Waste Resources - Professional Student Intern

The Department of Waste Resources is seeking three motivated and detail-oriented engineering interns to support the Engineering/Operations or Environmental Engineering team with technical project work, field activities, and data analysis.

The intern will gain hands-on experience working with real-world engineering systems, participating in multi-disciplinary projects, and contributing directly to operational improvements.

This role is ideal for students pursuing degrees in Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or related engineering disciplines who want exposure to engineering design, project management, field investigations, and regulatory compliance work.

The intern should expect to gain exposure to a typical municipal engineering workplace.

This professional workplace will include work with engineering and non-engineering co-workers.

The intern will experience the variety of engineering work and projects that can be expected in a landfill planning, operation, and maintenance organization.

The in-person student internship position offers a flexible work week consisting of approximately 20 hours per week, with flexibility granted around academic obligations.

The selected candidates can anticipate the internship to be one year in length.

The Temporary Assistant - Professional Student Intern class consists of current high school students with a valid work permit, undergraduates, graduates, doctoral students, or recent graduates with a major study area directed towards a specific profession and departmental assignments.

Incumbents are employed by the County of Riverside departments and are provided in-service training through participation in the actual duties and responsibilities assigned to professional employees.

Participants will gain an understanding of the application of concepts and methodologies of the department to which they are assigned.

A partial list of typical professions that Temporary Assistant - Professional Student Interns may participate in includes information technology, engineering, accounting, administration, law, human resources, planning, probation, and social work.

Internship opportunities may be available at any time and will be contingent upon department availability.

Incumbents within the Temporary Assistant - Professional Student Intern classification are distinguished from regular County employees in that their employment is temporary, exempt from the County merit system, Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA) as well as most County-provided employee benefits, and serve in an "At-Will" status.

As such, the incumbent may be terminated from service at any time, without notice, cause, or rights of appeal.Under supervision, assists and participates in the work performed by employees of a specific profession; through participation, receives supervised work experience in a specific professional vocation; and performs other related duties as required.


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