Environmental Student Intern

Raba Kistner, Inc. is a premier Engineering Consulting and Program Management firm. Our purpose is to build a better and more sustainable world for our employees, their families, our clients, and the communities we serve. Our Core Values are:

• Community “We care for our communities”
• Integrity “We act with integrity”
• Passion “We infuse passion into everything we do”
• Quality “We believe quality comes from a culture of innovation and continuous improvement”
• Growth “We dedicate ourselves to personal and business growth”

Raba Kistner is seeking an energetic Environmental Student Intern, to join our team in San Antonio, TX.  Under immediate supervision, the Environmental Intern will assist with the completion of environmental projects in a timely and accurate manner within the specified budget. Primary duties will support inspections, surveys, and monitoring activities for Natural Resources, Cultural Resources, and Geosciences projects. The Environmental Intern will be expected to conduct site visits at project sites throughout the Greater San Antonio area and assist in completing field inspection reports, laboratory testing and processing, data entry, artifact/sample analysis, and general reporting duties, as required. 

• Serves as an Intern on RKI environmental projects, completing identified tasks in a timely and accurate manner within the specified budget.
• Conduct field and office work to support environmental projects at a variety of industrial, commercial, mixed-use, and undeveloped sites.
• Compile and organize technical information and assist with preparation of technical reports as needed.
• Perform administrative functions as needed for the completion of deliverables.
• Through personal professional development and working with staff, develop a working understanding of all RKI environmental services.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

 Qualifications:

• College or university Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or Graduate Student in good academic standing in Environmental Science, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Environmental Engineering, or a closely related field. 
• Possess a current valid state issued driver’s license and meet company's auto insurability requirements.

Intermediate to Advance Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook). Ability to multitask and possess excellent communication, organizational, and judgment skills. Ability to read and understand instructions, labels, reports, etc. Ability to effectively communicate information both written and oral and respond to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with customers, clients, general public and other employees of the organization. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Must be able to work in a team environment, as well as independently at a job site.

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations. 

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel, talk or hear; occasionally required to drive vehicle short and/or long distances and lift and/or move up to 25 pounds with or without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth vision, and ability to adjust focus. 

May frequently work in outdoor weather conditions; occasionally work near moving mechanical parts, and vibration. Noise level for this position is moderate (business office with computers/printers, light traffic, etc.)

EOE/Disabled/Veteran
Drug Free Workplace

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