Water Resources Intern

Water Resources Intern

NEW Water, The Brand of the Green Bay Metropolitan Sewerage District, is seeking qualified applicants looking to join our team as an intern in our Watershed Management Department. Candidates for our Water Resources Intern position will bring their enthusiasm to learn and help attain our vision of protecting our most valuable resource, water.

The Water Resources Intern is responsible for providing technical work under the direction of the Water Resources Specialist in support of the Aquatic Monitoring Program and the Watershed Specialist in support of the Watershed Monitoring Program. Work is performed with initiative and minimal supervision in accomplishing delegated duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide support to NEW Water’s Aquatic Monitoring Program (AMP)
  • Assist in all aspects of field work – water sampling, limnological profile measurements, installing and maintaining water quality equipment
  • Serve as the first mate on NEW Water’s work boats (40 ft workboat used in lower Green Bay and a 17 ft aluminum workboat used in the lower Fox River)
  • Assist in various aspects of laboratory work – conduct lab analyses, clean sampling containers, prep for water quality sampling, maintain bench sheets and databases with attention to detail.
• Provide support to NEW Water’s Watershed Monitoring Program (WMP)
  • Assist in all aspects of field work – water sampling, limnological profile measurements, installing and maintaining water quality equipment
  • Be a part of a two-person sampling team, working and wading into streams around the watershed
  • Assist in various aspects of laboratory work – conduct lab analyses, clean sampling containers, prep for water quality sampling, maintain bench sheets and databases with attention to detail.
• Provide support to Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing
• Assist with sample collection and shipment.
• Assist Water Resources Specialist and Watershed Specialist in conducting additional projects as needed

For a complete job description, please contact Human Resources at HR@newwater.us

Qualifications:

The successful candidate must be a student working toward a degree in environmental science, biology, aquatic science, toxicology, or a related discipline. Candidate should have completed coursework in aquatic biology, chemistry, limnology and/or toxicology. Candidates should be able to describe skills they have learned from their relevant coursework and lab work and how it might relate to the position. A successful candidate will be comfortable with limnological and hydrologic field work – wading in streams, collecting and processing water quality samples, potentially getting dirty, working from a boat on a river and working from a boat on a large body of water in various weather working conditions (hot, cold, windy, rainy, sunny, muddy, mosquitos/ticks and zebra/quagga mussels).

This position requires initiative, attention to detail, ability to follow standard procedures, proper laboratory technique and experience maintaining databases and spreadsheets. This position is focused heavily on field work completed outside in all conditions, but time will also be needed in the office and laboratory. The candidate must be comfortable with both outside and inside work.

This is a year-round position with part-time hours during the academic year and full-time hours during the summer. Approximate start date of February/March 2026 or when schedule permits. The rate of pay for this position is $17.82 per hour (2026 pay structure). Applications may be reviewed as they are received but the posting will remain open until January 23, 2026.