INTERN - Mechanical Engineering Internship

About the role

Western Farmers Electric Cooperative (WFEC) is recruiting an Engineering junior or senior (preferred) for an internship opportunity. The internship will take place during the summer months (May to August). WFEC's generating facilities are located at Mooreland, Anadarko and Hugo, Oklahoma and Lovington, New Mexico. The cooperative has a total power capacity of more than 2,400 MW (including purchased hydropower), maintains 18 solar farms in Oklahoma (100 kW–5 MW), owns and maintains over 3,800 miles of transmission line serving more than 330 substations, and serves 21 distribution cooperatives in Oklahoma and New Mexico (with service extending into portions of Texas and Kansas) as well as Altus Air Force Base. You will have the opportunity to work on various engineering projects while gaining hands‑on experience and skills to add to your education, and you will enjoy the challenges of working with diverse work teams.

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of an engineer, participate in project work by monitoring, scheduling, and performing project engineering tasks.
• Work with the plants and an engineer to review testing requirements, schedule testing and perform annual SPP and NERC testing on all generating units, while also properly preparing associated reports to document results.
• 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 (North American Electric Reliability Corporation) Audit. This data could consist of drawings, reports, attestations, and other pieces of information that could be used as evidence to show compliance with industry standards.
• Develop a database of reports, information letters, and other material related to each of the Generating Units.
• Assist with the solar site work as needed.
• Prepare a final presentation which will be presented to Generation Staff on what you learned over the internship prior to its conclusion.

Requirements

• Full‑time student at a college or university
• Declared Mechanical Engineering major
• Junior or senior standing preferred

Qualifications

Requires a current driver's license.

Skills

• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel and PowerPoint preferred
• 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

Pay

The hourly rate offered for this internship will be based off student classification.

Schedule

The internship will take place during the summer months (May to August).