Engineering Intern

Job Description:

Engineering Intern

Description

Pay Range: $18.00

Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Workdays & Hours: Part time hours - 19 hours or less

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

Do you want to put your classroom knowledge to work on real-world water infrastructure projects? We’re looking for curious, driven students ready to grow with one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S.!

Join the City of Fort Worth Water Department as an Engineering Intern and gain hands-on experience while helping serve over 1 million residents. The internship duration is expected to run through December 2025.

What You’ll Get Out of It:

• Mentorship from experienced engineers
• Real-world exposure to public infrastructure planning
• Project work that matters - help improve how water is delivered, used, and managed in a major city
• A supportive team where questions are welcomed, and learning is encouraged

Minimum Qualifications:

• Enrolled in an accredited college or university with major coursework in Civil or Environmental Engineering, Construction Management, or a closely related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Coursework or experience with GIS, AutoCAD, or similar technical software.
• Familiarity/Interest with water and wastewater infrastructure concepts through class projects, internships, or related experience
• Strong communicator - both written and verbal
• Comfortable analyzing and organizing technical data

The Engineering Intern job responsibilities include:

• Support project planning for Water & Wastewater Master Plans
• Help prepare technical documentation such as Project Information Forms (PIFs).
• Support data analysis by collecting, organizing, and interpreting information from various sources.
• Participate in the scoping and initiation phases of projects, including defining project needs, scope, and justification.
• Collaborate with internal departments and stakeholders to gather necessary data and resolve inconsistencies.
• Contribute to the development of project documentation and reports.
• Suggest improvements - we value fresh ideas!

Apply Now! Come be part of something special in Fort Worth.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.