2025-BWS-013-Environmental Health and Safety Intern Valhalla
2025-BWS-013-Environmental Health and Safety Intern Valhalla
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* This position is located in Valhalla NY without ready access to mass transit options. *
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of highquality drinking water managing wastewater and stormwater and reducing air noise and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country with nearly 6000 employees. DEPs water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the systems 2000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the City.
The Bureau of Water Supply (BWS) employs nearly 1000 people who are responsible for the management operation and protection of New York Citys upstate water supply system associated facilities and aqueducts over 100 miles of road 55 bridges and approximately 150000 acres of watershed lands. The mission of the Bureau of Water Supply is to reliably deliver a sufficient quantity of highquality drinking water and to ensure the longterm sustainability of the delivery of this most valuable resource to promote public health economic development and quality of life of the City of New York. BWS is also responsible for the overall management and implementation of the provisions of the Citys $1.5 billion Watershed Protection Program and for ensuring the Citys compliance with the provisions of the Filtration Avoidance Determination. Within BWS we have diverse roles and responsibilities and each of us contributes to the same mission of reliably providing New York City with its most valuable natural resource.
Working in the Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) directorate under the guidance of the director the selected candidate will be tasked with a variety of office and fieldbased projects. This position is tailored to a college student interested in possible careers in environmental health and/or occupational safety fields. The candidate will be exposed to reallife EHS challenges and be provided opportunities to solve problems ensuring compliance with a variety of environmental health and safety requirements. They will perform site inspections conduct incident investigations as part of a team identify corrective actions and recommend process improvements. The candidate will research regulations industry best practices and consensus code standards and use available information to update existing documents or create new ones to address various areas. The candidate may also support the team in improving document control. Candidate will be responsible for adhering to and complying with all environmental health and safety laws Agency policies rules and regulations.
The internship will be in Valhalla NY without ready access to mass transit options. Candidate may travel to locations in NYC and across the watershed.
SUMMER COLLEGE INTERN 10234
Qualifications :
As of June of the Program year the prospective interne must be a student matriculated in a college or be a recent college graduate (winter/spring term of the Program year).
NOTE: Appointment to this title is only valid for the duration of the Program June August each year.
Additional Information :
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic including but not limited to an individuals sex race color ethnicity national origin age religion disability sexual orientation veteran status gender identity or pregnancy.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
