INTERN-GRID

El Paso Electric • Las Cruces, NM

354d • $18 - $20

About The Position

El Paso Electric (EPE) is a regional energy provider that is engaged in generation, transmission, and distribution service to power approximately 460,000 customers in a 10,000-square mile area of the Rio Grande Valley in west Texas and southern New Mexico. We invite you to visit epelectric.com to learn more about EPE and our strategic initiatives. Join our EPE Team, and TOGETHER, we will transform the energy landscape.

Requirements

• Enrolled as a full-time undergraduate college student (12 hours or more) or a full-time graduate college student (9 hours or more) in a 4-year college/university.
• Must be pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Sophomore or Junior level with at least one Power Systems Course preferred.
• Maintain full-time undergraduate or graduate enrollment throughout the duration of the internship.
• Classified as a Sophomore, Junior, Senior or Graduate student.
• Maintain an overall GPA at a minimum of 3.0/4.0 or above.
• Knowledge of various engineering software packages such as ETAP or similar.
• Ability to operate personal computers and various software applications such as Word, Excel, and Access.
• Experience in a mapping or drafting capacity.
• Knowledge of office practices and procedures, computerized record system or database and report generating systems.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with officers, managers, fellow employees, and the general public.
• Ability to maintain a strong sense of propriety concerning confidential matters.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the preparation of weekly and monthly reports and spreadsheets.
• Assists engineers in equipment outage information.
• Assists engineers in verifying distribution system equipment locations and status through field visits.
• Researches outage data related to customer concerns and prepares responses to customers explaining causes of the outages and company efforts to address these problems.
• Assists in data collection and record keeping for the pole inspection program.
• Assists the engineers in data entry for the various system study programs.
• Assists the engineers in data collection and entry for the various maintenance programs.
• Assists engineers in maintaining, updating, and revising the capacitor bank database.
• Assists in maintaining, updating and revising the distribution switch numbering book.
• Assists engineers in compiling and analyzing data for the preparation of fuse coordination studies.

Benefits

• Starting salary: $18.00/hr. - $20.00/hr.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Utilities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees