Intern - Renewable Generation Performance
Part-timeDes Moines, IATemporary / Full-time / Part-time$23–29/hrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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MidAmerican Energy Company is seeking a student pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, materials engineering, computer science, or a related field for a summer internship supporting renewable generation performance. The intern will use asset and performance data to help optimize wind generation, develop compliance processes and analytics dashboards, and assist with turbine inspections and failure analysis. The position is temporary and scheduled for May through August 2027.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
MidAmerican Energy Company is seeking a student pursuing a bachelor's degree program in mechanical engineering, materials engineering, computer science, or a related field graduating later than August 2027. The position is temporary, nonexempt, and full-time/hourly through the summer.
Internship Program Overview
Gain hands-on experience, develop technical and professional skills, and make meaningful contributions to projects that impact our customers and communities. Interns also participate in networking, leadership engagement, and development events throughout the summer, including our annual three-day intern experience in Des Moines.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities
Perform tasks and assignments necessary to assist renewables team maintain and increase renewable asset performance across the fleet by leveraging data.
Developing analyses to capture performance and asset data and utilizing that data to optimize renewable asset performance through the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of a wind generation technical performance optimization program.
Develop automated processes to validate wind turbine maintenance records and populate trackers required for NERC compliance.
Aid developing analytics dashboards to visualize and assess wind fleet performance.
Gather information on turbine assets, spare parts, service orders etc. and create datasets.
Assist renewables team with on-site work such as blade inspections, failure analysis.
Perform any additional responsibilities as requested or assigned.
Performance Expectations
Perform responsibilities as directed within determined time frames and with a high degree of accuracy.
Establish and maintain effective work relationships within the department and the company.
Maintain the professional competence, knowledge, and skills necessary to effectively complete responsibilities; enhance job knowledge and abilities by taking personal responsibility for professional development and training.
Maintain sensitive and confidential information regarding company information.
Attend work on a regular basis and support the company’s employee policies and procedures, including workplace safety rules.
Ensure all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understand and comply with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company.
QUALIFICATIONS
Must be a college student, sophomore, or higher standing, currently enrolled in a bachelor's program in mechanical engineering, materials engineering, computer science or related field.
Must be able to work May-August 2027.
Must possess a valid driver's license and good driving record. Some travel may be required.
Preferred Skills
Ability to work effectively with a team.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Knowledge of coding (Python) is a plus.
Effective oral and written communication skills.
JOB INFO
Job Identification: 10006008
Job Category: Internship
Job Schedule: Part time
Job Shift: Day
Pay Range: 23.00 - 29.00
Sponsorship: No - Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.
Business: MidAmerican Energy Company
How this job compares
Set against the 2,146 open Engineering Intern jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$23–29/hr
- US median$23–30/hr1,124 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $26/hr, is close to the US median midpoint ($27/hr) — in the middle half of Engineering Intern hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 27 open Engineering Intern jobs in Iowa and 2,146 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Iowa
- Berkshire Hathaway Energy (this employer)7 open
- State of Iowa6 open
- Access Dubuque3 open
- 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 (36 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 720 of the 2,146 open Engineering Intern jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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