Intern - Environmental Restoration - Technical Undergraduate - Summer
What Your Job Will Be Like
We are seeking a Summer Undergraduate Intern to join our dynamic team! This candidate will perform entry-level work within a science and engineering environment involving assignments that may include assisting with research, application of project design and diagnostics, testing and documentation, development and analysis of technology options, and assembly and troubleshooting. Job assignments vary upon organization, discipline preference, and specific job requirements as defined in the job specification.
On any given day, your duties may include:
- Assisting technical staff with developmental research
- Analysis of technology and engineering options
- Project design, testing, formulating conclusions, data collection, and analyzing experimental data
- Provide GIS support for environmental reporting and monitoring activities; including Groundwater Program, Long Term Stewardship projects, and soil sampling
- Individual duties include assistance in various aspects of the implementation and support of the development of GIS utilizing the ESRI software
- General knowledge of technical principles and processes
- Understanding of the use a variety of research tools
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Ability to contribute in a team environment
- General knowledge and good understanding of a suite of software, including Microsoft Office
- Genuinely excited and enthusiastic about learning and pushing technical limits / finding new solutions
Posting Duration
This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the ‘posting date’. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.
Qualifications We Require
You bring the confidence and skills to be eligible for the job by meeting these minimum requirements:
- Currently attending and enrolled full time (or scheduled to graduate in the spring) in a related accredited undergraduate program
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0
- Ability to work up to 40 hours per week during the summer
- U.S. citizenship
Note: If you have not yet started your undergraduate program, please apply to a high school intern position.
Qualifications We Desire
- Completion of college level coursework in GIS mapping, environmental or natural sciences
- Ability to work varied schedule
- Good IT technical skills
- Ability to work outdoors
- Working knowledge of ESRI software
- Enrolled in an undergraduate program with an emphasis on GIS
- Working understanding of the concepts behind data management in a relational database
- Field data collection using Trimble software & Global Positioning Systems (GPS) hardware
- General knowledge of technical principles and processes
- Understanding of the use a variety of research tools
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Ability to contribute in a team environment
- General knowledge and good understanding of a suite of software, including Microsoft Office
- Genuinely excited and enthusiastic about learning and pushing technical limits / finding new solutions
About Our Team
This organization focuses on identification of areas of environmental concern at Sandia's Albuquerque site, areas that may include landfills, groundwater contamination, or other concerns that stem from operations at Sandia since its inception. The organization consists of two teams, the Environmental Restoration team that strives to remediate or otherwise control contamination and the Long-Term Stewardship team that monitors the effectiveness of Sandia's remediation and contamination control approaches. This organization represents Sandia to the New Mexico Environment Department on matters pertaining to remediation and control of contamination.
About Sandia
Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:
- Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
- Extraordinary co-workers
- Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
- Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
- Flexible schedules, generous vacations, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*
World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov
*These benefits vary by job classification.
Security Clearance
This position does not currently require a Department of Energy (DOE) security clearance.
Sandia will conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Furthermore, employees in New Mexico need to pass a U.S. Air Force background screen for access to Kirtland Air Force Base. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause access to be denied or terminated, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.
If hired without a clearance and it subsequently becomes necessary to obtain and maintain one for the position, or you bid on positions that require a clearance, a pre-processing background review may be conducted prior to a required federal background investigation. Applicants for a DOE security clearance need to be U.S. citizens. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.
Members of the workforce (MOWs) hired at Sandia who require uncleared access for greater than 179 days during their employment, are required to go through the Uncleared Personal Identity Verification (UPIV) process. Access includes physical and/or cyber (logical) access, as well as remote access to any NNSA information technology (IT) systems. UPIV requirements are not applicable to individuals who require a DOE personnel security clearance for the performance of their SNL employment or to foreign nationals. The UPIV process will include the completion of a USAccess Enrollment, SF-85 (Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions) and OF-306 (Declaration of for Federal Employment). An unfavorable UPIV determination will result in immediate retrieval of the SNL issued badge, removal of cyber (logical) access and/or removal from SNL subcontract. All MOWs may appeal the unfavorable UPIV determination to DOE/NNSA immediately. If the appeal is unsuccessful, the MOW may try to go through the UPIV process one year after the decision date.
EEO
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.