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The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.

1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water, managing wastewater and storm water, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution.

DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6, employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system’s 2, square mile watershed that extends miles north and west of the City.

The Bureau of Engineering Design & Construction (BEDC) currently has a portfolio of capital projects valued at $23.8B, and another $10.

5B projected over the next 10-year commitment plan. The projects BEDC implements allows DEP as a whole to continue to operate and maintain an exemplary water supply system.

Our In-House Design (IHD) directorate provides design and engineering services to meet operations’ needs in a manner consistent with BEDC’s core values of safety, schedule, quality, and customer service.

IHD supports projects from the business case through preliminary design, design, procurement construction, and finally with the turnover to operations.

IHD’s Design Services division includes Architectural, Site Civil, Structural, Process Mechanical / HVAC, Water Tunnel Mechanical Systems, and Electrical discipline sections.

Each design section prepares design and construction documents including engineering plans and specifications for the construction of water supply, sewer, and wastewater treatment infrastructure.

IHD projects are typically of the highest priority for the Agency. IHD’s Engineering Services includes the Quality Assurance, Laboratory Services, Specifications / Standard Operating Procedures, Sustainability, and BIM / CADD sections.

The Engineering Services division focuses on project’s sustainability, resiliency, laboratory material testing, quality reviews and inspections, standardization of documents, project delivery standards and uses current BIM / CADD technology to streamline engineering design processes.

BEDC seeks to hire an Environmental Engineering Intern for the Engineering Services, Laboratory Services Section, located in Queens, NY.

Under supervision of the Section Manager, the Environmental Engineering Intern will assist in implementing capital projects at various DEP facilities through the design and construction phase by performing analytical chemical composition analysis of metals, cement and plastic resin materials to determine their conformance to contract specification requirements.

The analytical techniques used in the BEDC laboratory include x-ray florescence spectroscopy, atomic absorption spectroscopy, Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy, the Leco carbon-sulfur method and optical metallography.

The Environmental Engineering Intern may be required to travel to job sites to assist in technical investigations, as needed.

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Experience in analysis of metals and alloy composition and Portland cement chemistry using XRF technique.
• Experience in carbon-sulfur determination in metals using the Leco method.
• Knowledge of fiber-reinforced plastic structures construction and determination of resin type using FT-IR.
• Knowledge of basic metallographic preparation techniques.
• Experience in using industry standards, specifications and code requirements as they relate to materials composition and analytical techniques.
• Experience in writing lab reports and performing data analysis.
• Excellent communication skills and writing skills.
• A Motor Vehicle Driver’s License valid in the state of New York will be required for some assignments.
30+ days ago