Find what makes you Superpowered. Become a 2025 Gridtern.

As a Summer Intern (Gridtern Program), you will be fully immersed in 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!

Intern responsibilities will vary based upon your area of interest and department placement. Applying to this opportunity confirms your interest in being considered for one or more of the below departments for summer 2025:

Combustion Turbine (Holtsville, NY)

Our Combustion Turbine team is responsible for the operation and maintenance of our Electricity Generation Operations fleet of Gas Turbine and Diesel generating units on Long Island. As a Gridtern, you will provide engineering support to the Combustion Turbine Operations and Maintenance staff and will review unit operation performance summaries to aid in targeting equipment maintenance requirements. You will also develop an overall familiarity of both aero derivative and heavy-duty industrial gas turbines used in power generation applications.

Controls & Compliance (Melville, NY)

Our Controls and Compliance team supports the Gas Field Operation team with all compliance aspects in downstate New York. We ensure compliance and rate case requirements are successfully implemented and sustained within the operations organization. As a Gridtern, you will partake in editing and updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), you will review the Gas Business Enablement (GBE) compliance report to prepare for the GBE salesforce solution in NYC in October 2025. You will also monitor and report on Work Flow Manager (WFM) orders that impact compliance related reporting, review existing reports for NYC and LI and identify opportunities to convert to Power BI, and you will participate in our DEI Council.

Customer Connection Equipment Engineering - NY (Melville, NY)

Our Customer Connection Equipment team is responsible for developing and implementing the strategy to maintain the integrity of our customer connection assets. These assets include gas meters, communication modules, service regulators, and other above ground equipment for over 2.5M customers throughout New York state. As a Gridtern, you will perform basic or standard engineering assessments using large amounts of data on our connection equipment assets and analyzing historical trends to validate the risk mitigation strategy.

Customer Process Improvement (Melville, NY)

Our Customer Process Improvement team identifies the root cause of issues and designs process changes to improve cost, quality, and throughput for our customer facing, backend and the digital spaces. As a Gridtern, you will learn how to find and then fix process issues (including obtaining LCS 1A certification in Lean problem solving.) You will also support data analysis, process health measurement, and value stream mapping to help identify problems and will work together with experienced Process Improvement Managers and Leads to design, test and implement improvements.

Distribution Engineering LI (Brightwaters, NY)

Our Distribution Engineering team is responsible for the design and management of gas infrastructure upgrades for the natural gas distribution system within the Long Island region. Our team primarily designs and manages gas main replacement projects as part of New York's Department of Public Service mandated programs. As a Gridtern within Distribution Engineering team, you will be primarily tasked with developing and implementing a future strategy for phased / large scale community centric main replacement projects. You will assist engineers in their daily tasks, experience the designed work be constructed in the field, and develop a greater understanding of the utility business.

Gas Asset Management Engineering - (Melville, NY)

Our Gas Asset Management Engineering team is responsible for maintaining the integrity of over 400 regulating stations in Downstate New York. We manage the development of Pressure Regulation station capital projects based on risk assessment and regulatory requirements from inception through design and completion. As a Gridtern, you will assist the Engineers in identifying and formulating strategic objectives specific to gas pressure regulation to drive change, improve reliability, manage risk, meet regulatory obligations, and deliver customer satisfaction at optimum cost.

Gas Investment Planning (Melville, NY)

Our Gas Investment Planning team is responsible for organizing, developing, and analyzing the annual ten-year/twenty-year capital plan. As a Gridtern, you will be working on updating our 10-year Capital Planning database, you will learn C55 (a project management tool) and you will create reports in Excel and Power BI.

Gas Pipeline Safety and Compliance (Melville, NY)

Our Compliance Performance Oversight team falls within the Gas Pipeline Safety and Compliance department. This team serves as the second line insurance to make sure our gas pipeline work stays in compliance with regulatory requirements. In addition, this team also conducts control testing, deliver step changes in our compliance performance through 1st and 2nd lines of assurance while providing oversight on programs to the GBU to remediate noncompliance. As a Gridtern, you will work closely with team members to ensure best practice program, portfolio, and project governance and controls are set in place and maintained. Additionally, with the use of data analysis, you will work with and support project owners, to drive and challenge delivery to ensure that their projects are delivered on time, cost, and quality and that business benefit realization is managed.

Gas Transmission Engineering (Melville, NY)

Our Gas Transmission Engineering team provides the expertise and engineering to oversee National Grid's Gas Transmission System via the principles of asset management. We are responsible for approximately 1000 miles of high-pressure natural gas pipelines; and we must evaluate and balance cost, risk, and performance over the lifecycle of our assets. As a Gridtern, you will partake in design review, strategy and planning, decision making, management of change, data gathering, risk analysis, and code compliance for gas transmission pipelines. In addition - you will participate in site visits to ongoing capital projects (construction of new gas mains) and inspection of existing mains (pigging and digging.)

Generation (Northport, NY)

Our Generation Team supplies the energy needs reliably and safely of the Grid and operates with the bounds of our contract with the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA). Our Northport Power Station can supply 1600 MWN to the Electric System by the means of 4 large GE Steam Turbine Generators. As a Gridtern, you will assist the plant management team in reviewing operations logs from the previous shift, assist in the prioritizing and planning of maintenance activities and support in overall plant troubleshooting.

Generation (Port Jefferson, NY)

Our Generation team operates and maintains steam turbine/generators, gas turbine/generators, and diesel generators in support of the Long Island Power Authority and PSEGLI demands. At Port Jefferson, our team operates and maintains 2 steam turbine/generators capable of producing 180 Megawatts each. As a Gridtern, you will be responsible for tracking daily unit heat rate information, analyzing potential efficiencies, and learning the plant systems.

Generation - Maintenance Services Department (Island Park, NY)

Our Generation - Maintenance Services Team provides maintenance activity on Generation turbines, generators and boilers. This includes minor repairs to major overhauls. Our group is comprised of welders/structural specialists, mechanics, electricians, control and relay techs, machinists, a cranes group. Supporting the field work are engineers, foremen, supervisors and engineering managers. As a Gridtern, you will attend daily meetings and produce reports on activity observed. You will also develop plans for equipment repairs and will need to be prepared to present on various topics (safety, repair methods) to a group.

Lab and Testing (Hicksville, NY)

Our Materials Testing Lab team serves three functions for the gas side of our company: new material testing, failure analysis and research and development support. All new materials go through the lab for vigorous evaluation before the company can buy them. As a Gridtern, you will assist with database management, documenting field demonstrations of new technology used in the field and writing user guides for tools that are developed in the lab.

NY Gas Control US (Melville, NY)

Our Gas Control team ensures that natural gas is delivered to our customers in a safe, reliable, and efficient manner through robust safety protocols and procedures. As a Gridtern, you will work on various tasks to support the Control Room, some of which will include the following: using gas usage data to predict asset behavior during peak and non-peak periods, benchmarking/testing SCADA hardware and software, Gas Control Operator Hub creation (web-based tool for any Operator to find any and all resources needed to do their jobs.)

Pressure Regulation Gas Process and Engineering (Melville, NY)

Our LNG/CNG engineering team is responsible for the engineering, design, and technical oversight during construction of projects for LNG and CNG assets, in the NY operating territories. This includes equipment (pumps, compressors, vaporizers, instrumentation, and control systems) that ensures the safe and reliable operation of these facilities. As a Gridtern, you will assist with engineering design, project documentation, supporting field activities (such as site visits, inspections, or testing), participating in team meetings and discussions as well as conducting research and literature reviews.

Resource Scheduling and Coordination (Melville, NY)

The Resource Scheduling and Coordination team is responsiblefor creating and maintaining schedules for the Supervisors and Managers of our Field Operations teams (Field force). The team manages weekly reports to ensure that the right field technicians are assigned to the proper areas to complete assigned work. For the summer, you will be assisting the team in streamlining reporting for future automation of data and maintaining reports to stakeholders.

Technical Renewable Services (Northport, NY)

Our Technical Renewable Services (TRS) team handles the medium/high voltage support and relay protection for LI Generation servicing both Steam Generating and the Combustion Turbine Divisions. TRS also supports maintenance and repair at two Battery Energy Storage Sites (BESS) and the Calverton Solar Site operating on Long Island. Our goal is help supply clean reliable electric energy to the Long Island communities. As a Gridtern, you will work on various electric related projects that support TRS's efforts, this would include facility improvements, work task management, safety processes, and procedural review.

US Electric Software Engineering (Hicksville, NY)

The US Electric Software Engineering team builds software to solve problems and improve efficiency for the US electric business. We are a team of front end, back end, and data engineers who work closely with product managers and designers to build the best experience for our users. As a Gridtern, you will be on a product team and will attend daily scrum meetings, pair programming with other engineers, merging code to the repository and will review other team members' code.

What You'll Need

• Availability to start on program start date, May 27, 2025, and work full-time (40 hours a week) throughout your duration of the summer
• Registered in school as a full-time student and continuing education full-time for Fall 2025 Semester
• Pursuing a Bachelor's, or Master's degree
• Majoring in in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Sustainability, Environmental Science, Computer Science, Physics, Business, Marketing, Design, Accounting, Public Relations, Communications, Finance, Economics, Math, Data Analytics or a related field
• 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)
• Some Gridtern positions will require a valid US Driver's license with a safe driving history that meets National Grid's Safe Driver policy. This qualification will be included in the department specific Gridtern role(s) descriptions at point of interview

At National Grid, we are Superpowered!

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. So join us, and power the future of energy. Find what makes you Superpowered.

More Information

Salary Range
$22.00 - $28.00 an hour (Undergraduate Student)
$28.00 - $34.00 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.

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.

Applications close on October 13, 2024

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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.