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Job Description
Pay: $18.00/hr.
Location: Off-Campus, Fort Worth, Texas
Job Posting Closing on: Thursday, December 26, 2024
The Internship will not exceed 1 year
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
The City of Fort Worth Water Utility is seeking one (1) student to work as a Regulatory Environmental Intern. This is an Off-Campus position. The Intern will work with our Regulatory Environmental section to assist in providing support to the upcoming Lead and Copper Rule, legislative bill review, and other tasks assigned as it relates to compliance for the Water Utility. The intern will have bi-weekly conversations and evaluations with their supervisor. Transportation for the student will not be provided by the Agency or the University.
No student shall be appointed to work in excess of nineteen (19) hours per week. Transportation for students will not be provided by the Agency or the University. The incumbent must be enrolled in a formal course of college related field of study and cannot be in the position longer than 12 months.
What you will receive:
Participants at our site will receive an excellent opportunity to apply what they are learning in the classroom to an actual on-the-job experience. Students will also have an opportunity to develop new or expanded practical application of Regulatory Environmental skills through
cross-functional teams to ensure continuous compliance of regulatory activities, regularly communicate and provide progress updates to keep team informed; exceptional organizational, project management, and mentoring from water professional who will aid in the skill level development of the intern.
In addition to helping the student receive practical application of their classroom academic skills, we can assist the student with interpersonal growth in building skills in communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and understand the benefits of a growth mindset, all while they are receiving real world experience for their program area of study. We believe students will find the experience beneficial, useful and up to date. Our hope for the student is they come to understand that by participating in the Water Utility Regulatory Environmental internship program they will find a rewarding experience, and a very advantageous way of possible employment with the City of Fort Worth Water Utility.
Minimum Qualifications:
- No previous work experience is required.
- Working towards a specialization in a Bachelor's, Master's, or Doctorate's degree from an accredited college or university with good academic standing and major course work in Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Engineering, Environmental Science or Public Health.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Skills in MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint.
The Environmental Regulatory Intern will have exposure to the following job duties:
Regulatory Support:
- Work on regulatory activities
- Work in close collaboration with internal stakeholders
- Regularly communicate and provide progress updates to keep team informed on continuous compliance requirements as assigned
- Using MS Excel, support data-gathering for reports to senior management.
Regulatory Activities:
- Demonstrate ability to coordinate and work effectively with cross-functional teams
- Ensure timely, clear communication to internal stakeholders on bill status and issues
- Exhibits the ability to interpret complex bills and think critically about their applicability
- Demonstrate good organization skills and time management skills
- Ability to work on multiple bills at one time and adhere to timelines
- Ability to support department by communicating effectively
- Ability to research Texas Administrative Code (TAC) History
- Manage issues proactively and resolve conflict
Conditions of Employment
The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only. -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Fort Worth
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The City of Cowboys & Culture is known for its Texas hospitality. The stunning and sprawling City of
Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. And it’s no wonder — With great neighborhoods, scenic terrain and a rich history of arts and culture, paired with world-class opportunities for business and education, it’s not only fun to visit Fort Worth, it’s even more rewarding to call it home.Fort Worth truly offers all the benefits and amenities of a bustling metropolitan city, while keeping the small- town charm that keeps it unpretentious and charismatic in all the right ways. Designated as one of America’s “Most Livable Communities” by the Partners for Livable Communities, the city truly offers a melting pot of culture, commerce, community and yes, cowboys.
There are over a dozen remarkable districts full of treasured history among modern luxuries and unique places to have fun, making it the No. 1 tourist destination in Texas and welcoming more than 9.4 million visitors annually.
Being one of the fastest-growing among large cities in the country, Fort Worth has received multiple accolades, including number one downtown (Livability), and the second-best City in the nation for job seekers (Forbes). Our employees serve the needs of over 900,000 residents representing culturally diverse communities.
Exciting Growth & Future Development
One of the most fascinating aspects of the City of Fort Worth is its almost unprecedented growth over the past several years. Both in terms of population and industry, and as the 12th largest city in the United States, Fort Worth is truly booming — which presents both challenges and opportunities to truly develop this city in the right way. Every 30 minutes a new person moves to Fort Worth, so we’re looking for candidates who can embrace an evergrowing and changing environment and improve on it with solutions that work for the entire community of Fort Worth.
Mission
We are working together to build a strong community that others can look to as a pillar of unity and excellence. Through grassroots efforts within the community, and large scale construction and transportation plans that continue to add the infra- structure a growing city like Fort Worth needs, we’ll provide the public services our community requires to continually cultivate the unique city we call home.
Vision
Fort Worth’s vision is to be the most livable and best managed city in the country. We’ll do this by taking care of our citizens, implementing the highest quality standards in our schools, continually improving the neighborhoods we thrive in and the facets of the city that make our town so unique.
Benefits That Are Well Worth It
The City of Fort Worth continues to be dedicated to its employees’ well-being by providing competitive health benefits, a well-rounded wellness program and a Zero Accident Philosophy® workplace. All regular full-time employees and those employees who work 30–39 hours per week are eligible for all City of Fort Worth Benefits. Part-time employees who work 20–29 hours per week are eligible for dental, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 457 Deferred Compensation plan and other voluntary benefits.
Medical Program
The City offers two plan options through Meritain Health, an Aetna company.
The Health Center Plan – Offers employees and their family’s
primary health care services that are 100% completely free and unlimited. Employees can visit any one of the three City of Fort Worth Employee Health Centers and receive guaranteed same or next day appointments for sick visits. Also, services are available at any one of the five satellite locations that serves employees across the city.
The Consumer Choice Plan – Is offered to employees at no cost or low monthly premiums to cover eligible dependents and provides the financial benefits of a Health Savings Account (HSA).
• Preventative services are covered at 100% on both plans.
• Prescription Drug coverage including mail order pharmacy are also included.Vacation
Eligible for 3 weeks of vacation: After successful completion of probationary period (usually
6 months), employees may take time off for rest, relaxation, vacation, illness, religious observances, and personal business.Holidays
Available on the first day of employment, the city provides employees with paid holidays, including two personal holidays.
Wellness Program
The city’s Healthy Challenge Wellness Program rewards all full-time, benefit-eligible employees on the city’s health insurance. The Healthy Challenge Program utilizes a points system. Participants may earn points throughout the year (Jan. 1-Dec. 15) for completing specific program activities and participants can redeem points at the end of the year for a cash reward. By participating, individuals can earn $150, $200 or $250 by accumulating program points.
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