Fall 2025 - Operation Technology & Strategy - Engineering/Data Science - Student Internship/Co-op

Power up a career with us. Our people are our greatest investments. 

Be the light to help us keep our customers connected.  If you are interested in a career and not just a position, Tampa Electric is the place to be! Tampa Electric offers competitive pay, a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for growth and development in a friendly and professional work environment. We embrace diversity and the inclusion of all. We believe our differences, unique perspectives and talents are our strengths and integral to the success of our company.

We’re honored to serve approximately 780,000 customers across West Central Florida and safely provide them with clean, affordable and reliable electricity. We’ve been doing it for more than 100 years, and there’s so much more ahead.  

Join our team of energy experts as we build on that legacy through innovation, continued solar investments, cost-effective and sustainable energy solutions all while keeping top-notch customer service at the center of all we do. 

Tampa Electric is a subsidiary of Emera Inc., a family of energy companies which also includes TECO Peoples Gas and New Mexico Gas Company. Emera provides energy to residential and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, with career opportunities available in all of these locations.

The TECO Energy Internship & Cooperative Education Program offers college degree-seeking students the opportunity for professional growth while meeting the business needs of the company. The program is an extension of the educational process, providing practical experience to complement formal classroom work. The co-op program recruits students from colleges to give them an opportunity to work in a professional environment related to their field of study.

 

Position Summary/Details:

The Operation Technology and Strategy (OT&S) group is responsible for several critical aspects related to grid edge operations, project management, and data standardization. In this role, you will delve into grid edge data, identifying trends and leveraging these insights to enhance our existing business processes. Specifically working in Power BI to develop functional tools for business units as well as working in Snowflake SQL to interact with our database and retrieve the necessary data to support business tools.

 

Accountabilities: As a successful candidate for our POSITION, you would:

• Perform actions typically associated with data analytics, including but not limited to gathering, cleaning, organizing, presenting, and interpreting data in Snowflake, Power BI and Microsoft office.
• Understand and document data lineage, flows and processes.
• Learn unfamiliar tools and concepts for various applications.

 

Physical Location of Co-op:  TECO HQ: Specific Work Location Will Be Confirmed Prior to Starting 

Working Conditions:  Mostly in a normal office environment

Preferred Availability: Full-time (40 hours), Part – Time (30 – 40 hours) or Part – Time (20-30 hours)

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:  

The successful applicant should be enrolled in an accredited university as a college undergraduate or a graduate level post-secondary educational program in a related discipline.

Co-Op Requirements:

• To qualify as a co-op student, enrollment in the university’s co-op program (proof of enrollment required); if not eligible for co-op program (or program unavailable), the student will be considered an intern.
• A minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is required.

Degree: Engineering or Data Science

Preferred/Related Discipline: Any standard Engineering or data related disciplines.

Year in School: Junior or Senior, or Graduate student.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• MS Office
•  Programming experience in SQL, Python, C or similar
• Microsoft Power Platform

 

Emera Leadership Competencies: