Are you looking for an exciting job where you can put your skills and talents to work at a company you can feel proud to be a part of? Do you want a workplace that will challenge you and offer you opportunities to learn and grow?  A  position at Xcel Energy could be just what you’re looking for.

Position Summary

This intern will support the Modeling Innovation and Strategy (MIS) which is a new team inside of Integrated System Planning (ISP) whose focus is on modeling and tools improvement.  ISP is a new Xcel Energy system planning organization designed to create mid to long term transmission, generation, distribution and gas plans to help the company achieve its goals of a carbon free system by 2050. 

MIS is specifically focused on the creation of tools and automation to help other areas of the ISP team.  The team is comprised of data scientists and experienced modelers that create stochastic models of our production cost, resource expansion, transmission expansion, gas and distribution models.  The team also deals with the creation of new tech modeling, data pipelining, and integrates with the wider Xcel Energy data community. 

This Internship will be working out of either Minneapolis, MN or Denver, CO and will be full-time during the summer starting May 2025. Potential to continue part-time during the 2025 - 2026 school year

Responsibilities

• Work with the Planning staff to support the Modeling and Analytics team.

• Code Machine Learning Models ETL pipeline and other various computer programing work.

• Help to create a generation model input/output database on our Databricks platform that is accessible to all planning areas of ISP. This information is used to create a data pipeline to automatically create model inputs to replace the current process of spreadsheet manipulation by individual users. 

• Other Databricks/Data Engineering tasks as required.

Requirements

• Enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Data Science or other related field.

• Python and/or other programming languages

• Engineering classes are nice to have but not essential

As a leading combination electricity and natural gas energy company, Xcel Energy offers a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.4 million electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers across eight Western and Midwestern states. At Xcel Energy, we strive to be the preferred and trusted provider of the energy our customers need. If you’re ready to be a part of something big, we invite you to join our team.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to apply please contact us at [email protected].

Non-Bargaining

The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $21.60 to $27.20 per hour

This position is eligible for the following benefits: Spot On Bonus, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Reimbursement Account, Health Care Reimbursement Account, Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA), Transportation Reimbursement Account, Short-term disability (STD), Long-term disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Tuition reimbursement, Transit programs, Employee recognition program, Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays, Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO), Parental Leave

Benefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.

Deadline to Apply: 10/15/24

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