Instrumentation and Monitoring Intern in Bothell, Washington at Sixense Inc.
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About the Company
SIXENSE is a consulting firm specializing in the optimization of the performance, the resilience and the cost efficiency of each phase of the life cycle of major infrastructures. The portfolio of the company includes innovative technologies, value‐engineered solutions, digital platforms and high‐ level engineering expertise integrated in turn‐key offerings. Our scope of work aims at providing peace of mind to our clients by 1.‐ focusing on the reduction of their exposure to geotechnical, environmental and structural risks and 2.‐ providing modern digital tools and methods for the control of their processes and their associated risks.
SIXENSE is a specialized branch of VINCI, a major international group providing services for design, construction and operation of large infrastructures related to transportation, transit, energy, hydro, mining, oil & gas and vertical construction. The company has two decades of experience on most iconic infrastructure development programs around the world. It operates permanently in 20 countries with 600 highly qualified employees.
SIXENSE is recognized for its safety record, its know‐how, its client care, and its capacity to innovate and to deliver. SIXENSE, INC is the US subsidiary of the group. The company has its main office in Bothell, WA and operates throughout the entire country from regional offices in Los Angeles, CA and Silver Spring, MD. SIXENSE INC offers the full spectrum of solutions of the group, with a predominant experience historically in construction monitoring, structural health monitoring and asset management services.
Job Description
The I&M Intern will support the project team through configuring the integrated data management system (IDMS) to process, present, and analyze geotechnical/structural/environmental monitoring data transmitted from various sensors installed by Instrumentation Engineers on project sites. This role will also assist the IT department to follow proper QC procedures on project servers to ensure the proper functioning of the IDMS to ensure non‐interrupted delivery of high‐quality engineering data to project stakeholders.
Key responsibilities:
- Perform the work and enforces the rules in accordance with regulations and internal policies, QA/QC procedures and methods applicable to the assigned tasks. Responsible for safety in the work environment.
- Collaborate with instrument engineers to test and setup remote connections between monitoring instruments and project server prior to the installation of instruments on site.
- Perform configurations using company’s proprietary data acquisition software to achieve automatic data acquisition, sensor data to engineering metrics computation and conversion, as well as real‐time alert distribution.
- Use company’s proprietary GIS software to design monitoring websites, present monitoring data in forms of plots, 2D/3D views, summary reports in accordance with project requirements.
- Review and validate configurations performed by colleagues locally or in other districts.
- Perform routine system checks to ensure the integrity and the accuracy of monitoring data.
- Report software bugs and provide user feedback through an internal support platform.
Qualifications
- Fluency in displaying, presenting quantitative information in effective and intuitive way.
- Skills to display and analyze spatial data.
- Familiarity with word processing, spreadsheets, gINT, AutoCAD, MicroStation, and data management computer programs.
- Solid written and verbal communication skills. Detail‐oriented.
- Ability to learn quickly with curiosity to explore new fields.
Preferred Qualifications/Skills
- Knowledge in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Geographic Information Science, or other cross‐disciplinary majors include coursework on informatics technology
- Past working experience in construction industry.
- Experience with IT infrastructure, data centers and cloud services
- Knowledge of opensource GIS tool (e.g. QGIS, PostGIS)
- Basic knowledge of front‐end web developing
- Knowing time‐series data analysis
- Fluency in statistics
This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
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