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On a daily basis, provide information to local developers, engineers and property owners on the availability of water and nearest distribution system access, review water plans and water commitment requests, while assuring both high quality customer service and calculation of water fees were paid prior to final approval. Supported three engineering supervisors and maintained their calendar of appointments and meetings.

I learned how to read water line quads (maps), identify water locations, size of lines and meters, well locations and well conversions, which allowed me to assist local developers and engineering firms with new development or re-modification of existing developments for the City of Las Vegas and Broward County, NV.

Every aspect of this job was different.  I enjoyed the team concept that four division had.  Being part of a team, made it easier to do our job.  We always had someone to go to if we had questions or needed information.  

The most difficult part of my position was when rate changes occurred. Everybody wanted their plans approved yesterday!

I was an intern in the IT/IS department at LVWWD in the summer of 2007.

It was a great internship to do as a teenager, it taught me a lot of useful IT skills, but I instead went to law school, so its only so useful now.

A typical day was being tasked with doing some monotonous task in IS, and trying to escape IS to actually do some work in IT. In IT you would get a ticket to fix computers and supervised you would fix the problem, which usually just involved ghosting the computer after making sure the important info was backed up.

The hardest part of the job was the lack of work for interns to do. I felt like at the time I spent most of the time just playing games on the computer or something until waiting for an actual employee to take me on call.

The most enjoyable part of the job was probably getting to hook up servers in the SNWA building.

At the time I worked there the work culture seemed weird with contractors who had been there for decades not getting full employment, and contractors that had been there for 5 years getting employment. It seemed the contractors knew the most and did the most work but got paid the least. Kind of sad and made me not want to go into IT at all.

Experience was great. Great pay especially while in college still. Was able to learn a lot and gain hands on experience in the field. Management was good. Everyone is different and are going to act differently. Workplace was professional and was able to gain insight about other professions within the district. Everyone was always helpful towards one another, and I never experienced much drama while I was there.

The Water District offers great benefits for it's employees, including computer training for beginners as well as experienced employees. The hours are 4 tens, which can be tiresome.  Ten hour days are long. 
A typical day at work would include signing on to the system, checking email, clearing out in basket to start the day.  We were all very friendly with each other, so we may catch up over our morning coffee.  Then it was off to work on assigned projects.

LVVWD was the best place I ever worked. I only left due to a necessary relocation. Great management, coworkers, culture and environment all around. Management has your back and promotes an "open-door" policy, and they are very helpful and understanding. 

I loved my time at LVVWD, I had a great team who accomplished lots of good work. I worked in IT and feel like the leadership is doing a great job of pushing innovation and technology updates. My direct supervisors also did a good job of empowering us to cut through bureaucracy.

This was the worst job experience I have ever had. I can't say one nice thing about this place. No room for advancement, supervisors don't take problems seriously, they discourage you from going to HR. Just terrible from the start to end. Compensation is terrible yet they except you to act as a manger. Late nights create an unsafe work environment.

Obtained master specifications; AutoCAD standards, NEC standards record information from other utilities to research utility line locations; researching files, drawings, survey maps and parcel information, gathered measurements and other necessary data to verify and review compliance with District specifications and standards and provide consistency with previous designs.

Typical day starts at 6:00 am and ends at 5:00 pm. 
Learned many skills(Microsoft Office), Oracle, Avantis, Global 360, Unclaimed Property.
Workplace culture is very diverse with employees coming from different backgrounds.  .The hardest part of my job is getting up at 4:30am, but the most enjoyable part of my job is the satisfaction of what was accomplished during the day.

The people I work with are absolutely fantastic. In the Las Vegas Valley Water District, there is a close knit environment that kindles professional friendships and a comfortable place for questions and immediate help. No matter what position you hold. everyone who is currently here wants to be here and it really shows.

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