Plant Reliability Engineering Intern

Xcel Energy Inc; Pueblo (CO); Hybrid; USD 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

401(k) plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Holidays

Job summary

Xcel Energy Inc. invites motivated engineering students to join as a summer intern at the Comanche Generating Plant to support plant operations, test equipment, and analyze data.

A flexible schedule allows full-time summer work or part-time during the school year, with hybrid in-person attendance at the Pueblo location. The role emphasizes equipment monitoring, root-cause analysis, maintenance planning, and lifecycle cost optimization, offering a real hands-on learning experience within a major

Qualifications

• Current student, Sophomore or higher (as of Fall 2027).
• Enrolled in an ABET accredited college or university and pursuing a degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Chemistry.
• Able to work full-time during the summer (up to 40 hours a week) / part time during the school year (up to 20 hours a week) and commuting to the designated work location in-person, per our hybrid work policy.

Responsibilities

• Perform equipment monitoring, field observations, predictive testing, data analytics and application of engineering fundamentals to prevent and identify equipment failures.
• Be the facilitator for failure analytics including Root Cause Analysis, High-Bar Failure Elimination, and Event Sharing & Learning with peer generating stations.
• Support the implementation of site-specific Maintenance Strategies by partnering with Plant Operations to identify maintenance opportunities that present the highest business value.
• Understand equipment performance parameters to monitor, identify, assess, and communicate operational risks to Plant Operations including recommended corrective actions.
• Facilitate the site-specific long-term asset planning for the in-service equipment.
• Review and comment on improvement projects during the scoping, design, construction, and commissioning stages to optimize life-cycle costs and design for reliability.

Skills

Engineering student

ABET accreditation

Full-time summer work

Education

ABet accredited college or university

Pursuing degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Chemistry

Job description

Xcel Energy Inc. invites motivated engineering students to join as a summer intern at the Comanche Generating Plant to support plant operations, test equipment, and analyze data.

A flexible schedule allows full-time summer work or part-time during the school year, with hybrid in-person attendance at the Pueblo location. The role emphasizes equipment monitoring, root-cause analysis, maintenance planning, and lifecycle cost optimization, offering a real hands-on learning experience within a major