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Summer 2025 Intern Program: Substation Engineering and Design NY
National Grid
Design
Syracuse, NY, USA · Syracuse, NY, USA · New York, NY, USA
Posted on Jan 21, 2025
Find what makes you Superpowered. Become a 2025 Gridtern.
As we help clear the path to a greener future, we need to ensure our people continue to power our progress. The world of energy is changing faster than ever!
Our Gridtern Program provides current college students the ability to gain practical experience within the energy industry. Your summer will start with us on May 27, 2025, and will be filled with meaningful work experiences, professional development, networking, opportunities to get involved in your community and most importantly, have fun!
So, join National Grid and be a part of something bigger—where your unique skills and passions can make a real difference. Together, we are superpowered.
What You'll Do
Our Substation Engineering and Design team is responsible for implementing all substation projects in our Upstate NY service area. These projects range from substation upgrades to allow for renewable generation to connect to the system, to new substations to strengthen our transmission system, and more. For the summer you will work closely with other engineers in this group to support them on various aspects of our engineering and design process. You will also have the opportunity to take weekly site visits to different substations in order to gain exposure to different types and vintages of substations and their equipment. You will also help review design prints and together with the site visits, begin to see how our engineering work can come to life and help keep our customers safely energized.
You will be in Syracuse, NY working in a Hybrid structure for the summer and must be located within a commutable distance to this identified work location.
What You'll Need
- Availability to start on program start date, May 27, 2025
- Registered in school as a full-time student and continuing education full-time for Fall 2025 Semester
- Pursuing a Bachelors, or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering
- Accumulated 18 or more credits and be 18 years of age
- Work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (including CPT & OPT)
- Valid US Driver’s license with a safe driving history that meets National Grid’s Safe Driver policy.
Must reside within our existing footprint, which includes Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont. As a Gridtern, you should also reside within a reasonable, commutable distance to your assigned primary office.
About Us
The world of energy is changing faster than ever. At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. We’re dreamers, big-thinkers, innovators, and builders. We’re shaping the current, to change the future. We know that a clean, fair, and affordable energy future is in our hands. So, we explore with energy, with innovation and technology powering our progress, and helping us to find a better way to deliver energy to all National Grid supplies us with the environment to make it happen – inspiring us, giving us time to recharge and providing a safety net on tougher days. But it’s our people that provide our true superpower. They drive and sustain our growth, their unique differences only making us stronger.
More Information
Salary Range
$20.00 - $23.00 an hour (Undergraduate Student)
$29.00 an hour (Graduate Student)
Candidates will be assessed and provided offers based on major, degree type, and class year. Our Gridtern Program does not offer relocation, housing assistance, or public transportation reimbursement for Gridterns; however, we can provide a list of resources to utilize in making your arrangements.
Applications close on February 5, 2025.
National Grid utilizes an assessment that evaluates the job qualifications/characteristics using AI or statistically based scoring. For more information, please view NYC Local Law 144.
National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience, and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.
Salary
$20.00 - $23.00 an hour (Undergraduate Student)
Candidates will be assessed and provided offers based on major, degree type, and class year. Our Gridtern Program does not offer relocation, housing assistance, or public transportation reimbursement for Gridterns; however, we can provide a list of resources to utilize in making your arrangements.
Please note that as a Gridtern, you must reside within our existing footprint, which includes Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont. You must also reside within a reasonable, commutable distance to your assigned primary office.
National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience, and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.