Intern - Water Supply Operations (Finance)

POSITION TITLE: Intern - Water Supply Operations (Hourly)
REQUISITION #: req8103
DEPARTMENT: Ut Water Production Div
LOCATION: MICHIGAN DITCH BUNK/COOK HOUSE
BENEFIT CATEGORY: Variable Hourly View Classifications & Benefits
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Part-Time Hourly
HOURLY RATE: $18.00 - 22.00 per hour (based on relevant experience)
SELECTION PROCESS: Application deadline is 3:00 p.m. MT on 5/23/2025.

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Are you passionate about environmental sustainability, water resources, and work that makes a tangible impact on your community? Do you thrive in dynamic outdoor environments and enjoy hands-on problem-solving? If so, the City of Fort Collins has an exciting opportunity for you! We're seeking a passionate and driven intern to join our Water Resources team for a unique and challenging summer experience. This isn't your typical desk job - be prepared to get your hands dirty (and wet!).

Summary:
This internship offers a rare glimpse into the complex world of water resource management. You'll play a vital role in ensuring the reliable delivery of clean water to our community by monitoring, maintaining, and protecting our vital water supply system. This position offers a blend of fieldwork, technical monitoring, and hands-on maintenance, providing invaluable experience in a critical infrastructure sector. This is not a typical office internship and requires physical labor in various weather conditions.

Duties and Responsibilities:
-Become a Water Guardian: Monitor reservoir levels, dam conditions, and water diversions, meticulously recording data and estimating flows within our water system, including the crucial Michigan Ditch. You'll be the eyes and ears of our water supply, ensuring its smooth operation.
-Conquer the Snow (When Necessary): Be ready to tackle high-depth snow removal operations, ensuring access to critical infrastructure during winter months. This is a true test of resilience and teamwork!
-Build and Maintain: Participate in construction and maintenance projects on various structures and improvements across our water supply system and treatment facilities. Participate in general building maintenance (painting, cleaning, plumbing, carpentry, and welding) and maintain the Water Treatment Facility site (mowing, sprinkler repair, weed control). From repairs to new installations, you'll gain practical experience in construction and maintenance techniques.
-Data Driven Insights: Provide daily reports on reservoir and ditch readings, weather conditions, and river conditions to the Water Resource Engineer and the Water Resource and Planning Manager, contributing to informed decision-making.
-Control the Flow: Execute planned water releases according to established plans, ensuring efficient and responsible water management.
-Enjoy the High Country: Intern will be required to spend nights at Michigan Ditch cabins.

City Competencies

• Demonstrated cultural competence to effectively interact, work, and develop meaningful relationships with people of diverse identities, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds.
• Strong learning orientation. Leverages all resources and is creative in ways of learning for self to continue adapting to changing issues and trends.
• A desire and ability to understand the diverse needs of internal and external customers, and to create experiences and deliver services that exceed their expectations.
• A desire and ability to utilize digital tools for organizational information, individual, and teamwork.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
-Strong work ethic, willingness to learn, and a positive attitude.
-Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
-Physical ability to perform manual labor in various weather conditions.
-Valid driver's license.
-Willingness to live up in the mountains several weekdays each week for approximately 12 weeks over the summer.
-Preferred: Currently pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, Water Resources Management, or a related field.

What You'll Gain:
-Real-world experience: You'll be actively involved in critical water supply operations, and watershed protection efforts. No matter where your career takes you, the skills and knowledge you will gain in this internship will be foundational and relevant.
-Valuable skills: Develop expertise in water resource management, construction, maintenance, data analysis, and emergency response.
-Mentorship: Work closely with experienced professionals in the field. Design a project of your own interest to work on with a mentor and present your findings to the whole team at the end of the summer.
-Impactful contribution: Play a vital role in ensuring the community's access to clean water.
-Outdoor adventure: Spend significant time in dynamic outdoor environments at elevation near Cameron Pass.
-Networking: Collaborate with water resource engineers, environmental planners, and other water utilities professionals. Opportunities to network with other City interns will be provided throughout the summer.
-Impactful Experience: Be part of a team ensuring safe and sustainable water supply for the community.

Ideal Candidate Profile - We're looking for motivated individuals who:
-Are currently pursuing a degree or equivalent experience in Environmental Science, Engineering, Natural Resources, or a related field.
-Enjoy hands-on work and have a strong interest in environmental systems.
-Can work effectively outdoors in varying weather conditions.
-Have basic mechanical skills or a willingness to learn.
-Are detail-oriented, organized, and eager to contribute to meaningful projects.

Requirements:
-Valid driver's license.
-Ability to perform physical tasks, including lifting up to 50 lbs.
-Availability to work on-site in diverse conditions (mountain, snow, etc.).

Join us and make a difference in safeguarding our community's most vital resource: water!
The City of Fort Collins will make reasonable accommodations for access to City services, programs and activities and will make special communication arrangements for persons with disabilities. Please call (970) 221-6535 for assistance.

Notice Regarding Medical and/or Recreational Marijuana Use:
Because the possession and use of marijuana, whether for medical use or otherwise, constitutes a federal offense and because the City is a drug free workplace, the City will not accommodate the medical use of marijuana and enforces written policy prohibiting working for the City while marijuana is in the body. The fact that state law recognizes medical marijuana as a prescribed, or otherwise permitted, medication does not alter or otherwise change this policy.

The City of Fort Collins is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, sexual orientation (including perceived sexual orientation), gender identity and expression, disability, age 40 years or older, pregnancy or related condition, genetic information, and, in certain specific circumstances, marriage to a coworker or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

POST OFFER BACKGROUND CHECK AND MOTOR VEHICLE REPORT (MVR) REQUIRED.

Note: Some information in your application may be public information under the Colorado Open Records Act.Are you passionate about environmental sustainability, water resources, and work that makes a tangible impact on your community? Do you thrive in dynamic outdoor environments and enjoy hands-on problem-solving? If so, the City of Fort Collins has an exciting opportunity for you! We're seeking a passionate and driven intern to join our Water Resources team for a unique and challenging summer experience. This isn't your typical desk job - be prepared to get your hands dirty (and wet!).

Summary:
This internship offers a rare glimpse into the complex world of water resource management. You'll play a vital role in ensuring the reliable delivery of clean water to our community by monitoring, maintaining, and protecting our vital water supply system. This position offers a blend of fieldwork, technical monitoring, and hands-on maintenance, providing invaluable experience in a critical infrastructure sector. This is not a typical office internship and requires physical labor in various weather conditions.

Duties and Responsibilities:
-Become a Water Guardian: Monitor reservoir levels, dam conditions, and water diversions, meticulously recording data and estimating flows within our water system, including the crucial Michigan Ditch. You'll be the eyes and ears of our water supply, ensuring its smooth operation.
-Conquer the Snow (When Necessary): Be ready to tackle high-depth snow removal operations, ensuring access to critical infrastructure during winter months. This is a true test of resilience and teamwork!
-Build and Maintain: Participate in construction and maintenance projects on various structures and improvements across our water supply system and treatment facilities. Participate in general building maintenance (painting, cleaning, plumbing, carpentry, and welding) and maintain the Water Treatment Facility site (mowing, sprinkler repair, weed control). From repairs to new installations, you'll gain practical experience in construction and maintenance techniques.
-Data Driven Insights: Provide daily reports on reservoir and ditch readings, weather conditions, and river conditions to the Water Resource Engineer and the Water Resource and Planning Manager, contributing to informed decision-making.
-Control the Flow: Execute planned water releases according to established plans, ensuring efficient and responsible water management.
-Enjoy the High Country: Intern will be required to spend nights at Michigan Ditch cabins.