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**Position Title** : Distribution System Engineer Intern – Union Power Cooperative

Location** **: 1525 N Rocky River Road, Monroe, NC 28110

**Summary Description:** The Distribution System Engineer Intern will work at a distribution cooperative alongside their staff to learn job tasks that bring the classroom learning to life. Prior job experiences include data analysis and reporting, equipment maintenance and installation, new powerline staking, warehouse operations, and work planning, communications, and system protection relay coordination and high-level programming.

**Academic and Trade Qualifications:** Pursuing an Electrical Engineering degree with a desire to problem solve. Ideally the student should be entering their Junior or Senior level course work. Experience with Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (Access and VBA a plus). Able to work in normal office and outdoor conditions. Perform well both individually and within a team. Able to be responsible for a project from start to finish.

**Work Experience:** Experience working in an office environment is desirable.

Responsibilities:

+ Meet with member EMC to discuss project assignments, milestones, and deadlines.

+ Work under the supervision of a member EMC staff member to complete project assignments.

+ Collect firmware version for approximately 125 relays.

+ Analyze firmware version data, determine out-of-date versions, and develop a plan to update the relays.

+ Develop a relay test plan for approximately 30 protective relays and develop a plan to perform field testing.

+ Participate in firmware updating and field testing of protective relays.

+ Participate in the development of switching procedures.

+ Interact with the Engineering & Operations staff for guidance and direction on plan development for relay updates and testing.

+ Developing professional skills.

**Job Knowledge:** A basic knowledge of the electric utility industry is desirable. An understanding of overcurrent protection principles is desirable. Must know engineering economy principles.

Abilities and Skills:

+ Must be able to effectively prepare written reports, memos, and correspondence and be able to communicate effectively with others.

+ A detailed working knowledge about the use of personal computers is necessary, including software applications.

+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is required.

+ Strong communication skills with an emphasis on developing presentations and reports.

Relationships and Contacts:

+ External Relationships: Intern will work directly with the EnergyUnited team who will coordinate projects and assignments.

+ Reports to: North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives Manager of Grid Infrastructure who will be the liaison to the intern during his/her work onsite at the cooperative.

Working Conditions:

Daily commuting to member EMC office. Work location will be either a normal office conditions or outdoors. Personal Protection Equipment and steel toe boots will be provided.

**Company Profile** **:** North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives (http://ncemcs.com/about/ncemc.htm) is the brand for the family of organizations formed to support the state’s 26 local electric cooperatives, including: North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation, the power supplier to many of the electric cooperatives; North Carolina Association of Electric Cooperatives, the cooperatives’ trade association; and Tarheel Electric Membership Association, Inc. (TEMA), a central purchasing and materials- supply cooperative.

_North_ _Carolina_ _Electric_ _Membership_ _Corporation_ _provides_ _equal_ _employment_ _opportunities_ _(EEO)_ _to_ _all_ _applicants_ _for_ _employment._

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.

For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.