Intern - Electrical Engineer

Muscatine-Power-and-Wate; Muscatine (IA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Muscatine Power and Water offers a summer internship in its A/O Engineering department for Electrical Engineering students. You will learn about transmission & distribution systems, MPW-MISO interrelation, reliability, protection, and facility maintenance at an introductory level.

Exposure to water systems and metering is available if interested. The internship provides hands-on field assistance, modeling, and project tracking under senior staff guidance.

Qualifications

• Pursuing an Electrical Engineering degree is required.
• Attention to detail and collaboration are essential.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Regular attendance for the duration of the internship.
• Prior engineering internship is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist field projects with Civil and Electrical Engineers.
• Modeling and analysis of transmission, distribution, and substation systems.
• Shadow Metering, Technical Services, and Protection activities.
• Gain exposure to water transmission, metering, and RTU communications.
• Support continuous improvement and project progress meetings.

Skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Verbal communication

Written communication

Team collaboration

Education

Electrical Engineering degree (in progress)

Tools

SCADA

Relay testing equipment

Job description

• 17.00-20.00 per hour Pay depends on year in school.

Muscatine Power and Water's A/O Engineering department is offering a firsthand learning opportunity for Electrical Engineering students to develop an understanding of how a municipal electric utility operates. Through our summer internship program, the successful candidate will learn about Electrical Transmission & Distribution systems response, planning, & analysis, how MPW and MISO interrelate, and gain exposure to reliability, protection, and facility maintenance at an introductory level.

Exposure to Water Transmission & Distribution systems, Electric & Water Metering, and Technical Services can be offered if the successful candidate shows interest in those areas.

Scope of Work:

Primary opportunities within Engineering

• Provide field assistance for on-going projects in coordination with Civil and Electrical Engineers
• Modeling, system analysis, and introduction to electric substation, transmission, and distribution systems
• Modeling, system analysis, and introduction to water pumping, treatment, transmission, and distribution systems
• Customer power quality analyses
• Provide GPS field assistance
• Transformer, switchgear, & cable procurement & inventory processes

Job shadow opportunities within Metering

• Underground facilities locating activities
• Electric meter installation & testing, including instrument rated metering
• Verify backflow devices

Job shadow opportunities within Technical Services:

• Test & calibrate protective relays with the Protection & Control Technician
• Maintain electric & water RTU communication systems
• Test & maintain substation equipment with Substation Technicians
• Improve substation equipment maintenance methodology & practices

Period of Work:

The intern will work 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, beginning in May and ending in August. Allowances may be made for preplanned summer vacations within that period.

Resources:

All members of the A/O Engineering Department, Metering, & Technical Services will support the intern and help answer questions as they come up. In addition, the engineering group will meet weekly to track/steer project progress and identify tasks & resources needed for upcoming tasks.

Outcomes for the Intern:

• Gain an understanding of Transmission and Distribution protection schemes and the necessary testing to prove the reliable operation of these important systems.
• Gain an understanding of how Transmission Reliability & Coordination studies are conducted and how they impact overall reliability of MPW's facilities and the Bulk Electric System.
• Gain an understanding of how SCADA data, real-time & historical, is vital to the planning of an Electric Utility.
• Gain an understanding of the equipment found inside of a typical Transmission and Distribution Substation and the importance of reliable operation of this equipment.
• Gain an understanding of the many testing procedures needed to prove the integrity of substation equipment to maintain reliable operation and eliminate damaging faults.
• Help find ways to eliminate waste through our continuous improvement program.

Qualifications:

• Working towards an Electrical Engineering degree is required.
• Prior Engineering Internship is a plus.
• Must display an elevated level of attention to detail.
• Must possess superior customer service skills and function as a collaborator.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and listening skills, with ability to build productive professional relationships.
• Must be able to attend work on a regular basis for the duration of the internship.