NEOGOV · 2 days ago
ENGINEER INTERN APPLICANT - ENGINEER 5
Lafayette, LA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$50K/yr - $90K/yrNEOGOV is a state employer in Louisiana seeking an Engineer Intern to support the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. The role involves advanced engineering work in coastal restoration and flood risk reduction projects, including contract administration and project oversight.
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Responsibilities
Performs functions essential to the implementation of CPRA’s overall coastal restoration and flood protection projects or programs through coordination with federal, state and local project partners
Serves as a high-level technical expert in the Regional Office of CPRA’s Operations Division, employing experience and technical expertise in the design, construction, and operations and maintenance functions of a number of large, complex, important and high-profile projects
Prepares scopes of work for various professional services (engineering, surveying), operations and maintenance tasks
Reviews proposals and opinions of probable costs for professional services and for the performance of operations and maintenance contracts and tasks
Prepares, reviews and monitors project-specific task budgets
Reviews and comments on design reports, construction plans and specifications and opinions of probable construction costs
Performs contract administration and oversight for consultants engaged in engineering, surveying, and construction administration services on behalf of the agency
Performs construction administration and oversight for large, complex, important and high profile projects, including regularly scheduled field/site visits to construction projects
Prepares and provides status/progress reports on ongoing project activities
Provides technical advisory support to local freshwater districts, levee districts, parish drainage districts, the Acadiana Watershed District (LA Watershed Initiative), and may attend and represent CPRA at board meetings as needed
Prepares project Operations and Maintenance plans and associated 20-Yr budgets
Reviews and monitors budgets in relation to project cost share agreements, amendments, as well as other Interagency Governmental Agreements
Prepares annual Operating Budgets for assigned projects
Presents requests for funding adjustments at various Task Force/Trustee Implementation Group meetings
Monitors, maintains, and updates project records
Performs site inspections for projects to evaluate Operations and Maintenance (O&M) needs and prepares an associated O&M report with proposed O&M activities
Draft correspondence directed to private owners, consulting engineers, local state and federal government agencies
Conducts hurricane damage assessments and periodic on-site inspections of levees, floodwalls,s and associated infrastructure, and prepares an associated inspection report
Qualification
Required
Eligibility for a Louisiana Engineer Intern Certificate
Benefits
Parental Leave – Up to six weeks paid parental leave
Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Mardi Gras, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement– State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works).
Company
NEOGOV
NEOGOV is the leading provider of workforce management software uniquely designed for the public sector, education, and public safety.
Founded in 1999
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$700MKey Investors
Warburg Pincus
2025-07-28Secondary Market· $700M
2025-07-28Acquired
2021-06-02Private Equity
Leadership Team
Shane Evangelist
CEO
Brandon McDonald
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