Responsibilities
Airfield Operations & Business Relations Intern
Summary
The responsibilities of the Airfield Operations Intern include performing entry-level airfield oversight and General Aviation duties with the operations & external relations team. Specific operational tasks may include, but are not limited to, inspections, assisting tenants, administrative duties and record keeping, tenant notifications, airport badging, and ongoing education through IET online courses covering part 139 and part 77 subject matter. The internship will help the student apply their academic skills to gain firsthand knowledge of Airport General Aviation, Construction, Tenant& Community Relations and Airfield Operations.
Job Duties
- Review and understanding of the BFI Airport Certification Manual
- Includes Airport Emergency Program - AEP
- Assisting with General Aviation hangar/tie down waitlists
- Responding to customer and community inquiries
- Developing standard communication templates
- Utilizing proper and required communications via air to ground radio with FAA ATCT
- Responding to airfield emergencies with operations
- Assisting with daily Part 139 airfield inspections
- Wildlife management and mitigation
- Project Safety and construction oversight
- Understanding Part 77 surfaces
- Assisting airfield tenants as necessary
- Terminal Airside (and Landside when necessary) oversight
- Daily terminal ramp FOD inspections prior to and during peak flight activity
- Assist with Noise complaint data
- Airfield flight operations data reporting
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
- Basic familiarity of aviation and/or airports
- Ability to understand and follow oral and/or written policies, procedures, and instructions
- Skill in using computer software such as word processing and spreadsheets
- Oral and written communications skills
- Ability to use handheld and ground radios
- Passionate and willing to work in a team environment
Education: Currently enrolled in an accredited four-year college or university with a focus or interest in airport management.
Work Location: This position will be 100% onsite at the Airport Terminal Building with the operations, and business relations team.
Schedule: Up to one-year internship starting a week after the 2025 school year. Part-time/Full-time hours: 20 - 40 hours per week depending on student’s availability.
Qualifications
General Engineering Intern
Summary
The responsibilities of the General Engineering Intern include assisting with and leading aspects of KCIA’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), developing FAA regulatory documentation, assist with construction activities, and update our CAD database and models. The chosen candidate will work on highly visible public projects and assist with achieving major agency goals. These projects could range from Runway Rehabilitations to Carbon Neutral efforts. This position will have the opportunity for paid professional development opportunities & trainings, access to public management mentors from within the County and cross-sectional work within the division.
Job Duties
- Assist with obtaining Carbon Neutral accreditation through the Airports Council International (ACI), this includes coordinating with international entities and companies, performing inventories and developing and maintaining a continuous project programs.
- Assist in maintaining construction and contract documentation for the 14L/32R Runway Rehabilitation and Taxiway A4- B3 Reconfiguration, and A11 Reconstruction Projects and other tenant projects.
- Assist with the development of the Asset Management database and project implementation.
- Assist supervisor in developing, modifying, and maintaining work order contracts, Architecture and Engineering contracts, and other contracts as needed.
- Assist supervisor in reviewing plans, specifications and estimates prepared by consultant team.
- Assist with analysis of the FAA regulatory surfaces and verify determinations.
- Assist in engineering documents review - Review investigation work plans, health and safety plans, sampling plans, and policies.
- Compile existing documents and SOPs for standard work.
- Participate in design review meetings.
- Assist in maintaining construction and contract documentation.
- KCIA Strategic Climate Action Plan (SCAP) program assistance
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
- Enrolled as a college student with prior engineering coursework from an accredited institution.
- Experience in AutoCAD Civil 3d, and Revit
- Knowledge of XP SWMM, AutoCAD Storm and Sanitary Analysis, and GIS
- Competence in Microsoft Office programs including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including maturity, an ability to work unrepentantly and in a team setting.
- Proactive, motivated, self-directed learner with good problem-solving skills.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines.
- Able to juggle multiple projects at a time in a fast-paced environment.
- Self-starter with ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Good time management skills in order to support co-workers and project work.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Skill in working effectively and cooperatively with internal and external customers with a variety of individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Work Location: Teleworking and occasionally onsite at the Airport Terminal Building as necessary.
Schedule: Up to one-year internship starting a week after the 2025 school year. Part-time/Full-time hours: 20 - 40 hours per week depending on student’s availability per their school schedule.
Innovation GIS Intern
Summary
King County International Airport/Boeing Field (KCIA) is seeking an undergraduate intern entering their 3rd/junior or 4th/senior year to work in collaboration with KCIA’s Innovation Section, you will gain hands-on experience in airport infrastructure elements and applying business data in GIS applications.
The responsibilities of the Innovation GIS Intern include performing entry-level geospatial analytics with mentorship and guidance from the Innovation GIS Specialist, reporting to the Innovation Section Manager. Specific tasks may include GIS data gathering, QA/QC and normalizing data, data editing, digitizing, map creation, and plotting maps. The internship will help the student apply their academic skills to gain firsthand knowledge of airport layout and operations.
KCIA’s internship cohort program will provide opportunities to learn about careers in an airport environment and to be supervised and mentored by an airport professional. As part of the KCIA’s internship cohort you will have the opportunity to learn from, mentor and work with fellow KCIA interns from other areas of expertise and background. Through these experiences we aim to build a strong team that will become future airport and government leaders!
Job Duties
- Using ArcGIS Pro/ArcMap to digitize and edit spatial data
- Using ArcGIS Online for simple data and web map creation
- Create basic site plans or aerial maps from scratch based on customer requests
- Print aerial maps on large plotter for meetings and office use
- Incorporate markups into drawings under the direction of lead or supervisor
- Perform basic research of hardware and equipment and basic mathematical calculations
- Maintain drawing filing supplies and records; prepare drawing sets for internal and external distribution
- Assist in organizing and verifying consultant/contractors project documents
- Verify and compile the necessary documentation for engineering requests
- Gather data for engineering and related projects; analyze data and basemap drawings as assigned
- Research King County International Airport/Boeing Field projects to assemble for
- Perform general office support and maintain records for assigned work unit
- Respond to inquiries from airport staff and consultants regarding work
- GIS data collection, field work, and/or projects
- Airport applications data collection, QA/QC, and/or reporting
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
- Enrolled as a college student and experienced in ESRI ArcGIS Pro and other ArcGIS applications from an accredited institution.
- Basic familiarity of geospatial functions
- Skill in using software ArcGIS Pro for measuring and determining distances
- Experience using ESRI’s ArcPro and ArcMap applications
- Familiarity or experience plotting/printing map documents
- Familiarity or experience using ArcGIS online for mapping and data manipulation
- Competence in Microsoft Office programs including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI and SharePoint
- Familiarity with map types, google earth imagery and street addresses
- Graphical detail-oriented skills
- Oral and written communications skills
- Passionate and willing to work in a team environment
Work Location: This position will be onsite during the summer at the Airport Terminal Building and hybrid during the school year with onsite and telecommuting.
Schedule: Up to two-year internship starting a week after the 2025 school year. Part-time/Full-time hours: 20 - 40 hours per week depending on student’s availability per their school schedule.
Innovation and Maintenance Business Applications Intern
Summary
King County International Airport/Boeing Field (KCIA) is seeking an undergraduate intern entering their 3rd/junior or 4th/senior year to work in collaboration with KCIA’s Innovation and Maintenance Sections. You will gain hands-on experience in airport maintenance business processes and technology applications and systems that are critical with maintaining the airport’s business data and infrastructure.
The responsibilities of the Innovation and Maintenance Business Applications Intern include performing data entry, business process improvements, users training, data analytics and visualization with mentorship and guidance from the Innovation Business Applications Specialist, reporting to the Innovation Section Manager and Maintenance Manager. Specific tasks may include data gathering, QA/QC and normalizing data, data entry, creating charts and graphs to tell the story behind the data. The internship will help the student apply their academic skills to gain firsthand knowledge of computer and technology skills and how they apply in an airport environment.
KCIA’s internship cohort program will provide opportunities to learn about careers in an airport environment and to be supervised and mentored by an airport professional. As part of the KCIA’s internship cohort you will have the opportunity to learn from, mentor and work with fellow KCIA interns from other areas of expertise and background. Through these experiences we aim to build a strong team that will become future airport and government leaders!
Job Duties
- Data entry in the Airport’s Cityworks asset management system’s data (i.e. creating and closing corrective and preventative maintenance work orders, assigning tasks, etc.) and other business solutions applications data.
- Develop preventative maintenance (PM) parameters, work with Maintenance team (trades) to develop PMs, set-up PMs, and communicate with Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Supervisor, and Crew Chiefs of PM status.
- Making sure assets are associated with work orders where appropriate.
- Assists with eliminating blanket work orders and migrating blanket work orders to cyclical work orders.
- Perform QA/QC of asset management and other maintenance data (i.e. ensuring no duplicates, labors hours are entered on the right work order, consistency of usage of asset management system’s data fields).
- Create metadata and develop standards and best practices to support systems and data.
- Create custom reports, dashboards, technical standard operating procedures, administrative, and help documents to support all users (i.e. standard operating procedures, guides, and training documents).
- Assist in the development and/or revisions to administrative systems, process and procedures, and workflows within assigned work unit.
- Assist users on the use and adoption of Cityworks technologies and other business solutions applications.
- Assist in data collection and analysis for assigned research projects; prepare summary reports of analysis.
- Help develop monitoring and tracking systems to support work activities.
Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills
- Enrolled as a college student from an accredited institution.
- Tech-savvy, experience with data entry in application or database
- Skill in data analytics, data visualization, and/or building reports with Microsoft Excel and PowerBI
- Skill with creating data entry forms with Microsoft Forms.
- Strong communications skills, people-oriented, and teamwork
- Strong technical proficiency required, including Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Ability to work independently as well as in a collaborative team environment.
- Ability working with diverse individuals and customers and maintaining effective relationships.
- Experience providing excellent customer service.
- Demonstrated ability to organize and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed work environment.
- Ability to quickly adapt and respond to changing work responsibilities, changes as well as initiatives.
- Excellent organization, written, and verbal communication skills in a dynamic environment.
- Skill in mathematical calculation.
Work Location: This position will be onsite during the summer at the Airport Terminal Building and hybrid during the school year with onsite and telecommuting.
Schedule: Up to two-year internship starting a week after the 2025 school year. Part-time/Full-time hours: 20 - 40 hours per week depending on student’s availability per their school schedule.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
Who May Apply: This recruiting effort is for current college students (returning for the 2025-2026 academic year) from an accredited two- or four-year institution.
Work Schedule: This is a 40 hour per week position for the summer normally working Monday through Friday, 8 – 5 p.m. and 15-20 hours per week during the school year. There may be rare times when after-hours, weekends and/or holidays are required. This position is non-exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act and is overtime eligible.
Selection Process: Applications will be screened for clarity, completeness and qualifications. The most competitive candidates may be invited to participate in an interview. Unfortunately, application packets that do not include all the required components and/or do not follow application instructions will be deemed incomplete and will not be considered. Reference checks will be conducted.
Required Materials: A King County application (paper or electronic) is required. We highly recommend that you also provide a resume and cover letter/ If you have any questions, please contact Brittney Marzest at bmarzest@kingcounty.gov. If selected, you will need to provide proof of (1) college coursework and (2) enrollment in college for the 2025 – 2026 academic year.
Union Membership: This position is not represented.
