Summer 2027 Water Resources Engineering Intern (T027)

Job Description Summary:

Salary: $18.54 - $27.82 per hour

• As a Water Resources Engineering Intern, you’ll work alongside our engineering team to tackle real-world challenges and gain hands-on experience with TRWD’s pipelines, pump stations, and reservoirs. Our solutions enrich and improve the quality of life for our communities. Interns have the opportunity to contribute to projects in transmission hydraulics, water supply planning, and H&H. You may calculate, study, design, or review solutions to our water resources, hydraulic, or energy challenges.
• Job Description

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this position.

Solving engineering problems

Field investigations

Review and documentation of pipeline hydraulic information

Participate in hydraulic modeling of transmission systems

Participate in Water Supply modeling

Development of pipeline operations tools

Assisting with water contract management

Participating with field visits related to TRWD locations and construction sites

Participating in system and/or flood monitoring

Collecting and organizing engineering data into usable formats

Reviewing project reports

GIS analysis

Communicating solutions to others through emails or memos

QA/QC of Water Supply tools and modeling results

Maintain familiarity with strategic District levels of service

Continuous improvement monitoring and innovation efforts

Perform other duties as required

Required Experience/Skills:

Less than one (1) year of experience

Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Desired Experience/Skills:

Experience with Power-BI, SQL, Python, or other data analysis tools

Required Education/Certification/License:

High School Diploma

Enrolled in an accredited 4-year college or university majoring in engineering, engineering sciences, or related field

Valid Texas driver’s license

Desired Education/Certification/License:

None

Success Factors/Job Competencies:

Receives supervision and guidance related to performance of tasks

Willing to work on many different tasks

Desire to produce high-quality work in a timely manner

Possess good oral and written communication skills

Ability to work collaboratively within a team

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing duties of job, employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and use hand to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, balance, stoop, talk or hear. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee typically resides within an office or cubicle and may have occasional field work, including job sites or construction locations, that will expose the employee to weather conditions prevalent at the time.