External Job - Fri, 03/22/2019 - 12:00

East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) invites candidates who have the appropriate qualifications to apply for this intern position (part-time - 19 hours per week, when school is in session OR temporary full time - 40 hours per week for up to 6 months on school breaks) in the Water Resource Projects Section of the Water & Natural Resources Department. The Water Resource Projects Section has a primary role to ensure that EBMUD complies with its federal hydropower license, which includes implementing its dam safety program components. Technical and non-technical project activities of the Section involve background research and report writing, data analysis, interpreting and creating maps/figures and schematics, developing policies, and collaborating in teams to evaluate issues at EBMUD's dam and reservoir sites and to develop solutions. 

The Engineering Aide will assist civil engineers in the Section by performing the following typical tasks:
- Dam Safety research support in matters related to regulatory requests, which includes performing searches, retrieval, and review of past correspondence and agreements with the Department of Water Resources and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), relevant technical studies/documents, and compiling analysis results or findings.
- Dam Safety Training Academy support, which includes the development of new curriculum and maintenance of some of the twenty-one training modules covering technical and non-technical (project management) content.
- Regulatory requirement compliance, which includes supporting the implementation of dam safety related recommendations for EBMUD's dams.

EBMUD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital or registered domestic partnership status, age for individuals over forty years of age, national origin, ancestry, disability (mental or physical, including AIDS and HIV), medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, sexual orientation, military and veterans status, family or medical leave status, pregnancy, pregnancy disability leave status, or any other status protected by federal, state and/or local laws.