Working cooperatively with the National Park Service’s Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LAKE), the Great Basin Institute is recruiting to hire an 1 year Entry Level Engineering Intern. The overarching objective of this position is to assist under close supervision the Maintenance Division in activities to support recreation and visitor facilities at Lake Mead. Intern will aid in a variety of engineering support activities including, but not limited to:

• Assist senior level engineer with design reviews for various roads, buildings, housing and campground related projects.  
• Assist Contracting Officer Representative with performing field inspections duties for ongoing construction projects.
• Assist with energy tracking and reporting such as reading photovoltaic meters quarterly and entering monthly usage in the governments reporting system.  
• Perform condition assessments on the Lake Mead Asset Portfolio to identify and scope future project needs.
• Prepare quarterly progress reports and close out packages for various facility projects 
• Attend park wide project meetings, attend and satisfactorily complete assigned training and instructional tasks.
• Create standing work orders and project related work orders in the governments asset management system.
• May perform project planning and management tasks such as administrative duties, Schematic and blueprint reading, data cleanup and audits, organize digital and hard copy engineering related files.  
• Utilize AutoCAD to produce as-built drawings during the project close-out phase. 
• Preform engineering related research such material and equipment research based on project need and obtain quotes from vendors.  
• Simple engineering design such as take-off estimates, cost estimating, product identification, and production of drawing and specifications.