Graduate (Year-Round) Intern – Techno-Economic Impacts
About The Position
The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) is seeking a graduate intern with experience in life cycle assessment and/or economics and finance to contribute to its Wind Energy Impacts and End of Service Technical Assistance project. This work will focus on improving access to information about planning for the processing of energy project components while advancing community preparedness through community-focused research/analysis. Specific tasks that the successful candidate may work on include: Research and analysis to evaluate the economic, job, and workforce impacts of wind of wind component processing and critical mineral recovery under varying timelines and scenarios Research and analysis to identify current domestic processors and estimated capacity Research and analysis to understand local impacts from increased deployment of new processing facilities and/or infrastructure Research into life cycle assessment of component dependent processing approaches For these tasks, processing generally refers to the recycling, repurposing, and/or landfilling of project components/infrastructure after a project’s lifetime and/or during component replacement. The successful candidate may support several projects, including conducting data collection through direct outreach to and/or desktop research about processing facilities, approaches and impacts to local communities, analyzing and/or modeling critical mineral and material recovery potential under different decommissioning scenarios.
Requirements
- Minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.
- Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a master’s degree program from an accredited institution.
- Earned a master’s degree within the past 12 months.
- Eligible for an internship period of up to one year.
- Completed master’s degree and enrolled as PhD student from an accredited institution.
- Demonstrated skills in stakeholder engagement and interviewing
- Strong technical communication skills
- Prior experience applying research, methodologies, or frameworks for life cycle assessment
- Demonstrated financial analysis skills
- Demonstrated ability to work well within a team and independently with guidance from staff
Responsibilities
- Conducting outreach to component processors and other industry related subject matter experts
- Developing resources and information material to support knowledge sharing between stakeholders
- Assisting in writing quality reports analyzing various component processing scenarios
- Conducting job and workforce analysis for various component processing scenarios
- Supporting modeling and analysis on critical mineral and material recovery, collaborating with other researchers across NLR as appropriate
- Leveraging engagement and analysis skills to gather stakeholder input related to component processing impacts
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 403(b) Employee Savings Plan with employer match
- sick leave (where required by law)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
