{"id":5819,"date":"2016-05-09T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/?p=5819"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:14:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:14:03","slug":"explore-career-opportunities-public-utilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/explore-career-opportunities-public-utilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore career opportunities in Public Utilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Demand is steadily increasing for skilled public utilities positions. This is due, in part, to more stringent regulations and more limited natural resources as well as a steady stream of retiring professionals leaving the industry that is creating an increasing need for this type of professional.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">To help meet the need of this employment demand, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seminole Campus <\/a>is hosting an open house event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>2016 Public Utilities Career Expo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Explore career opportunities with the field of public utilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Tuesday, May 17th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>4:00-8:00pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Seminole Campus Conference Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>9200 113th Street North<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Seminole, FL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>This free event is open to all SPC students, staff and the community!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The public utilities profession has a wide range of needs and career opportunities. Depending on individual interests and skills, there is a need for professionals in the areas of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Utilities administration (leadership, compliance, public relations, data management, project management, reporting, accounting\/finance, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Water and wastewater treatment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Collection and distribution systems (such as pipelines and pumping stations)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Water quality maintenance and analysis (including laboratory positions)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Electrical\/mechanical maintenance and repair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Computer\/control systems programming, maintenance and repair, information technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Professional consulting (engineering, hydrogeology, economics, environmental science, etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/05\/public-utilities-fair-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5825\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5825 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/05\/public-utilities-fair-2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"public-utilities fair 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/05\/public-utilities-fair-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/05\/public-utilities-fair-2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Participants at the expo include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcsb.org\/Page\/6986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Works Academy at Pinellas Technical College<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Petersburg College<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awwa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Water Works Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fwpcoa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida Water and Pollution Control Operators Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swfwmd.state.fl.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southwest Florida Water Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinellascounty.org\/utilities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinellas County Utilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hillsboroughcounty.org\/water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillsborough County Utilities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stpete.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City of St. Petersburg <\/a>and more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss this unique opportunity to network with a variety of professionals in one location. Whether you are currently seeking employment or are just starting to plan for a future internship or career, take advantage of this chance to ask questions and receive feedback. Networking provides you with a great source of connections, and opens the door to talk to influential people that you may not otherwise have the chance to meet.<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Sandy DeCarlo, Career Outreach Specialist, Seminole Campus at 727-394-6130 or <a href=\"mailto:decarlo.sandy@spcollege.edu\">decarlo.sandy@spcollege.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As always, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/careerservices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Career Services <\/a>for more events and\u00a0follow us on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=careerspc&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#careerspc <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=spcintern&amp;src=typd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#spcintern<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Demand is steadily increasing for skilled public utilities positions. This is due, in part, to more stringent regulations and more limited natural resources as well as a steady stream of retiring professionals leaving the industry that is creating an increasing need for this type of professional. To help meet the need of this employment demand, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/explore-career-opportunities-public-utilities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Explore career opportunities in Public Utilities<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":686,"featured_media":5822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4],"class_list":["post-5819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-career-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5819"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10696,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5819\/revisions\/10696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}