Job Description
Position Summary
The District’s Engineering Department has an immediate opening for a paid Civil Engineering student intern. This internship program provides students with the opportunity to transition from college to the full-time workforce through hands-on training and knowledge sharing in both office and job site settings. Students can either work part-time or full-time depending on their class schedule. At its discretion, the District may offer a full-time entry level position of Junior Civil Engineer to recent graduates who filed job applications with the District and met the minimum requirements of the position. Successful participants of the program are eligible to receive a Student Loan Forgiveness of $3,000 to be applied to their outstanding student loans once they enter the post-graduation employment with the District.
Essential Responsibilities
* Assists in reviewing and interpreting plans, specifications, and cost estimates for a variety of construction, repair and maintenance projects.
* Assists in inspecting District's facilities and preparing inspection reports.
* Assists in inspecting construction projects and preparing inspection reports.
* Performs quantity calculations based on design plans.
* Assists in collection of material samples for laboratory analysis.
* Assists in assembling construction bid documents.
* Assists in processing construction contract change orders.
* Learns and follows the safety and health rules and safe working practices applicable work assignments.
* Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with District employees, customers, vendors and all others contacted during the course of work using principles of excellent customer service.
* Performs additional related duties as assigned.
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Based in San Francisco, the District consists of three operating divisions including Bridge, Bus, and Ferry, and an Administrative division. The District offers a variety of career opportunities to consider, including transit operations and maintenance for Bus and Ferry Divisions, professional and clerical, as well as, skilled labor and crafts positions. The District employs about 800 regular full-time, part-time, and temporary employees. The District values our employees and customers who come from many diverse backgrounds. We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the rich diversity of our region and to ensuring that our employees and customers are treated fairly and free from intolerance and discrimination. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace. Our goal is to provide our employees with the best possible compensation and benefits including competitive salaries, generous paid sick, holiday and vacation leave, District-paid group life insurance, excellent medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage, participation in the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) pension plan, optional deferred compensation program, free transportation on the Golden Gate Bus and Ferry systems, free passage on the Golden Gate Bridge, and much more! |