Transmission Energy Systems Analysis - College Intern

Requisition ID: 83168

NextEra Energy Resources is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun, and a world leader in battery storage. We provide energy-related products and services that grow our economy, protect the environment, support our communities and help customers meet their energy needs. We are leading the decarbonization of the U.S. economy with our goal to reach Real Zero carbon emissions from our operations by 2045 while improving customer affordability and reliability. Are you interested in creating a cleaner environment for future generations? Join our world-class, innovative team today.

Position Specific Description

Is creating a sustainable future important to you? NextEra Energy is using advanced grid planning techniques to develop the grid of tomorrow—come join our world-class team today!

Position Specific Description

The Energy Systems Analyst Intern for the Transmission Fundamentals Team will collaborate with other team members to design and build a unique software tool to look beyond the existing planning processes to identify and evaluate the transmission and generation needs of the future grid, and then design projects to meet those needs.

This position is part of a team performing technical modeling and analysis to identify, evaluate, and support development of new opportunities on the transmission system. Our goal is to identify opportunities where others have not—and get them built!

We highly value knowledge of grid planning and operations, developing novel analysis approaches or tools, and working with diverse geospatial and time-series data.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with colleagues to create new analysis tools and models to identify, design, and evaluate new transmission and generation projects
• Identify enhancements to state-of-the-art tools to better identify optimal transmission opportunities from the analysis of a multitude of scenarios and sensitivities
• Collaborate with internal and external Subject Matter Experts to arrive at the most cost-effective and competitive transmission solutions
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Power systems knowledge
• Experience in data analysis and modeling
• Experience with power flow or production cost modeling software
• Knowledge of transmission and renewable energy generation
• Familiarity with Python
  
  

Job Overview

To be considered for an internship, you must be actively enrolled at a college or university as a full-time student seeking a bachelor’s degree or higher. You must also have a current cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher (on a 0.00 to 4.00 scale).

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Assists department with assigned projects
• Completes challenging projects and assignments
• Presents final project to senior leadership at the end of the internship
• Assumes responsibility for own travel, lodging, and transportation necessary to be available for the program
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned
  
  

Required Qualifications

• High school grad / GED
• Maintain active enrollment in a Bachelor or higher degree program
• Maintain cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• None
  
  

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Non Exempt

Employee Type: Intern

Job Category: Intern

Organization: NextEra Energy Transmission, LLC

Relocation Provided: No

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