What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Technician Internship - Summer 2025 position at The Davey Tree Expert Company?
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Primary Locations: KY, Louisville, 6100 Dutchmans Lane, Suite 500, 40205
Requisition ID: 205443
Position Overview
Want to spend your summer in the great outdoors, learning all about the diverse services that Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. (WSSI), a Davey company, offers? Each summer, we host a class of talented individuals pursuing degrees in the engineering, landscape architecture, environmental, and science fields, and we are currently seeking great interns to join our Louisville, KY team for summer 2025.
Interns will have the opportunity to work hands-on with WSSI’s staff and learn from their expertise in the environmental consulting industry. Interns will rotate through different phases of projects, including site assessments, restoration design, construction oversight, and monitoring. Field duties may include vegetation identification and monitoring, ecological inventories, time series data collection including ground and surface water monitoring, use of technology for environmental mapping and site surveys. Office duties will depend on the intern’s discipline. Office work will introduce software and methods used in environmental consulting.
Not only will you gain hands-on experience with our field staff, interns will also participate in educational sessions to learn about all of WSSI’s services across our various offices and disciplines. Interns will also receive in-house training courses on topics including, for example, plant identification, land navigation, wetland delineation, use of ArcGIS Pro, and Autodesk (Autocad, Civil3D) software for those pursuing restoration design-oriented degrees.
Applicants should be interested in and understand wetland ecology and possess a strong work ethic with the desire to gain experience in different aspects of environmental consulting. This internship involves a large amount of outdoor work with rigorous physical labor and may occasionally involve working long hours.
At least two years of undergraduate studies in a related field is required.
Applications accepted through March 1, 2025.
The Davey Tree Expert Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected class, including race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, marital or familial status, disability, status as a protected veteran, status as an Aboriginal or Indigenous person, or other classification protected by law.
Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc., a Davey company, provides a full range of natural and cultural resource consulting services and is based in Gainesville, Virginia. The Davey Tree Expert Company provides research-driven tree services, grounds maintenance and environmental consulting for residential, utility, commercial and environmental partners in the U.S. and Canada. We care about our clients, each other and the world around us. We offer the resources, size and stability of a big company while maintaining the culture, entrepreneurial spirit and feel of a small one. We invest in our employees by offering industry-leading training, technology and benefits that lead to a rewarding and safe work experience at all levels. Wherever you want to grow your career, there’s a place for you at Davey. To learn more, visit Davey.com.
Accommodations: If requested by employee or otherwise as required by law, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
If you need assistance at any time, please contact us at 1-877-411-7601 or at Recruiting@davey.com.
Employment Type: Intern
Job Type: Full Time
Travel Expectations: Up to 50%
Primary Locations: KY, Louisville, 6100 Dutchmans Lane, Suite 500, 40205
Requisition ID: 205443
Position Overview
Want to spend your summer in the great outdoors, learning all about the diverse services that Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. (WSSI), a Davey company, offers? Each summer, we host a class of talented individuals pursuing degrees in the engineering, landscape architecture, environmental, and science fields, and we are currently seeking great interns to join our Louisville, KY team for summer 2025.
Interns will have the opportunity to work hands-on with WSSI’s staff and learn from their expertise in the environmental consulting industry. Interns will rotate through different phases of projects, including site assessments, restoration design, construction oversight, and monitoring. Field duties may include vegetation identification and monitoring, ecological inventories, time series data collection including ground and surface water monitoring, use of technology for environmental mapping and site surveys. Office duties will depend on the intern’s discipline. Office work will introduce software and methods used in environmental consulting.
Not only will you gain hands-on experience with our field staff, interns will also participate in educational sessions to learn about all of WSSI’s services across our various offices and disciplines. Interns will also receive in-house training courses on topics including, for example, plant identification, land navigation, wetland delineation, use of ArcGIS Pro, and Autodesk (Autocad, Civil3D) software for those pursuing restoration design-oriented degrees.
Applicants should be interested in and understand wetland ecology and possess a strong work ethic with the desire to gain experience in different aspects of environmental consulting. This internship involves a large amount of outdoor work with rigorous physical labor and may occasionally involve working long hours.
At least two years of undergraduate studies in a related field is required.
Applications accepted through March 1, 2025.
The Davey Tree Expert Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected class, including race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, marital or familial status, disability, status as a protected veteran, status as an Aboriginal or Indigenous person, or other classification protected by law.
Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc., a Davey company, provides a full range of natural and cultural resource consulting services and is based in Gainesville, Virginia. The Davey Tree Expert Company provides research-driven tree services, grounds maintenance and environmental consulting for residential, utility, commercial and environmental partners in the U.S. and Canada. We care about our clients, each other and the world around us. We offer the resources, size and stability of a big company while maintaining the culture, entrepreneurial spirit and feel of a small one. We invest in our employees by offering industry-leading training, technology and benefits that lead to a rewarding and safe work experience at all levels. Wherever you want to grow your career, there’s a place for you at Davey. To learn more, visit Davey.com.
Accommodations: If requested by employee or otherwise as required by law, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
If you need assistance at any time, please contact us at 1-877-411-7601 or at Recruiting@davey.com.
Employment Type: Intern
Job Type: Full Time
Travel Expectations: Up to 50%
