Water Conservation Data Analyst Intern
Water Conservation Data Analyst Intern
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ERWSDs Water Conservation department develops and leads environmental stewardship and water conservation initiatives that empower customers to use water more efficiently throughout the Eagle River Valley. The Water Conservation Intern will spend approximately 20% of their time visiting customers to evaluate residential irrigation systems and provide recommendations for irrigation and landscaping as part of our outreach and concierge program. The remainder of their time will be spent supporting a variety of data-driven and outreach-focused water conservation projects. Depending on the interns skills and experience they may work closely with a data mentor or take on more independent responsibilities.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is equally passionate about crunching data as they are working in the field and having conversations with our customers about water conservation. The ideal candidate for this role must be committed to environmental stewardship have excellent communication skills and have experience or interest in developing their data analysis skills. Being able to think outside the box manage multiple project requests and collaborate with a highly productive fun and friendly team will provide an amazing and rewarding internship experience. This is an opportunity to use your skills and education to impact water resources AND work in an amazing location not to mention paid holidays a housing stipend and opportunities for training!
This internship is located in Vail Colorado for up to six months.
What Youll Do:
- Work with external stakeholders nonprofits landscapers and customers to perform irrigation evaluations and support a partner-run rebate program. Spend several hours over summary and fall workdays at site visits to properties.
- Perform analyses of customer data related to water use trends and account metrics using R Git and ArcGIS.
- Develop and manage interactive dashboards charts and reports using PowerBI.
- Occasionally staff the community outreach events to talk to customers about water conservation.
- Visit ERWSDs facilities and learn about water production storage and distribution and wastewater collections and treatment to understand the importance and operations of a modern water and sanitation utility.
- Participate in a variety of internal staff trainings company events and extra-curricular recreational outings like mountain biking climbing 14ers river and highway cleanups and much more!
Qualifications
- EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Required: High School Diploma or GED.
- Required: Six (6) months of related work experience in environmental sciences natural resources management science communications water resources water treatment wastewater treatment watershed science or a related field.
- Nice to have: Bachelors degree from four-year college or university in a related field or technical degree from a technical scientific or trade institution in a related field.
- CUSTOMER SERVICE: Friendly with strong customer service skills and able to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers and co-workers.
- COMMUNICATION: Able to tactfully directly and professionally communicate in English both written and verbal. Able to write reports and communicate research clearly and succinctly.
- DATA ANALYSIS: Uses Microsoft Office SharePoint R and PowerBI to assist water conservation staff with organizing and tracking data. Computer proficiency and experience with Excel is required. Experience with data cleaning and visualization in R is preferred.
- WATER SCIENCE: Working knowledge and understanding of water conveyance systems science communication techniques irrigation system efficiency and native and adapted landscape design is preferred.
Pay Range
The pay range for a Water Conservation Data Analyst Intern is $23.74 - $33.22 per hour. The starting range depends on qualifications but generally falls within the minimum and midpoint of the pay range.
Benefits
At ERWSD we value life-work balance and are leaders in the industry with our holistic benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
- $522 monthly Employee Housing Stipend
- Wellness program
- 457 Retirement savings plans
- Paid Holidays
- $700 annual Recreation Benefit
All District employees must submit to a pre-employment drug screen and extensive background check including an educational verification and reference check. For a full position description including work environment and physical demands email. All applicants must apply online August 25 2025.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
We do not discriminate based on race color religion national origin sex age disability sexual orientation marital status genetic information or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.
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