Intern, Engineering
About The Position
Southern Star is seeking motivated students or recent graduates for a summer Engineering Intern position. The intern receives mentorship, orientation, training, and project-based assignments that introduce engineering best practices and the natural gas industry. The role exposes the intern to multiple design disciplines and the project life cycle, from development through design and execution. Work may include project scoping and estimating, equipment sizing, pipeline and facility design, material requisitions, survey requests, construction workspace and easement exhibits, collaboration with project management and cost controls, and internal process improvement. Interns typically support and shadow experienced engineers and operations professionals and may take part in additional activities and events to build connections within the Southern Star community. The internship lasts 12 weeks, runs from May through August, and is competitively paid. Interns work 40 hours per week and receive paid company holidays. A taxable housing stipend may be provided when Southern Star determines that the candidate’s permanent home and current college addresses are farther than a reasonable driving distance from the assigned work location. Participants may be eligible for full-time employment after successful completion of the internship program.
Requirements
- Must be at least 18 years old by the start of the summer internship assignment.
- Must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 after each completed semester or term.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States.
- Must be entering the junior or senior year of a degree program.
- Must be currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or another related engineering discipline.
- Must have a valid driver’s license and be insurable under company policy.
Responsibilities
- Learn mechanical engineering design support, project scopes and estimates, project site layouts, and project justification.
- Learn compressor station design, equipment, and operations, including reciprocating and centrifugal compressors, station equipment, and auxiliary systems.
- Learn about co-located dehydration and storage facilities.
- Learn basic pipeline design and applicable DOT regulations, including diameter, wall thickness, grade, installation materials, welding, pressure testing, and non-destructive testing practices.
- Learn to identify and specify construction workspace, rights-of-way, and easements.
- Learn high-level design details for mainline valve assemblies, launchers and receivers, conventional boring, and horizontal directional drilling for crossings.
- Learn measurement devices and flow computation, including relationships among volume, pressure, and temperature.
- Learn measurement and over-pressure protection equipment, including meters, regulators, relief and slam-shut valves, and rupture disks.
- Learn about gas quality equipment, heating value, and Southern Star’s gas quality tariff.
- Learn high-level design and fabrication of meter and regulation skids in accordance with federal regulations and considerations for safety, constructability, and maintenance.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Competitively paid internship
- Paid company holidays
- Potential taxable housing stipend for qualifying candidates located beyond a reasonable driving distance from the assigned work location
- Potential eligibility for full-time employment after successful completion of the internship program
- Medical
- Vision
- Dental
- Supplemental life insurance
- Dependent life insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Wellness programs
- Service awards
- Educational reimbursement
- Fitness reimbursement
- Holidays
- Paid time off
- Parental and maternity leave
- 401(k)
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Career Level
Intern
