Electric Distribution Engineering Innovative Design Solutions Intern

Requisition ID # 163745

Job Category: Administrative / Clerical

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Electric Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Electric Distribution Engineering Innovative Design Solutions Intern

Department Overview

The hardworking coworkers of Electric Engineering ensure all manners of electric engineering—including electric standards and process safety, electric design engineering, instrumentation testing and controls, undergrounding, electric regulatory compliance and electric investment planning—are in place to safely enable a strategic and stable workplan for our Electric Operations partners. Our organization is accountable for program planning, financial budgeting, and project execution and delivery of all electric engineering projects. Electric Engineering is comprised of approximately 2,000 coworkers.

Position Summary

The Innovative Design Solutions team creates and supports tools for the engineers to use to design and estimate project work to be done by the construction crews. These tools are also used to field job locations and to review and approve designs and projects before submitting them to the construction organization.

PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual hourly rate paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity.

The hourly rate for a bachelor’s degree ranges from $24.52 to $29.81 and for a master’s degree is $35.37.

Responsibilities

IDS is looking for a talented summer intern to focus on supporting and interfacing with our users and other stakeholders by:

Creating Job Aids, Web Based Training Modules, updating our wiki/SharePoint and create training materials.

Outreach to the users to identify topics to discuss during forum calls. Create a form for requesting enhancements.

Minor web and mobile programming and testing

The successful intern will have the opportunity to participate in activities as described above working with a team of experienced estimators and IT professionals. Additionally, the intern will gain knowledge of electric distribution assets, engineering design & calculations and estimating projects through the work they will be performing.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Qualified candidates are pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree at an accredited University in:

Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or related engineering field or

Information Systems

Students must be continuing their education towards their degree during and/or after the internship

Desired:

3.0 GPA or greater in both cumulative GPA and major GPA

Engineering experience in utilities, municipalities, construction, or engineering consultation

Ability to work in a team environment and support fellow team members

Strong problem solving and analytical skills

Strong communication skills, both oral and written

Takes initiative and can work independently with minimal direction

Experience programming in python, JavaScript and/or HTML

Training/Tutoring and Documentation practice

ESRI GIS exposure/experience

EIT or FE certification

PG&E is unable to provide VISA sponsorship to students on an F-1, J-1 or other student visa for this position.