide access to facilities to third parties, and conduct facilities inspections weekly. They will occasionally review drawings and submittals, operate sump pumps and valves, and deliver equipment.

The selected Electrical Engineering Intern's overall purpose would be to install, inspect, maintain, and repair DEP electrical, electronic, mechanical, pneumatic, telemetric instrumentation and controls, sewer monitoring devices, and communications equipment in water supply facilities, sewers, wastewater treatment facilities, associated support facilities and similar or related facilities. Tasks will include working with valves, water regulators and general plumbing and water conveyance equipment, electrical motors, generators, transformers, lighting and general electrical equipment, elevators, cranes, HVAC equipment, alarm and security apparatus, buildings and structures and associated equipment such as entry ways doors stairways.

The selected candidate will need to become familiar with shaft maintenance including the different systems in the facilities e.g., HVAC, mechanical, electrical, etc., and contracts that maintain various systems. They will work with project engineers, assist with overseeing maintenance contracts, performing thorough field inspections, system operation activities and special projects pertaining to the New Croton Aqueduct and City Tunnel facilities while complying with shaft maintenance practices, policies, and procedures. They will assist project engineers to evaluate engineering problems associated with mechanical/electrical equipment, i.e., repairs, replacement, substitution, etc.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING INTERN - 20302

Qualifications

1- A baccalaureate degree in electrical or electronic engineering from an accredited college; or

2- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college in electrical or electronic engineering technology and two years of full-time satisfactory experience in electrical engineering work.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Electrical Engineering Intern?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Electrical Engineering Intern career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$77,212 - $88,935
Income Estimation: 
$101,213 - $124,848
Income Estimation: 
$90,267 - $107,792
Income Estimation: 
$90,926 - $113,495
Income Estimation: 
$102,148 - $116,687
Income Estimation: 
$77,212 - $88,935
Income Estimation: 
$101,213 - $124,848
Income Estimation: 
$90,267 - $107,792
Income Estimation: 
$90,926 - $113,495
Income Estimation: 
$102,148 - $116,687
Income Estimation: 
$90,267 - $107,792
Income Estimation: 
$125,799 - $152,617
Income Estimation: 
$110,220 - $132,692
Income Estimation: 
$111,195 - $140,107
Income Estimation: 
$126,558 - $144,904
Income Estimation: 
$110,220 - $132,692
Income Estimation: 
$151,084 - $181,738
Income Estimation: 
$133,507 - $160,824
Income Estimation: 
$136,663 - $175,160
Income Estimation: 
$157,953 - $182,694
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at City of New York

City of New York
Hired Organization Address New York, NY Full Time
Only permanent employees in the civil service title comparable title (under 6.1.9) eligible for the 55a program and thos...
City of New York
Hired Organization Address New York, NY Full Time
Hours : Fulltime 35 Hours Work Location : 3030 Thomson Avenue LIC NY 11101 The Supervisor (Personnel) will serve as a se...
City of New York
Hired Organization Address New York, NY Full Time
The Division of Shelter Intake is responsible for the oversight of the daytoday operations of the agencys Adult Families...
City of New York
Hired Organization Address New York, NY Full Time
The New York City Department of Correction (DOC) is an integral part of the Citys evolving criminal justice system parti...

Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Electrical Engineering Intern jobs in the Queens, NY area that may be a better fit.

Electrical Engineering Intern

Professional Engineering Consultants, Oklahoma, OK

Electrical Engineering Intern (Substations)

NEI Electric Power Engineering, Lakewood, CO

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!