Intern, Utilities Distribution
Posted on: 11 Dec 2025
IOWA CITY, IA
Job Description
What You Can Expect
Our Distribution Intern, based at the University of Iowa campus, will collaborate closely with our Distribution staff. The Distribution Group oversees the maintenance of various systems, including cabling, network controls, metering, piping, pumping, substations, tunnels, and vaults that collectively form the distribution systems. The intern will play a vital role in tasks related to material inventory tracking and installed inventory, utilizing a range of computer programs.
We are actively seeking an intern available for 15-20 hours per week during the semester, with the potential for additional hours during summer or school breaks. Our operational hours are from 7 am to 3:30 pm, and we offer flexibility within this timeframe for start and end times.
On a daily basis, you will collaborate with our Distribution Planner, participating in diverse tasks such as data analysis, modeling, and making recommendations for enhancing system designs, operational procedures, preventative maintenance programs, purchasing, and record-keeping systems. The role is adaptable, allowing for customization of internship tasks and projects based on your current level of experience or intended specialization. This internship provides a valuable opportunity to gain hands-on experience in engineering and project coordination.
Internship Objectives:
Learn to independently identify maintenance needs in distribution systems and contact the Distribution Planner to develop corrective work orders
Efficiently develop analyses of distribution systems across campus, and maintain results
Learn how to document and track distribution performance and maintenance needs
Learn how to maintain equipment inventory databases, Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), and ArcGIS
What You’ll Bring
You must be an enrolled student at the University of Iowa
This internship provides an excellent learning opportunity for students exploring career avenues in engineering, operational leadership or various occupations in business administration
Additional Details
This role requires daily attendance at a worksite
Must possess a valid U.S. driver’s license/clean driving record this position requires the safe operation of ENGIE owned vehicles
Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies
Must be able to detect and understand audible alarms, detect changes in noise levels of rotating equipment and portable radio communication
Capable of frequently standing; walking; balancing; sitting; climbing (ladders, stairs, ramps, catwalks and the like as required); kneeling; pushing; pulling; lifting
Capable of performing repetitive motions as required
Must be able to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) including but not limited to half and full-face respirators, fall protection equipment, hardhat, safety shoes, safety glasses, etc.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions
The noise level in the work environment may exceed moderate
ENGIE
Houston, TX
ENGIE North America offers a range of capabilities in the United States and Canada to help customers decarbonize, decentralize, and digitalize their operations. These include comprehensive services to help customers run their facilities more efficiently and optimize energy and other resource use and expense; clean power generation; energy storage; and retail energy supply that includes renewable, demand response, and on-bill financing options. Nearly 100 percent of the company’s power generation portfolio is low carbon or renewable. In 2018, ENGIE recorded €60.6 billion in global revenues ($71.3 billion USD). More than 6,000 employees work in the region, and Houston serves as corporate headquarters. About the businesses:
Retail Electricity
ENGIE is one of the largest non-residential retail electricity suppliers in the United States and currently serves commercial, industrial, and institutional customers in 14 markets. Supplying energy to nearly 50 percent of Fortune 100 companies, ENGIE serves over 89,000 accounts, with an estimated peak load totaling nearly 13,000 MW. The company also offers electricity service to residential and small business customers in 12 U.S. markets under the brand Think Energy®.
Energy Services
Through the integrated facility management and commitment to energy performance improvement of customer facilities, ENGIE offers integrated management solutions—including on-site solar, battery and cogeneration design and installation—that enable clients to focus on their business. The company is a recognized leader in the operation and maintenance of infrastructure including airports, office buildings and industrial sites, as well as a wide range of technical infrastructure. In managing energy expenses and usage, ENGIE has identified more than $4.1 billion in savings for multi-site clients over the last three years and, in working with utilities, delivered nearly $15.4 billion in energy savings for consumers in the last 12 years.
Power Generation
In the United States and Canada, ENGIE owns and/or operates cogeneration, steam, and chilled water facilities, including more than 1,000 MW in the portfolio produced by combined heat and power (CHP) units located within commercial or industrial facilities and using waste heat from an onsite generation system to provide for heating and chilling needs. The North America renewables portfolio consists of wind, solar, and biomass/biogas assets, with a capacity of more than 1,200 MW in operation and another 2,300 MW under construction.
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IndustryEnergy/Utilities
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