Western Farmers Electric Cooperative · 15 hours ago
INTERN - Electric Utility Engineering Internship
Moore,OK,US
Internship
Onsite
InternWestern Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC) is recruiting an Engineering junior or senior for an internship opportunity at their offices in Moore, Oklahoma. The role involves assisting engineers with various tasks related to the construction and upgrading of transmission lines and substations, providing a valuable opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the engineering field.
Electrical DistributionEnergy
Responsibilities
Under the direction of an engineer, participate in project work by monitoring, scheduling, and performing project engineering tasks
Assist Transmission Switch and Substation design engineering in relation to construction of new as well as upgrading existing stations and components within the stations
Transmission Line design engineers with construction and upgrading of new and existing transmission lines
Assist Transmission Protection and Control engineering in relation to protection and controls on the transmission system
Participates in and completes assigned duties regarding protection and control studies with members of the engineering team
Assists with real-time studies to maintain system operating limits in compliance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards
Assists in Planning studies which include power flow, transient stability, short-circuit, contingency analysis, generation dispatch, and others to determine the feasibility of interconnections, planned transmission upgrades, generation additions, facilities necessary to accommodate Southwest Power Pool (SPP) transmission service requests, generation interconnection requests, and others as needed
Assist in the reviewing of design prints
Provide end of summer presentation covering items that you have learned
Assist in organizing our document control area; this consists of reviewing drawings and filing those drawings in the appropriate areas
Assist in developing technical specifications for projects
Assist in the short-term and long-term project planning process
Assist in gathering, analyzing, and reviewing data in preparation for a NERC Audit. This data could consist of drawings, reports, attestations, and other pieces of information that could be used as evidence to show our compliance with industry standards
Assist Transmission engineering personnel with projects related to field work such as surveying, staking jobs and taking detailed field notes
Qualification
Required
Must be a full-time student at a college or university with a declared Electrical or Civil Engineering major
Requires a current driver's license
Excellent written and oral communications skills
Ability to research, organize and report using traditional resources as well as the internet
Analytical skills
Must be organized, efficient and able to multitask
Self-directed project management skills are a plus
Must meet all physical and environmental requirements
Preferred
Proficiency in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Company
Western Farmers Electric Cooperative
Western Farmers Electric Cooperative is a member of Touchstone Energy the national brand for the electric cooperatives around the US.
Founded in 1941
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
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