Engineering Intern - Street Preservation

Job Description:

Engineering Intern - Street Preservation

Description

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Employment Type
Intern (Fixed Term) (Trainee)

Job Summary

Hourly rate: $18.50

The City of Olathe is accepting applications for an Engineering Internship to begin in May, 2025.

The Engineering Intern supports the City of Olathe's Street Preservation Program by investigating, collecting, and managing data on city streets. This role involves both field and office work to maintain the quality of the city's road network. The primary role of this position is to investigate, collect and manage data relating to city streets in support of the Street Preservation Program. Street preservation is the process of planning maintenance and repair of the City street network to ensure the overall condition is maintained at the desired level of service.

Internship Benefits

• Hands-on experience in civil engineering and street maintenance .
  
• Exposure to the public sector and municipal projects.
  
• Opportunities to enhance technical and analytical skills .
  
• Professional networking and career development.
  

For more details, review the full job details and requirements below.

Typical duties and/or projects may include but are not limited to:

• Assist in the inspection and administration of Street Preservation Program.
• Assist in investigating, gathering data and analyzing information.
• Perform pavement evaluations, including recognizing pavement distresses and rating flexible and rigid pavement according to criteria on pavement distress guide.
• Record pavement distress data utilizing Cartegraph OMS.
• Review engineering plans, maps, and drawings.
• Document results of inspections and assessment in a daily log.
• This position works indoors and outdoors.

The City of Olathe summer internship program will provide the following to students:

• Experience in a working environment.
• Meaningful work assignments.
• Introduction to Public Sector.
• Opportunity to create professional network with experienced civil engineers, leading professionals, and peers.
• Assistance to update resume with statement of skills obtained during the internship.

EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION:

Experience: Entry level experience in Civil Engineering, Civil Project Management, related fields is required. Additional experience in surveying, engineering construction inspection, and GIS is preferred. Experience and proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook is preferred.

Education: College student pursuing an engineering degree is required, civil preferred.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

The hours for this position will be 8:00am-5:00pmMonday through Friday. Applicants must have a valid driver's license with a favorable driving record. A background investigation, pre-employment physical and drug screen is required