Engineering Intern (Student Trainee) - Eagle

Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of Colorado.
  

• This is a temporary position that is limited to a maximum of 9 months, with no benefits other than sick leave. Temporary employees accrue one hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked, capped at 48 hours. 
• Applications will be reviewed as they are received. It’s in your best interest to apply as early as possible

About the Position
The Engineering Residency in Eagle, Colorado at CDOT is seeking a college student or recent graduate who is pursuing a career in Civil Engineering or similar.  The Residency provides engineering expertise in developing, building and maintaining a safe and integrated transportation system. The Residency manages or oversees projects for upgrading, reconstructing and maintaining the highway system along with other projects that have federal, state and local funds. The Residency designs projects, provides oversight of design, manages NEPA documentation, manages consultants and provides construction management and project management .The Student Intern is expected to gain engineering expertise and learn how to apply engineering theories, principles, and standards to the design and preparation of plans and specifications for highway projects.
 
Major duties and responsibilities, include but are not limited to:
 

• Assures accurate payment of funds to contractor.
• Provide field inspections of construction methods, procedures, and materials at project site.
• Perform queries and updates on data using SQL Server Management Studio such as inspection data, project data, and vertical clearance data.
• Inspect contractors’ work procedures at project site.
• Check inspection reports for description of contractor’s work, calculations and accuracy.
• Perform independent checks of measurements and calculations for computerized project pay estimates.
• Keep detailed records in a daily diary of Contractor activities and materials placed and installed.
• Drive to project sites for observation and inspection of construction.
• Other duties as assigned by the Construction Project Engineer or their designees.

Work Environment:

• Primarily 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM work hours, Monday through Friday.
• The typical work week will be 40 hours a week in the summer months (May through August) with an option to continue part-time through December or January if the intern is local.   An hour orientation is planned to start paperwork early in May with full-time employment and start date coordinating with any classes and finals that need to be completed.
• Occasional travel may be required during work hours to assigned locations to collect data.
• Potential overnight travel may be required but is not likely.  This would be for inspection trips and would be no longer than two nights once or twice during the summer.
• May be required to operate CDOT vehicles.
• Must have current driver’s license.

Minimum Qualifications 

Qualified candidates must be either:

• Any college student enrolled in an accredited community college, college or university seeking an Associates, Bachelors, Masters or Ph.D. degree in civil engineering, road ecology, wildlife biology or similar.

OR

• A recent college graduate.  Recently graduated means the individual should have attended an accredited college or university and have graduated with and Associates, Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D. degree in civil engineering, road ecology, wildlife biology or similar within three calendar years.

OR

• A certified participant in the Colorado Refugee Services Program.