Electric Engineering Policy Intern

Requisition ID # 165261 

Job Category: Administrative / Clerical 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Electric Engineering

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

 

 

 

Electric Engineering Policy Intern

Department Overview

Electric T&D Engineering is responsible for resilient and reliable design and technology development for the transmission, substation, and distribution system. Central Design and Estimating, Reliability, T&S Engineering, Compliance and Risk, and Test and Technology Development all report into T&D Engineering.

 

Position Summary

PG&E is seeking an undergraduate student to be a member of the Electric Engineering organization, reporting directly to the VP of Electric Engineering and matrixed to the Chief of Staff for Electric Engineering.

This role will focus primarily on supporting the VP of Electric Engineering and Chief of Staff to the VP on various projects that support the broader organization (Central Design and Estimating, T&S Engineering, Test and Technology Development, and Risk & Compliance).

 

PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job.  The actual hourly rate paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. 

 

The hourly rate for a bachelor’s degree ranges from $19.91 to $29.81.

 

Responsibilities

• Support VP and Chief of Staff with special projects that include but are not limited to:
  • Developing a strategy and implementation plan for influencing regulators
  • Supporting beneficial load growth initiatives
  • Improving the reliability of our customers’ electric service
• Provide summaries and analyses of actions taken by regulatory bodies
• Participate in meetings with internal and external stakeholders, regulators
• Extract and analyze data from various PG&E systems, aggregating and synthesizing to formulate findings and recommendations.
• The successful intern will have the opportunity to lead and/or support activities as described above. Additionally, the intern will gain knowledge of the larger Electric Engineering organization through the work they will be performing.

 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Qualified candidates are pursuing an undergraduate degree in Policy or related field at an accredited University
• Students must be continuing their education towards their degree fulltime during and/or after the internship in a full-time capacity.

Desired:

• 3.0 GPA or greater in both cumulative GPA and major GPA