2027 BOLT Intern -Permitting
About The Position
The BOLT (Building Opportunities & Learning Together) Intern Program is Kinder Morgan’s elite summer internship program. This program offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the energy industry while enhancing professional and interpersonal skills. Kinder Morgan is one of North America's largest energy infrastructure companies, operating approximately 78,000 miles of pipelines and 136 terminals that transport and store various energy products. The company is a market leader in Natural Gas Pipelines, Products Pipelines, CO2, and Terminals, with a significant footprint in North American energy infrastructure.
Requirements
- Minimum GPA: 3.0
- Proficiency with computer applications, including Microsoft Excel, Word, TEAMS, Project, and Outlook.
- Well-balanced interpersonal skills and strong verbal and written communications skills are required.
- Basic understanding of Environmental regulations and permitting processes.
- Self-motivated and driven, with demonstrated interpersonal skills
- Ability to speak publicly in front of groups
- Ability to function effectively in both a team and individual environment
- Attention to detail and strong computer skills are essential
- Driven to discover and determined to deliver
- Open to travel in the United States
- Successful candidate will be required to clear a drug screen and a complete background check, after an offer has been extended and prior to being employed.
Nice To Haves
- Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, or other related environmental science disciplines. Advanced degrees may also be considered when combined with the aforementioned fields of study.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate permitting activities, including regulatory reviews, environmental field surveys, agency communications, permit application submittments, agency negotiations, mitigation development and implementation.
- Coordinate required permitting activities with project managers, engineers, contractors and other Kinder Morgan team members.
- Provide regulatory and environmental technical guidance on permitting processes and ways to minimize or avoid permitting costs and delays to Kinder Morgan projects.
- Coordinate as necessary with Environmental, Health and Safety Dept.; attend Engineering Dept. Team meetings as well as Regional field meetings; attend project site visits and bid walks as needed; provide backup support for other permitting staff when absent from the office; perform other related duties as assigned.
- Gain experience in environmental laws and regulations, including National Environmental Protection Act, Endangered Species Act, National Historical Preservation Act, Clean Water Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
- Monitor regulatory agencies and industry standards for proposed and final changes in environmental, health and safety, process safety, pipeline safety, and other requirements, interpretations and guidance. Regulatory monitoring includes federal, provincial, state, regional, and local jurisdictions where Kinder Morgan operates.
- Facilitate the determination of applicability and the operational and financial implications of proposed and final regulations and industry standards for business units.
- Assist in the development and enhancement of compliance policies and procedures.
- Support and further develop existing automated reporting systems such as, SSRS, PowerBI and Qlik analytics. Routine report creation and data comparison using Microsoft Excel and EHS compliance system data.
- Present a summary of summer internship to management and senior business leaders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
