Division of Remediation Student Intern - Oak Ridge

Bureau of Environment Student Intern

Division of Remediation Oak Ridge Office

Compensation: $20 per hour

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) is excited to offer an outstanding opportunity for college students to complete an internship with our Division of Remediation in the Oak Ridge Office. Students can expect to gain an understanding of how our agency works to protect human health and the environment by learning about State and Federal environmental remediation regulations, as well as monitoring of various environmental media for impacts of contamination and clean-up in Oak Ridge, TN.

The internship may include a combination of field work and/or office work. Field work may be required and includes walking on unstable terrain, in a variety of climatic conditions; flowing water of varying depths or velocity; and may include encounters with environmental hazards (e.g., poison ivy, heat, biting insects, or snakes).

Highlighted Responsibilities:

• Work directly with our technical team and Subject Matter Experts in the environmental regulatory career field.
• Collect environmental samples (e.g., biological samples, public surveys, in-stream water quality samples).
• Literature and document review to research clean-up efforts on the Oak Ridge Reservation.
• Lab sample processing; data entry, review, and analysis; equipment calibrations.
• Accompany technical staff to regulatory meetings, when possible, to learn about environmental regulatory decision-making.

Qualifications:

• Students earning a degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Health, Physical Science, Ecology, Life Sciences, Geology, or other acceptable science/natural resource related fields. 
• Actively enrolled in college and have a Junior, Senior, or Graduate student status as of May 2026.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Have a valid driver’s license.

How to Apply:

To be considered for this position, please Click Here to Apply.

Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.