Paid Internship Opportunity with Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)! See below for details:
Note: This post is for admitted CEE majors (Freshmen, Sophomores, or Juniors):
The Washington State Department of Transportation’s Traffic Management Center (TMC) in Shoreline is seeking incoming sophomores, juniors and early admits to the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department to join their current team of TMC Operators. We are not seeking seniors at this time unless they have plans to attend graduate school at the UW in transportation Pay starts at $16.00 per hour. Four to five positions are being filled now for the next academic year beginning as soon as September 8th, but no later than September 15th, 2014.
This position requires a minimum of 15 hours per week during the school year and 1000 hours total for each year. 1000 hours is easily reached if an intern works 15 hours a week during the school year and full-time during the summer. This position may require you to work shifts starting as early as 5:30 AM or ending as late as 7:30 PM. Work hours are scheduled around your classes.
Multiple intern positions are available. Interviews take place in More Hall starting Tuesday Sept 8 and new interns will begin training before the start of autumn quarter. Please see summary information below for more detailed information. CEE seniors are not eligible to apply.
Job Description:
A TMC Operator’s primary responsibility is to operate and adjust WSDOT’s Intelligent Transportation System commonly known as Flow. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Identifying congestion, accidents, stalled vehicles and other problems that affect the operation of the Seattle area freeway system using closed circuit television cameras.
- Monitoring the State Patrol’s computer aided dispatch and scanner.
- Communicating with the media, State Patrol, WSDOT radio operators and engineers.
- Compiling, organizing and disseminating congestion information to the public through incident messages on the Internet, variable message signs, and highway advisory radio.
- Operating the Seattle area ramp metering system and assisting engineers in the maintenance and improvement of the system.
- Projects as assigned (past projects include ramp meter analysis, express lane analysis, preparation of traffic volume reports, and others)
The minimum requirement for this position is that the applicant be admitted to the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department. A successful candidate must be a highly motivated and responsible individual who has the ability to work alone and also as part of a team.
This is a great opportunity to get professional experience on your resume and helps with your job search much more than a few more years of fast food employment.
How to Apply:
WSDOT engineers will be in More Hall for interviews and will be held in Rm 132H . You can sign up for an interview time by submitting the schedule below back to me with ALL the times you can make an interview. scottrut@uw.edu I will get back to you by Sept 3 in the late afternoon.
If you have any questions about the TMC you can email the supervisor of the TMC, Maan Sidhu, at: sidhum@wsdot.wa.gov. If you have questions about the interview process, please contact Professor Scott Rutherford directly at scottrutt@uw.edu.
***Please bring three copies of your current resume and unofficial transcript to the interview. You can wear what you wear to school for the interview.
Time Schedule:
Please email Scott Rutherford ALL time slots you are available for interview, along with your name, email, and phone number
Tuesday 9/8 More Hall 132H:
8:30am, 9:15am, 10:00am, 10:45am, 11:30am, 12:15pm, 1:00pm, 1:45pm, 2:30pm, 3:15pm, 3:45pm, 4:00pm, 4:30pm.