Intern

Summary: State of Arizona Enterprise Technology (ASET) is seeking an Intern for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). This position offers college students the opportunity to gain practical experience in civil engineering and construction management through various technical areas including highway and bridge construction projects, material testing, and construction survey. Responsibilities: - Learns how to inspect items of work on highway construction projects; learns how to inspect contractor’s traffic control; learns techniques to ensure work is in compliance with applicable standards, specifications, and ensures public safety - Learns how to use specialized internal software and Google applications on a laptop computer to prepare correspondence, document observations, measurements, temperatures, quantities and work hours (i.e. daily diaries, labor compliance interviews and field test results in the Pen system; quant lists; Employee Timecard Entry) - Learns how to read and interpret project plans, contract documents, specifications and standard drawings that are used on assigned construction projects - Learns how to perform field tests to ensure compliance with specifications (i.e. slump and air entrainment of cement concrete, moisture content, percent of rock and compaction via sand cone and/or nuclear gauge) - Learns how to sample materials and complete 'sample transmittals' in accordance with ADOT's Materials Manual (i.e. aggregates, earthen materials casts, cement concrete cylinders, bituminous materials wire products, geotextile materials, reinforcing steel and other materials as required) - Learn how to calculate areas of geometric and irregular shapes; calculates volume using three dimensional measurements; calculates spread and application rates of materials incorporated into projects - Attends meetings and required training - Learns fundamental concepts of the Arizona Management System - The work schedule is variable and may include nights, weekends, and holidays Required Qualifications: - Current college student, at the sophomore level or higher, pursuing a major in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or a transportation and/or engineering-related discipline - Valid driver's license with an acceptable 39-month motor vehicle history - Must be enrolled at a college or university in a program related to the position - This position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job and the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver's license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver's license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver's license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11) - All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify) Required Skills: Civil engineering practices, Construction management, Transportation engineering procedures, Federal and State construction regulations, Environmental procedures, Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Material testing, Construction survey, Bridge design, Roadway design, Traffic design, Project plan interpretation, Contract document interpretation, Field testing of construction materials, Sampling materials, Geometric and volume calculations, Work relationship establishment