Power Intern

About the role

As an HDR Power Intern, you can contribute to active utility projects and see how engineering ideas become infrastructure that generates, transmits, and delivers electricity. Our Power Market spans engineering design work for power generation, hydropower, substations, protection and controls, transmission and distribution, renewable energy, energy storage, grid modernization, environmental services, power-system planning and owner's engineering. You may visit project sites, use industry design software, prepare calculations and drawings, and collaborate across disciplines while building practical experience and exploring where your engineering career could take you.

Responsibilities

• Support substation physical design including layouts, drawing development and markups, equipment specifications, material selections and procurement activities
• Assist with equipment layouts, grounding, lightning protection, conduit and cable plans, and station service AC/DC calculations
• Support multidiscipline power delivery engineering including civil and structural engineering (site development, grading and drainage, geotechnical and survey coordination, oil containment, foundations and steel design)
• Assist electrical engineers with power system studies, equipment selection, grounding, lighting and shielding, cable and raceway design, and electrical calculations
• Contribute to renewable integration, technical specifications, procurement support, design standards, and multidisciplinary drawing and model coordination
• Support protection and control design including one-lines, wiring diagrams, control schematics, relay and control panel details, and AC/DC system calculations
• Support combined-cycle and hydropower projects involving electrical, mechanical, civil and structural design for new facilities, upgrades and rehabilitation
• Help prepare calculations, drawings, equipment layouts, specifications and technical documentation while coordinating across engineering disciplines
• Take meaningful ownership of calculations, design deliverables and project tasks, not just observation, while gaining field or site exposure when project opportunities allow
• Learn from experienced mentors, connect with recent graduates and company leaders, explore multiple engineering career paths, and strengthen your technical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate Engineering program
• Attention to detail
• Possess strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Basic Microsoft Office skills
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture

Preferred qualifications

• Two years completed toward a degree and a 3.0 or higher GPA
• Familiarity with engineering software such as Bentley, Autodesk, MicroStation, AutoCAD, Revit, Civil 3D or similar 2D/3D/BIM tools; exposure to power-system analysis software is a plus
• Preference given to local candidates