Summer 2020 Student Internship - Facilities Operations (Horticulture,Wildlife&Geographical IS)
Candidates will work on a pilot program that includes the following:
1. Simultaneous consideration of the impacts design decisions have on assembly durability, safety, cost, aesthetics, and building resilience.
2. Life-cycle cost analysis as it relates to payback, net-present value calculation and annualized cash flow.
3. Understanding the techniques used to minimize disruption to buildings and infrastructure systems due to natural or man-made disasters.
4. Integrated design and construct of the building through coordinated trades and disciplines.
Responsibilities include:
Collect, validate and analyze geospatial data related to inspections of building envelope and parking structures current and future states.
Determine data collection tools, administer these tools, create, manage and examine GIS datasets, qualify data, assist in determining structure status and potential next steps to design, management and maintenance for safe and efficient restoration/preservation of our state of the art buildings and infrastructure.
Prior course work or experience in GIS/Lidar or other technologies as they relate to the building envelope are preferred to succeed in this role.
This intern will have a dual role with us. The Habitat Enhancement position will focus on our site and its varied habitats.
• Prairies
• Oakwoods
• Savanna
• Aquatic pond
• Bird & Wildlife habitat
• Cultivated landscape areas
A lot of the work will require setting and maintaining owns schedule, with regular meeting and reporting of progress and collaboration.
Basic landscape and native habitat knowledge in design, cultural care, and maintenance is required.
Duties surrounding these habitats will included but not limited to, data collection, species & invasive species identification, documentation, bird and fish census reporting, analytics and metrics, education and communications.