Intern - Water Quality - Seasonal - Water & Sewer

Salary Range:  $15.16 - $21.00 Hourly - Dependent upon qualifications at the time of offer

Job Summary: 

Join the City of Greeley’s Water Quality Program as a seasonal intern, working up to 40 hours per week. The Water Quality Intern will play a vital role in assisting with distribution system and source water quality monitoring for regulatory compliance, customer concerns, and drinking water treatment optimization. Additional responsibilities include performing field and laboratory quality control and quality assurance procedures, assisting with laboratory analysis needs for the Source Water Monitoring Program, and performing data entry and reporting activities. 

The duration of this assignment is up to 1,040 hours or six months, whichever occurs first.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills:

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license with a good driving record and two years of experience driving.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and experience with spreadsheets, databases, and word processing software.
• Ability to visualize and analyze data using basic statistics.
• Ability to read maps and navigate to sampling sites within the City of Greeley.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; including interpersonal relations skills.
• Attention to detail, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent customer service and public relations skills.
• Ability to follow detailed instructions and safety procedures.

• Emotional intelligence and professionalism are required. 

   

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in environment science, chemistry, biology, or related field.
• Experience with water quality field sampling or analysis in a water quality laboratory, or a closely related combination of experience and education. 
• Familiarity with Colorado Primary Drinking Water Regulations.
• Ability to communicate in Spanish preferred.
• Experience with R.
• Experience with GIS.

Essential Functions:

• Coordinate with the Water Quality Technician on regulatory compliance sampling, including disinfection byproducts, chlorites, and chlorine residual analysis. 
• Conduct source water quality sampling using established protocols in lakes, streams, and ditches
• Coordinate with the Water Quality Analyst to assist with laboratory analyses such as Chlorophyll-a, HPC, TSS, TOC, alkalinity, and hardness.
• Maintain inventory of monitoring and laboratory equipment, reagents, and standards.
• Assist with customer inquiries regarding drinking water quality, investigate complaints, and compose result notification reports.  
• Assist in calibration and maintenance of a variety of equipment, including ProDSS YSI Sonde, YSI EXO 3 Sonde, Hach HQ4200 Multimeter Probe, Hach DR900, Hach Colorimeter II, IDEXX Water Microbiology Testing System, and Kemio Heavy Metals System.
• Collect data in accordance with Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QAQC) protocols; accurately record data and maintain complex datasets.
• Assist in projects and programs as directed.

Work Environment:

• Perform work indoors and outdoors in various weather conditions.
• Subject to driving City vehicle in all weather conditions.
• Subject to working alone, with contractors, with groups, and/or attending meetings.
• May be required to conduct business in alternate locations within City buildings or field sites, in informal and formal settings.

Physical Requirements:

• Communication skills enough to convey data and results verbally or in writing to a supervisor, co-workers, and file documentation.
• Sufficient vision to interpret data displayed on computer monitor, instrumentation, controllers, graphs, and gages; and to inspect and audit instrumentation for compliance and quality control. 
• Position requires twisting, bending/stopping, walking on uneven surfaces, standing, sitting for prolonged periods, climbing stairs, collecting samples, lifting/moving items up to 30 pounds, moving equipment in and outdoors, computer and data entry, and making repetitive motions.
• Manual dexterity to operate pipettes, burets, probes, meters, and other testing equipment. 

EOE Statement: The City of Greeley provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

ADA Statement: We are committed to an inclusive and barrier-free search process. We provide accommodations for applicants requesting accommodation through the search process such as alternative formats of this posting.  Individuals with disabilities in need of accommodations throughout the search process should contact the ADA Coordinator at: HR@Greeleygov.com .

Conditions of Employment: Candidates must successfully complete all pre-employment screenings and employment eligibility verification. Pre-employment screenings include a drug test, a background and national sex offender search, a motor vehicle record search, and for some positions, a physical demands evaluation. For more information about City policies and practices during the recruitment process, including but not limited to EOE, Reasonable Accommodation, and pre-employment screenings, please visit our career page HERE.