Engineering Services Intern

ABOUT Engineering Services (ES), UW Facilities

UW Facilities manages the University’s buildings, infrastructure, and land, with more than 1,100 employees in a variety of fields. The Asset Management group includes Engineering Services, Capital & Space Management, Real Estate, Sustainability, and other teams responsible for planning and workload management. The Operations group includes Project Delivery, Maintenance & Construction, Campus Utilities & Operations, Building Services, Transportation Services, and Safety. Supporting these groups, as well as the separate Emergency Management team, are the Business Intelligence & Information Technology group and the Finance & Administration group. 

This internship is part of the Engineering Services group which provides professional engineering support and is responsible for facility and asset data collection and integrity.  The internship will support gathering data and maintaining University document databases as well as other related duties.

POSITION PURPOSE

Put classroom skills to work in a real-world setting, assisting with the on-going asset tagging program and the asset life cycle planning efforts for the University of Washington Seattle campus. During the internship, you will help manage University assets through data collection, quality control, and developing data intake and tagging procedures.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Description of Responsibilities

• Intern will work on multiple data projects for Engineering Services (ES) – primarily focusing on daily reviews of asset information being received from the field, ensuring that existing data standards are being met prior to approval in the system of record and will assist with other data projects as needed. 
• With supervision from the Preventative Maintenance U Asset Manager, Intern will review each day's work to track obstacles and collaborate with AM/PM team to remedy and improve processes. 
• Intern will provide input to assist with setting procedures for data intake.
• Intern will assist in mapping cost models to existing asset within the system.

Learning Goals

• Become familiar with the Docfinity platform through real-world projects.
• Become familiar with how asset management life cycle cost modeling is used to manage future budgets, staffing, and work execution within an organization.
• Planning for effective time use and prioritization of incoming work/data
• Effective troubleshooting and quality control of field data.
• Collaboration with Records team, as well as engineers, architects, department leadership, and other stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Current enrollment as an undergraduate student at start of internship
• Enrollment in the Information School is desired
• Familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel; familiarity with or ability to learn basic AutoCAD functions
• Inherent to success in this position is the ability to work independently, manage proactively, take initiative, and communicate effectively