Engineering Intern (Seasonal)

Description

Essential Duties

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Regular attendance is required to perform the duties of this position.
• Assists in supplemental surveys under the direction of a registered engineer.
• Assists in researching records, maps and other data to obtain typical engineering data such as the location of public and private utilities, property and structure information.
• Drafts preliminary dimensional drawings such as those needed for street, water, sewer, drainage, and other utility plans, systems and projects.
• Calculates dimensions, profile specifications, and quantities of materials such as pipe, concrete, and asphalt.
• Assists in the field collection of GIS data with survey grade GNSS equipment and with GIS data entry for water, sewer, electrical, communication, addressing, streets, subdivisions, buildings, signs, and various other City GIS features.
• Assists with the performance of a variety of office related functions, including preparing correspondence, maps, presentation materials, brochures, reducing field notes, printing materials, answering phones, scanning documents, filing documents, and responding to inquiries from contractors, developers, property owners, staff, and the general public.
• The duties listed above 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 the position.

NON-ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Exhibit a positive attitude and display appropriate conduct.
• Create positive relationships with the public, co-workers and supervisors and treat all people with respect.
• Comply with work schedule and fulfill job responsibility commitments.
• Complete job assignments in a conscientious and thorough manner.
• Adhere to Laws, Department and Division policies and procedures and support organization objectives.
• Listen with comprehension and communicate accurately, clearly, and concisely to facilitate an efficient operation.
• Comply with safety rules and appropriately maintain and use equipment and material.
• Maintain confidentiality of matters relating to the City at all times.
• Maintain insurability and operate city vehicles in accordance with insurance policy. (If required of the position)
• Demonstrate self-initiative in performing routine tasks as in accordance with standard operating procedures and standard operating guidelines.

Minimum Qualifications

Physical Demands & Work Environment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Work is performed roughly equally in office settings and in the field as required in the surveying of various construction sites or rating of public works facilities. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate drafting instruments, computers and various pieces of office and surveying tools.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk long distances; sit for prolonged periods; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; use arms and hands to finger, handle, feel, swing, or operate objects, keyboards, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move 30+ pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, color discrimination of CAD color layers, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Seasonal team members are not eligible for benefits with the City of Hobbs.