Engineering Intern

The Project

Clean Water Shreveport (CWS) provides staff resources to assist in the delivery of initiatives, activities, tasks, and projects to the City of Shreveport’s Department of Water & Sewerage. Our team works collaboratively with the City and others under contract to the City to support implementation of their capital improvement plan (CIP). 

Job Description

This position will work with the CWS team leaders to perform various functions related to Program Management, such as, but not limited to the following:

• Program Management - Provide assistance in ongoing contract administration efforts in support of CWS services, such as updating and implementing workflows and processes for contract development, execution, and maintenance aligned with City's standard processes; support coordination and monitoring of contract administration tasks; tracking of contracts in the contract administration database; attending regular meetings to collaborate on active contracts; providing updates to CWS leadership regarding activities; and reviewing, evaluating, and recommending updates to existing contract administration documents and procedures. Additionally, monitor and track current projects / program status through review of project financials and schedules, and assist in the development of reporting information to CWS leadership.
• Utility Engineering Programs Support - includes working with City Water and Sewerage (W&S) Department staff to support day-to-day engineering and utility operations and maintenance activities. The goal is to diagnose and troubleshoot potential solutions for issues that occur at drinking water and wastewater facilities and infrastructure. Data is collected that can be used to identify, define, and prioritize future maintenance and capital project activities.
• Project Delivery - working with task lead and project managers, includes assistance in identifying and defining water and wastewater projects for design delivery and construction. Water project identification and definition may include consideration of the City’s Water System Master Plan, water system hydraulic model (managed by others under contract to the City), and Water & Sewer Department operational data. Wastewater project identification and definition may include consideration of the separate sewer system hydraulic model, Water & Sewer Department operational data, Sanitary Sewer Analysis data, Remedial Measures Plan recommendations, available Geographic Information System (GIS) data, record drawings and quarter maps, and baseline analyses. From these efforts, costs and schedules for each project will be developed, generating estimates for design and construction efforts. Some field work is included to provide a sample of the field duties by CWS.
• Consent Decree Programs Support - assist with the development and implementation of assessment programs related to the water and sewer systems.
• Other as-needed tasks/projects may be required/assigned.

Qualifications Required

• Working on Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field
• Ability to communicate clearly and work with cross-functional teams.

Key Competencies

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities
• Customer service orientation
• Team interaction and collaboration
   
• Attention to detail

Physical Requirements

• Normal, corrective vision range; ability to see color and to distinguish letters, numbers, and symbols
• Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, bend, and reach for long periods of time, including periods of time on construction sites
• Ability to reach with hands and arms
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

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