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Student Intern II (Vacancy) (Temporary)

Part-time

City of Columbus

Columbus, OHPart-time / Temporary$14–23/hrPosted 2 days agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$14–23/hr
Location
Columbus, OH
Role Type
Internship
Schedule
Part-time / Temporary
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The City of Columbus seeks a Student Intern II in the Division of Power’s Engineering Section. Under immediate supervision, the intern provides research and technical support to engineering teams, learns to manage and verify system records using software, and assists with field inspections of power distribution networks and street lighting. The temporary position is limited to 480 hours and is open to people actively enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate program, or a Department of Public Safety cadet program.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

ResearchInformation GatheringInspection AssistanceProgram EvaluationInventory ControlOffice Equipment OperationData VerificationRecordkeepingReport WritingField InspectionsSoftware Systems

Qualifications

Full-Time Program Enrollment or Cadet Program

Full job description

As a Student Intern II within the Engineering Section of the Division of Power, under immediate supervision, you will gain hands-on, practical experience; perform related duties as required. This role provides research and technical support to our core engineering teams, including Customer Development, Smart Lighting, and Substation Engineering. Working under the guidance of engineers and engineering associates, you will learn to manage and verify essential Division of Power (DOP) system records using various software systems. Additionally, you will assist engineering staff with field inspections of power distribution networks and street lighting systems while maintaining organized logs of all project activities and utilizing standard office technology to support daily operations.

This position will be temporary and limited to working 480 hours. (Any one position may not include all of the duties listed, nor do the examples cover all of the duties that may be performed.)

Researches information needed by technicians, professional workers, and administrators by reviewing periodicals, obtaining research materials from libraries, or reviewing technical documents;

Obtains information from citizens, applicants, or public officials; prepares and mails out questionnaires; interviews citizens, applicants, or public officials; summarizes information obtained and draws conclusions for review by supervisors;

Files periodicals, maps, reports, studies, contracts, and other data; collects printed materials;

Assists technicians and professionals in conducting various types of inspections and investigations and in the performance of other technical duties;

Assists in improving current operating procedures, conducting program evaluations, coordinating various programs and short-term projects, and maintaining inventory control systems;

Operates office machines such as calculators, duplicating equipment, and scanners; learns to operate technical equipment such as audio and video equipment;

Learns to generate, verify, and/or code data such as computer based test data;

Learns to provide requested technical information and assistance to organizations and individuals;

Maintains records and prepares narrative and statistical reports and other written documents;

May deliver documents to City and other officials.Actively enrolled full-time in an undergraduate or graduate program in a college, university, or technical school, OR actively enrolled in a cadet program in the Department of Public Safety. Recruitment #: 26-0782-V19 Employment Type: Part-Time Temporary (480) Limitation

Should you have questions regarding this vacancy, please contact:

Garret Chrissley Columbus Water & Power Division of Power 37 W. Broad St. Columbus, Ohio 43215 P: (614) 645-2246 E: [email protected]

The City of Columbus is an Equal Opportunity Employer

How this job compares

Set against the 2,081 open Engineering Intern jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$14–23/hr
  • Ohio median$21–29/hr87 hourly ranges
  • US median$23–30/hr1,023 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $18.50/hr, is 28% below the Ohio median midpoint ($26/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Engineering Intern hourly ranges in Ohio.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 165 open Engineering Intern jobs in Ohio and 2,081 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Ohio
Experience
Engineering Intern postings that state a minimum ask for 0 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 0 to 1 year (33 postings).
Education
725 of the 2,081 open Engineering Intern jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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