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Contra Costa Water District (CCWD)


Sponsor's Title: Director of Engineering
Degree Information: Santa Clara University, BA/BS in Environmental Engineering Science, 1996
UCB, Masters in Civil & Environmental Engineering, 1997
Organization: Contra Costa Water District (CCWD)
Organization Website: www.ccwater.com
Location: Concord, CA
Externship Date: Week of January 6, 2020
Length of Externship: 5 day(s)
Open or Closed: Filled
Externship Career Field(s): Engineering & Computer Science

Externship Details:

Organization Description:
The Contra Costa Water District (CCWD) serves a population of about 500,000 people in central and east Contra Costa County. About 250,000 people receive treated water directly from CCWD, and the other 250,000 receive water that the water district delivers to six local agencies. The Engineering Department provides a safe and healthy workplace through safety training, program and procedure updates, employee committees, and review of safety incidents. All Capital Improvement Program projects, which include pipeline, pump stations and treatment plant improvements, are completed using a combination of comprehensive in-house engineering design services and consultant managed designs. Projects are completed with high quality construction and construction contracts are managed to schedule and budget. For information about our projects go to http://www.ccwater.com

Sponsor's Responsibilities:
My responsibilities include the overall performance of the Engineering Department in delivering capital improvement projects on time and within budget and ensuring appropriate resources are available to the team in meeting these goals.

Extern's Proposed Duties:
Extern's proposed activities are to shadow a project manager or project engineer to review design information, participate in field reconnaissance visits to access the feasibility of design alternatives, and visit active construction activities.

This externship last updated 1/3/2020
 

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