Engineering Summer Intern; Environmental Management Division

Date Opened: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 12:00 AM
Close Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 12:00 AM
Department: Charlotte Water Department
Salary: $19.00 - $20.00 Commensurate with Experience

Welcome to the City of Charlotte. Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce
• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development
• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services
• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems
• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

Charlotte’s local government, with more than 9,000 employees and a total budget of $3.65 billion, works hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play. Charlotte Water is an enterprise department of the City of Charlotte and one of the largest public water and sewer service providers in the southeast with over 330,000 customer accounts and over 1100 employees.

Our service area includes the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Mint Hill, Matthews and Pineville. Charlotte Water’s FY 26 budget is $651 million and a five-year capital program of $2.2.28 billion. We enjoy the highest credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P Global as a result of sound financial planning and management and strong support from our City Council.

We value competent, skilled candidates with a customer service focus to work in a team environment.

The salary for this position is $20.00 per hour.

Charlotte Water’s Environmental Management Division is seeking a motivated Summer Engineering Intern to support engineering, operations, and research & development (R&D) initiatives at wastewater treatment facilities. This position will assist with data analysis, field observations, pilot and R&D projects, and general engineering support related to treatment processes and residuals management. The intern will work closely with engineers, plant operations, and R&D staff to support performance evaluation, documentation, and continuous improvement efforts.

• Assist engineers with data collection, analysis, and interpretation related to treatment processes and facility performance
• Support R&D and pilot projects, including field observations, sampling coordination, and documentation of results
• Help develop technical summaries, figures, and presentations for internal use
• Participate in site visits to wastewater treatment facilities and support coordination with operations staff
• Assist with tracking project tasks, schedules, and action items
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and special projects as assigned

• At least a sophomore pursuing a bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline, environmental science, or construction management at an accredited university.
• Must provide own means of transportation to and from the job site.

• Interest in wastewater treatment, infrastructure, and applied research
• Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and clearly document findings
• Willingness to work in field and plant environments
• Skill in communicating, both verbally and in writing.
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office 365, AutoCAD, and Bluebeam.

The work is medium work and requires applying 30 pounds of force to move objects. Carry and electronically scan large drawing sets and documentation. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required: crouching, feeling, manual dexterity, grasping, kneeling, lifting, mental acuity, pulling, pushing, reaching, speaking, standing, stooping, talking, visual acuity in data/color /…