Job Title: Student Intern, System Planning

Work Location: North Fort Myers, FL

Hours: Tuesday - 5 hours per day, Wednesday - Friday 8 hours per day.

This is a temporary 3-4 month paid internship. LCEC employee benefits are not available to interns in this position.

LCEC provides reliable, cost-competitive electricity to more than 245,000 members throughout a five-county service territory located in Southwest Florida. We employ approximately 460 skilled employees and are one of more than 900 electric distribution cooperatives located throughout the United States. LCEC has been recognized locally and statewide as an industry leader and continually receives acknowledgment for the work that our employees do in the community along with other civic, environmental and professional honors.

Position Summary: This position will assist System Planning personnel on job responsibilities such as retrieving data from BI for load forecast and phase balancing. Intern gets to learn what and why we do what we do in System Planning.

Position Responsibilities:

• Extract data from BI for feeder forecast and phase balancing.
• Perform first phase of the process for PV application review.
• Perform schematic review for PV applications.
• Perform phase balancing analysis.
• Collect data for distribution transformers impedances to calculate average impedance by size.
• Collect and analyze data to develop load diversity factors.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Student pursuing an electrical engineering degree regardless of year in electrical engineering program. (Required)
• Junior in electrical engineering program. (Preferred)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Self-directed work ethic.
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.

Physical Demands and Working Environment: The physical demands and working environment characteristics described here must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical Demands: Standing Occasionally,
  Walking Occasionally,
  Sitting Constantly,
  Lifting Rarely,
  Carrying Rarely,
  Pushing Rarely,
  Pulling Rarely,
  Climbing Rarely,
  Balancing Rarely,
  Stooping Rarely,
  Kneeling Rarely,
  Crouching Rarely,
  Crawling Rarely,
  Reaching Rarely,
  Handling Occasionally,
  Grasping Occasionally,
  Feeling Rarely,
  Talking Constantly,
  Hearing Constantly,
  Repetitive Motions Frequently,
  Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Frequently.

• Working Environment: Frequently Air-conditioned office environment, Rarely Extreme cold, Rarely Extreme heat, Rarely Humidity, Rarely Wet, Occasionally Noise, Rarely Hazards, Rarely Temperature Change, Rarely Atmospheric Conditions, Rarely Vibration.

Please note that at the time a candidate is made a job offer, the candidate will be subject to a background check and a drug screening.

Required Skills

Required Experience

• High School diploma/GED required.
• 1-2 years relevant experience required.
• Must be able to occasionally use clutch.

Work Environment : Warehouse/Field setting; minimal temperature environment

Travel : Not Applicable

FLSA : Non-Exempt