Posting Close Date: Mar 8, 2024
Pay Range: $20.00 to $25.00 /hr
Salary/Hourly: Hourly
Job Description
Please submit an unofficial transcript with your application.
Summer Position:
Full Time – 40 hours per week
Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (Hybrid)
Denver Water proudly serves high-quality water and promotes its efficient use to 1.5 million people in the City of Denver and many surrounding suburbs. The organization is a responsible steward of the resources, assets, and natural environment entrusted to us in order to provide a high-quality water supply, a resilient and reliable system, and excellent customer service.
The Water Rights, Supply and Analytics group is composed of three collaborative sections: Water Rights, Raw Water, and Water Resource Analysis. Water Rights is responsible for defending Denver Water’s interests in water court and acquiring new water rights as needed; Raw Water manages operations for conveying Denver Water’s raw water and reusable water supplies to storage and its water treatment plants; and Water Resource Analysis maintains, develops, and conducts studies using Denver Water’s long-range planning model, which includes reservoirs, diversions, rivers, and other operations in both the Colorado and South Platte River Basins As one collaborative group, the Water Rights, Supply, and Analytics group ensures Denver Water’s raw water supply is reliable and resilient for customers today, and into the future.
Internship Project Description:
This intern will join the Water Rights team in the Water Resource Strategy division and will:
- Support the Water Rights team, Raw Water Supply team, and Analytics team
- Research, analyze and summarize hydrological, climate and other data in support of water rights investigations, Water Court cases, and water modeling
- Review and summarize contracts and agreements in support of improved operations and modeling efforts
- Research approaches for determining system yield, reliability, and resiliency
- Assist staff with field work and other site investigations
- Coordinate customer and outreach responses to implementation of drought restrictions in the Denver Water service area.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities to perform this intern project:
- Analytical thinking
- Data analysis and interpretation
- Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel and Access
- Verbal and written communication
- Technical writing and technical document synthesis
- Quality control and quality assurance
- Willingness to research topics and differentiate between credible and non-credible sources.
- Balance and prioritize tasks for multiple projects.
Location of Position: Administration – Ops Complex-BLDA
Additional Locations:
Position Requirements
Hiring Criteria:
The position may be a paid position and/or for school credit. However, the candidate must currently be a student attending college/university or must have graduated in the last six (6) months.
Education Requirements:
- Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or Graduate level student majoring in Natural Sciences, Engineering, or a related field.
Experience Requirements:
- Preferred knowledge of Microsoft Office products, GIS applications, and data analysis software
License Requirements:
- None
Pre-Employment Requirements:
- A background check including education and criminal history.
About Denver Water
During the Summer Intern Program, there are THREE (3) REQUIRED ATTENDANCE EVENTS. All interns must participate.
Intern positions do not come with any benefits other than holiday pay (if the employee worked for more than 20 days before the holiday) and Accrued Paid Sick Leave. Interns and Denver Water Temps accrue one hour of Accrued Paid Sick Leave per 30 hours worked, up to 48 hours per year per the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.
Denver Water is committed to creating a diverse work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.
A background check will be conducted to verify the information submitted on the application. Please be sure that all information on the application is correct and complete, do not say “see resume”. If the application is not fully completed, we (Denver Water), will not accept your application.
We are committed to the health and well-being of our employees. Smoking, including e-cigarettes, is prohibited on all Denver Water property.
An offer of employment may be contingent upon satisfactory results of a post-offer drug test and alcohol. Denver Water tests for the following: amphetamines, cocaine, marijuana (THC), opiates, and phencyclidine (PCP). A strength test may also be conducted due to the physical requirements of the position. If the position is deemed safety-sensitive or requires a CDL you will be placed on the random drug and alcohol testing list which means you may be tested if your name is selected while employed at Denver Water.
Denver Water is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to building a culturally diverse workforce. We encourage applications from women, People of Color, veterans, and people with disabilities.
For questions please contact:
Ashley Kessens
1600 W. 12th Avenue
Denver, CO 80204-3412
Ashley.Kessens@denverwater.org
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