
Water Quality Intern
Join our team as a Water Quality Intern to complete lab technician related duties over the summer! If you are passionate about science and research, and enjoy hands on laboratory work, then this could be a great summer job for you! We're looking for someone who will work:
- Full time, 30-40 hours a week
- 7:00am-3:30pm work schedule or something similar
- Approximately 12 weeks, May through August depending on what works best for you and the team
In this role you will:
- Perform scheduled collection of raw water samples and laboratory tests, including PH analyses, temperature, residual chlorine titration's, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and secchi disk depth readings.
- Conduct outside sampling at water resource sites, set up and read field testing equipment.
- Enter field data into computer database on a daily basis.
- Deliver samples to Water Quality Analysts and complete chain of custody documentation.
- Conduct on-site analysis and limited physical, chemical and bacteriological analysis including calibration of field meters and calculation of flow measurements of outfalls.
- Check chlorine levels in system; takes water samples throughout system on a regular basis and performs special well sampling.
- Prepare water samples for testing and processing. Pick up, preserves, and delivers laboratory samples to other laboratories for analyses and set up of water samples.
- Collect well and sludge samples; dries and prepares sludge samples for outside lab analysis.
- Assist with laboratory equipment cleaning, maintenance and inventory.
Salary Ranges:
Intern I $15.39-$19.64/hr
Intern II $17.63-$23.27/hr
Intern III $22.35- $29.51/hr