SCADA Engineer Intern

Urban Grid, a leading independent power producer, facilitates a rapid and sustainable energy transition by developing high-quality renewable energy projects, fostering community partnerships, and serving as a good land steward. Our company is positioned to own and operate its facilities while cultivating a land management system that benefits farmers, communities, and the natural world through agrivoltaics. Urban Grid maintains a delivery-focused approach with the goal of being a good neighbor, corporate citizen, and trusted energy solutions partner. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with teams situated strategically throughout the United States, Urban Grid has a long history of contributing to the clean energy economy. In addition to 940 megawatts currently under construction, we are actively developing a growing portfolio of more than 12,000 megawatts of solar PV and 7,000 megawatts of co-located and stand-alone energy storage. To learn more, please visit www.UrbanGridSolar.com.

 Urban Grid is a portfolio company of Brookfield. one of the world’s largest owners and operators of renewable power and climate transition assets.

Urban Grid is looking for a motivated SCADA Engineer Intern to assist the Engineering Department. The SCADA Intern will be involved with learning and executing roles for aspects of utility-scale solar projects related to SCADA, including project documentation, scheduling, process documentation, project controls, project coordination, etc. This internship offers a valuable opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the solar industry and contribute to meaningful projects throughout the United States.  Grid is seeking a self-managed team-player with excellent technical skills to support projects from development to the beginning of construction.

This is a paid internship that will start on or around June 2, 2025, with an end date of August 8, 2025.

During the 10-week program, interns will participate in virtual, company-wide and department meetings, virtual monthly Friday lunch & learn trainings and a culminating group presentation on your overall internship experience. The program is structured to provide exposure to careers in renewable energy, best practices in internal communications as part of a remote/ hybrid team and best of all, the opportunity to work and support a team of professionals who are experts in their field.

Responsibilities

• Attend project calls, take meeting notes, and update teams
• Manage project documentation and assist the SCADA Project Management team in documentation control
• Assist with the planning and coordination of SCADA Projects
• Assist in the management of project schedules
• Provide status reports to the project managers
• Assist the project managers with tracking of tasks and project deliverables
• Act as a coordinator of information between SCADA Engineering and Networking teams
• Interface directly with internal project stakeholders to collect project documentation; stakeholders may include, engineering, admin, O&M, and field personnel
• Assist with process improvement within the Operations Technology Services (OTS) department
• Coordinate and organizing meetings between stakeholders, managing meeting minutes, action items, RFI’s, change requests
• Support a culture of continuous improvement and look for opportunities to improve processes and manage projects more efficiently
• Other duties assigned.

Location

This position will be in our Houston, TX Headquarters working a Hybrid 3 days a week in the office/ 2 days remote. Position will require a trip to one of the project sites VA.

Candidate to work full-time hours Monday - Friday during the summer duration of the internship.

• Recent graduate or in the last year of a degree in Business Management, Electrical Engineering, Renewable Energy, or similar fields. Project management courses or experience preferred but not required. Similar schooling or work experience may replace degree.
• A strong interest in renewable energy and desire to learn about SCADA and the solar industry.
• Very strong communication skills and ability to effectively communicate information between many parties in an efficient and professional manner
• Analytical, detail-oriented, and highly organized
• Experience working on projects within multidisciplinary teams preferred.
• General knowledge of SCADA system design, setup, commissioning and support (desired but not required)
• Experience working with schedule software including but not limited to Oracle P6 and/or Microsoft Project
• Proficient use of Microsoft office tools including but not limited to Word, Excel, Outlook, Sharepoint, Power BI
• Experience using task management tools including but not limited to; MS Teams, Smartsheet, Asana, Jira or others.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Interns will receive 24 hours of PTO, 2 paid holidays and a $60 monthly cell phone reimbursement during their internship.