Student Intern; Ocean Monitoring

What do you value in your next job?

At the Orange County Sanitation District our Core Values form the framework of our organization and reinforce our professional work ethic. If the following values ring true with you, we'd love to invite you to explore our career opportunities further.

We aspire to the highest degree of integrity, inclusion, honesty, and respect in our interaction with each other, our suppliers, our customers, and our community. We strive to demonstrate these values in our actions, commitments, and service.

We lead by example, acknowledging the value of our resources and using them wisely to achieve our mission. We strive to reach OC San goals through cooperative efforts and collaboration with each other and our constituencies. We work to solve problems in a creative, cost-effective, and safe manner, and we acknowledge team and individual efforts.

We are committed to acting in a timely, accurate, accessible, and transparent manner through excellent customer service. We are committed to act in the best interest of our internal and external stakeholders.

We continuously develop ourselves, enhancing our talents, skills, and abilities. We recognize that only through personal growth and development will we progress as an agency and as individuals.

We are committed to providing a safe work environment. We will demonstrate leadership, promote individual accountability, and participate actively in the advancement of our health and safety practices.

OC San is currently looking to fill the role of a Student Intern (Ocean Monitoring).

Under close supervision of the Environmental Supervisor for the Ocean Monitoring Group, the Student Intern performs various tasks that relate to the incumbent's academic field of study and exposes the incumbent to OC San's work environment.

The Student Intern may assist in the collection of various types of ocean samples aboard OC San's 58-foot monitoring vessel Nerissa, process benthic infauna, epibenthic macroinvertebrates, and fish samples for identification in the taxonomy laboratory; assist in whole effluent and whole sediment toxicity test set-up, monitoring, and break-down in the toxicology laboratory; perform data collection, entry, tabulation, and analysis for special projects, reports, and studies;

assist with the preparation and presentation of reports and other documents; maintain laboratory files and records; assist with strategic process studies such as using a Fourier Transform Infrared spectrophotometer for the analysis of microplastic samples; collect and prepare laboratory samples for assay; prepare and set up laboratory equipment for tests, clean glassware, and assist with calibrating oceanographic instrumentation; assist with preparing for field sampling events;

perform scientific literature searches in support of research projects; perform related duties as required.

• Undergraduate and graduate students must be enrolled full-time at a college or university, be in good standing, and maintain a GPA of 2.0 or better to be eligible for a paid internship with the OC San.
• Majoring in marine biology, oceanography, biology, ecology, environmental studies, or a related field.
• Only students who have at least one year of school remaining will be considered.
• Verification of enrollment from the registrar's office…