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Electric Substation engineering Business Operations Intern

CompanyPacific Gas And Electric Company
LocationWest Sacramento
Work ModeOn Site
PostedApril 17, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
The intern will support Substation Engineering by managing project workflows, coordinating team events, and analyzing data to drive process efficiency. They will also participate in stakeholder meetings and contribute to capital investment planning and load growth initiatives.
Internship Type
full time
Salary Range
$25 - $30
Company Size
23224
Visa Sponsorship
No
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largest combination natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco, the company is a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation. There are approximately 20,000 employees who carry out Pacific Gas and Electric Company's primary business—the transmission and delivery of energy. The company provides natural gas and electric service to approximately 15 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in northern and central California. Fast Facts * Service area stretches from Eureka in the north to Bakersfield in the south, and from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Sierra Nevada in the east * 141,215 circuit miles of electric distribution lines and 18,616 circuit miles of interconnected transmission lines * 42,141 miles of natural gas distribution pipelines and 6,438 miles of transportation pipelines * 5.1 million electric customer accounts * 4.3 million natural gas customer accounts
About the Role

Requisition ID # 171165 

Job Category: Administrative / Clerical 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Strategy & Growth

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: West Sacramento

 

 

Department Overview

 

Electric Substation Engineering is responsible for resilient and reliable design for the Substation system, including the electrical and civil engineering elements.

 

Position Summary

 

PG&E is seeking an undergraduate student to be a member of the Electric Engineering organization, reporting directly to the Senior Director of Electric Transmission Engineering and matrixed to the Business Operations Principle for the team.

This role will focus primarily on supporting Substation Engineering, with various projects that support the broader organization and cross-functional partners to drive visibility and efficiency in our processes. This will be a high-visibility role, participating in daily meetings with the Sr. Director and working on team-wide initiatives.

PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job.  The actual hourly rate paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity.

The hourly rate for this position ranges from $24.52 to $29.81 

 

Responsibilities

 

Support special projects that include but are not limited to:

  • Developing a strategy and implementation plan for managing project workflows for our 2026 capital investment work plan and 2027 planning.
  • Supporting beneficial load growth initiatives.
  • Take a leading role in coordinating events and opportunities for interns across Substation Engineering,
  • Improving the reliability of our customers’ electric service
    • Participate in meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
    • Extract and analyze data from various PG&E systems, aggregating and synthesizing to formulate findings and recommendations.
    • The successful intern will have the opportunity to lead and/or support activities as described above. Additionally, the intern will gain knowledge of the larger Electric Engineering organization through the work they will be performing.

 

 

 

Qualifications

 

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Qualified candidates are pursuing an undergraduate degree in Engineering, Business, Policy, Project/Program Management, or related field at an accredited University
  • Students must be continuing their education towards their degree during and/or after the internship in a full-time capacity

 

Desired:

  • 3.0 GPA or greater in both cumulative GPA and major GPA
  • Engineering experience in utilities, municipalities, construction, or engineering consultation
  • Leadership and executive communication experience.
  • Ability to work in a team environment and support fellow team members
  • Excellent written (technical report writing, email, presentations, dashboards/summaries of key takeaways) and oral (phone and in-person) communication skills, including technical writing and presentations
  • Strong attention to detail, ensure consistency across concepts, be careful about details and thorough in completing work tasks.
  • Takes initiative and can work independently with minimal direction, escalating when appropriate to get work done in a timely manner.
  • Knowledge of the Microsoft Suite applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and others.

 

 

PG&E is unable to provide VISA sponsorship to students on an F-1, J-1 or other student visa for this position.

Key Skills
Project managementData analysisTechnical writingCommunicationMicrosoft Office SuiteStrategic planningProcess improvementLeadershipStakeholder managementEngineering principlesPresentation skillsAttention to detailProblem solvingTeam collaborationData synthesis
Categories
EngineeringEnergyAdministrativeManagement & Leadership