The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is seeking to hire a student assistant, in a learning capacity, to work under the close supervision with the Design Team. In a learning capacity, the student assistant will assist Design staff in the preparation of project reports, contract plans, specifications, quantities, and estimates. Assists in engineering work in connection with projects relating to land, hydraulics, roads, bridges, buildings, transportation facilities and similar works; conducts research for design information such as as-builts, Right-of-Way mapping and requirements, aerial photos and utility information, makes simple engineering calculations in connection with field or office work, does simple design work and drafts working plans and detail drawings and tracings, makes or revises maps, charts, and diagrams.