BES Strategy & Integrated Planning Student Internship; CSAII

The Bureau of Environmental Services is seeking interns for their Strategy & Integrated Planning group! Applications will be reviewed on a weekly basis.

Job Appointment:
Casual.

Work Schedule:

Flexible hours.

Work Location:

1120 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97204. Benefits:
These positions are not eligible for benefits. Language Pay Differential:
Employees who speak one or more languages in addition to English and who use their language skill to assist the community may receive additional pay.

The Systems Analysis and Modeling Support section of the Risk Assessment Division performs engineering/modeling analysis to identify system deficiencies and provide optimal solutions to improve the City’s Combined, Sanitary Sewer and Stormwater systems.

• Provide technical support for the Risk Assessment/Modeling teams.
• Assist modelers in developing and refining data for various numerical models, including data collection and modification, field investigation, research, and QA/QC.
• Construct data tables and maps for modeling projects.
• Conduct flow monitoring data assessment and organization.
• Query data from existing Bureau and City databases and the GIS systems to support analysis.
• Manipulate data in various forms for consolidation into the modeling data management system.
• Provide data analysis support for BES Resilience programs.

The Planning Division leads planning efforts to find solutions to problems that BES needs to solve, and coordinates with planning work in other bureaus. The Planning Division includes the BES Resilience Program which works across multiple teams in the bureau and city to increase resilience to climate change and seismic risks.

• Research, analyze, and interpret information (data, mapping, documents).
• Organize, standardize, and compile information (data, files, documents).
• Interpret new tools or protocols and how they apply to BES work.
• Draft summaries and assessments of plan areas and/or community characteristics including vulnerability.
• Create simple maps and graphics, take notes at meetings, support creation of documents.

The Bureau of Environmental Services manages Portland’s wastewater and stormwater infrastructure to protect public health and the environment. BES is a mission-driven, high-performance organization, leading the City in preserving and restoring the health of Portland’s watersheds.

An Equal Opportunity / Affimative Action Employer