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Undergraduate and Graduate Internship Program
Expand your career horizons and create a sustainable future in a paid internship with the King County Wastewater Treatment Division.
About the program
Every year, King County Wastewater Treatment Division (WTD) hires a cohort of 10 to 20 full-time undergraduate and graduate summer interns. Summer interns receive paid compensation and serve anywhere from 3 to 6 months until classes resume.
At WTD, our interns work in a variety of disciplines, from treatment plant engineering to community outreach and education. At the end of the summer, interns present their projects and accomplishments to an audience of staff and hiring managers.
Why you’ll love working here
As an intern, you’ll join one of the largest wastewater utilities in the nation working to protect public health and the environment. You’ll create real value for WTD projects, programs, and the agency while gaining job experience, networking opportunities, and learning about our clean water systems.
At WTD, our interns are exposed to careers and opportunities they might not have imagined before. Participants have used their internships to acquire jobs at WTD and throughout King County, their university, and elsewhere in both the public and private sectors.
Caroline Barnes
Water Quality Undergraduate Intern
Course of Study: Bachelor’s in Environmental Earth and Soil Science, Hydrology Concentration at Cal Poly SLO
WTD Team: Mitigation & Monitoring
Role: Assist with data entry and use GIS to map trees at facilities.
Rebecca Ballantyne
WaterWorks Grant Program and Resource Recovery Graduate Intern
Course of Study: Master of Marine Affairs at the University of Washington
WTD Team: Education and Engagement; Resource Recovery
Role: Conduct data analyses on grant program information, assist with grant administration, and create a resource recovery research communications strategy plan.
Kyle Harvey
CAD Engineering Undergraduate Intern
Course of Study: Architectural Engineering Design Degree at Clover Park Technical College
WTD Team: CAD Engineering
Role: Assist the CAD Designers in reviewing drawings, revising as-builts, and attending job sites to gather critical information for engineers.
Justin Mai
Data Modeling Engineer Undergraduate Intern
Course of Study: Bachelor’s in Statistics + Informatics at the University of Washington
WTD Team: Modeling
Role: Create Treatment Plant Loading and CSO Overflow Dashboards, develop data pipelines and ETL flows, and build an accessible resource for data visualization.
Max Marchand
GIS Undergraduate Intern
Course of Study: Bachelor's in Geography: Data Science with Minors in Business & Urban Planning at the University of Washington
WTD Team: GIS
Role: Identify and project coordinates found in engineering drawings. Support the GIS team on quality control projects.
Olivia McDowell
GIS Undergraduate Intern
Course of Study: Bachelor's in Environmental Science and Terrestrial Resource Management with a Minor in French at the University of Washington
WTD Team: GIS
Role: Review and map coordinates found in as-built records to improve the geospatial accuracy of aquatic trunks and facilities.
Lars Moreland
Mechanical Engineering HVAC Undergraduate Intern
Course of Study: Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering at Washington State University
WTD Team: Engineering & Technical Resources
Role: Assist in building mechanical standards development, identifying HVAC and plumbing system requirements and generating or correcting engineering drawings.
Andy Pham
Process Mechanical Engineering Undergraduate Intern
Course of Study: Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Aeronautics & Astronautics at the University of Washington
WTD Team: Engineering & Technical Resources
Role: Model pump station hydraulics to assist capital projects planning, including modeling head loss and pump performance. Support operations staff in the replacement of mechanical components at active WTD facilities.
Vinay Singh
Construction Management Graduate Intern
Course of Study: Master's in Construction Management at the University of Washington
WTD Team: Construction Management
Role: Assist with construction contracts documents and submittal reviews to support wastewater infrastructure projects and understand project delivery and construction phases.