Engineering Intern, Tacoma Water

Salary

$31.95 - $38.84 Hourly

Location

Tacoma, WA

Job Type

Non-Classified

Job Number

S0010-25D

Department

Water

Opening Date

03/31/2025

Closing Date

4/9/2025 5:00 PM Pacific

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Position Description

Are you looking to apply and grow the skills you are learning in school in a professional environment while serving your community with clean, reliable water? If you answered “yes,” be sure to apply to Tacoma Water’s engineering internship opportunities!

Tacoma Water (https://www.mytpu.org/about-tpu/services/water/) Planning and Engineering section has two engineering internship positions available for interested candidates to join our Water Treatment and Quality Planning team or Water Engineering team. As a public utility, we operate and maintain one of the country’s oldest municipally owned water systems and serve more than 300,000 residential and commercial customers.

We are looking for people who can bring a fresh perspective to the work we do while supporting staff on a variety of projects. Engineering interns can expect to build on their technical skills, further grow their professional development skills and expand their networks. The ideal candidate is a technically skilled, flexible team player with excellent organizational and customer service abilities, and proficiency in basic engineering calculations.

Duties may include project management, collecting and analyzing large quantities of data, performing engineering calculations, reviewing plans, drafting technical memos, presenting findings, and participating in team meetings. Engineering interns will also be able to collaborate with a team, network with other professionals, and learn about various projects across our water system.

Engineering internships are typically 40 hours per week, 12 weeks long, and coincide with the summer break.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in progress, preferably in the field of Civil, Environmental, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.

Desired Qualifications:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel

• Experience with 300 level courses

• Familiarity or desire to learn data visualization software (e.g. Tableau, Origin or Power Bi)

• Water Quality Team Intern: Interest in Environmental Engineering, water treatment and chemistry

• Engineering Team Intern: Interest in Civil, Mechanical, and/or Hydraulic engineering

LICENSING, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS:

• A WA driver's license is desired.

Selection Process & Supplemental Information

City of Tacoma Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Tacoma's diversity is its greatest asset. Tacoma embraces its multi-cultural and multi-ethnic character. Communities of color and immigrant communities are fundamental to Tacoma's entrepreneurial spirit, workforce, and long-term success. In Tacoma, equity and empowerment are top priorities, meaning that all Tacoma residents must have equitable opportunities to reach their full potential and share in the benefits of community progress. One of our goals is for the City of Tacoma workforce to reflect the community it serves. We actively work to eliminate racial and other disparities and welcome candidates with diverse backgrounds and/or multicultural skill sets and experiences. Our goal is for Tacoma to be an inclusive and equitable place to live, work, and play.

The City of Tacoma is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity in its workplace. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital or veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, and local laws.

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Interested individuals should apply online and attach a detailed resume and cover letter that includes job experience, major responsibilities and accomplishments related to this position.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received for interview consideration.

Reference checks will be conducted on final candidates and appointment is subject to passing a background check.

Communication from the City of Tacoma:

We primarily communicate via e-mail during the application process. E-mails from cityoftacoma.org and/or governmentjobs.com must be placed on your safe domain list to ensure that you receive notifications in a timely manner. As a precaution, you may also want to check your junk e-mail folders.

If you have any additional questions regarding this position, please contact the Human Resources Department at 253.591.5400 by 4pm on the closing date.

The City of Tacoma provides excellent medical, dental and vision plans for the whole family; paid holidays and paid leave; participation in the Tacoma Employees' Retirement System (alternate plan for Police/Fire); continuing education and advancement opportunities and a growing variety of City-sponsored health and wellness opportunities and incentives.

Medical Coverage: For eligible employees and their families, including domestic partners and dependent children age 26 or younger.

Dental Coverage: For eligible employees and their families, including domestic partners and dependent children age 26 or younger.

Vision Coverage: For eligible employees and their eligible dependents.

Paid Leave: City employees are entitled to received paid holidays, sick/vacation leave or personal time off (PTO), depending upon union affiliation and appointment type.

Insurance Plans: Employees are covered by a long-term disability plan. Short-term and expanded long-term disability insurance plans are also available to employees. The State Industrial Insurance Act also covers employees.

Deferred Compensation: Income can be set aside on a pretax basis and invested for supplementation of normal retirement income.

Retirement: All employees of the City, except members of the Police and Fire services, Tacoma Rail and certain project employees, are included in the Tacoma Employees' Retirement System. Information on the Tacoma Employees' Retirement System can be found at www.cityoftacoma.org or by calling (253) 502-8200.

Other Employment Information

Direct Deposit: Employees are paid on a bi-weekly schedule by direct deposit.

Salary Increases: Based on satisfactory job performance, the City provides for a regular progression of salary increases for most classifications according to the salary schedule.

Union Affiliation: Many job classifications are covered by union security provisions which require union membership, dues, or payment of equivalent service fees.

Note: The provisions of this job announcement do not constitute an expressed or implied contract. Any provision contained herein may be modified and/or revoked without notice.

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Responses to supplemental questions must be original content created by the applicant using their own words. The use of online tools or resources to create responses, such as Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT, etc.), Google, Bing, etc., or plagiarism in any form, is considered cheating and falsification of the application. I understand that any form of cheating or falsification will disqualify my application for further consideration.

• Yes

• No

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  Are you currently enrolled in a college-level program designed to result in a Bachelor's degree?

• Yes

• No

  03

  Please indicate which engineering program you are pursuing.

• Chemical

• Civil

• Environmental

• Mechanical

• Other

  04

  What is your current year of school?

• Freshman

• Sophomore

• Junior

• Senior

  05

  Please mark your level of experience with Microsoft Word and Excel.

• Advanced User

• Proficient

• Some Experience

• No Experience

  06

  Please select what area(s) you are interested in (Select all that apply)

• Water Quality

• Design Engineering

  07

  What interests you about this internship?

  08

  One of the City's Principles that guides us is Equity. Describe what equity means to you and describe an experience you have working with diverse groups of people.

  09

  Please tell us how you learned about this job opening.

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• Professional organization

• Military organization

• City of Tacoma employee

• Online job board posting

• Word of mouth

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• Tacoma Training & Education Program (TTEP)

• Indeed

• Facebook

• Instagram

• Careers in Government

• Government Jobs

• Outreach Event

• National Diversity Network

• African American Job Network

• Disability Job Network

• Asian Job Network

• Latino Job Network

• Retirement Job Network

• LGBT Job Network

• Veteran Job Network

• Other

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  Please provide specific information regarding how you learned about this job opening. Thank you, your feedback will be used to evaluate our success reaching the public and refine our methods for future job postings.

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Employer

City of Tacoma

Address

Human Resources Department 747 Market Street Tacoma, Washington, 98402-3764

Phone

253-591-5400

Website

http://www.cityoftacoma.org

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