Summer 2025 Surface Water Internships

What We Need:

Ohio EPA Summer Intern – Division of Surface Water  **This posting is hiring for 33 internship positions within the division.

What We Do:

At the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, our primary goal is to protect the environment and public health.  We do this by ensuring compliance with federal and state environmental laws.

What We Need YOU To Do:

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest intern in the Division of Surface Water (DSW) at one of our many locations throughout the State of Ohio.

Essentials. Let's talk about 'em:

As a college intern, you'll receive training and orientation on all aspects of our surface water program and assist the technical staff with a variety of program duties.   We have multiple positions to choose from:

401/Wetlands Program Intern

• You will receive training in aspects of both in-office and in-the-field activities involved in the Stream and Wetland Permitting Program.
• Assist in collecting and tabulating data required to draft permits and reports.
• Collect, prepare and process biological, geomorphological, and water quality data.
• Assist in the operation/maintenance of field sampling equipment and instruments.
• Assist in mapping, preparing and migrating data into GIS systems and databases.
• Field-verify sites to determine compliance with 401 water quality certifications.
• Assist agency staff in performing site evaluations in response to complaints received.
• Learn and implement stream and wetland assessment methods.

Water Quality Intern

• Be trained in aspects of both in-office and in-the-field activities involved in the Water Quality Program.
• Collect water quality data in streams and/or inland lakes.
• Conduct reconnaissance of survey sites.
• Assist in the operation, calibration, and performance maintenance of field instruments.
• Maintain instrument record logs and other quality assurance records.
• Field internships are one of the most desired positions that Ohio EPA provides.

Modeling Intern

• Participate in Ohio EPA’s College Intern program by assisting the technical staff with routine duties.  Routine activities will include in-field sample collection, sample processing, equipment maintenance, sample QA/QC as well as data processing and data management.
• These positions will spend most of their time in the field collecting/processing samples.  Sampling locations will take you across the state, sampling both small streams and large rivers.
• Field internships are one of the most desired positions that Ohio EPA provides.
• Modeling positions will involve the use and calibration of the country’s largest fleet of water quality sampling EXO1 sondes.  Interns will also be involved in the data management process of one of the largest sets of continuous data in the nation.
• Interns will assist with model development when they are not in the field.

Ecological Assessment Intern

• Participate in Ohio EPA’s College Intern program by assisting the technical staff with routine duties.  Routine activities will include in-field sample collection of fish and aquatic macroinvertebrates.
• These positions will spend most of their time in the field collecting/processing samples.  Sampling locations will take you across the state, sampling both small streams and large rivers.
• Field internships are one of the most desired positions that Ohio EPA provides.
• Fish and aquatic macroinvertebrate positions will involve the use of electrofishing gear, boats, wading crafts, and dipnets for insects.
• Interns will assist with equipment maintenance and data entry when they are not in the field.

Ready to level up your experience?  Apply today, and let's talk.