Intern, Utility Performance Programming

What You Can Expect

As our Utility Performance Programming Intern based at the University of Iowa campus, you'll play a crucial role in leveraging real-time and historical data to enhance efficiency and cost savings for the campus utility system, providing steam, electricity, chilled water, water, and sewer services. You'll utilize the PI System software to connect with control systems at the campus Power Plant, Chilled Water Plants, Water Plant, and Electrical Distribution Systems, as well as real-time metering for various utilities across approximately 90 buildings. Your responsibilities will include assisting in the design, development, and deployment of custom applications interacting with the PI System, relational databases, web APIs, Office 365, and other systems.

We're actively seeking an intern available for 10-15 hours per week during the semester, with availability for additional hours during summer or school breaks. The intern will work at the Energy Control Center in the USB building on campus, with operational hours from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, we are offering flexibility within this timeframe for start and end times. This internship is available for the 2026 School year with planned employment to continue until December 31, 2026.

On a daily basis, you'll collaborate with our Utilities Performance Manager, Senior Software Developer, and Energy Analyst, following modern software engineering principles and best practices to develop, test, maintain, and deploy custom applications that interact with utility system data.

What You’ll Bring

- Must be an enrolled student at the University of Iowa

- Completed coursework in data structures, object-oriented programming, software development, or related programming courses is required

- Experience in a statically typed programming language such as C#, Java, C++

- Willingness and ability to learn PI AF System, PI System Explorer software and the PI Excel Datalink and Builder Add-ins

- This internship provides an excellent learning opportunity for students exploring career paths in Computer Science, Informatics, or related programs or pathways

Additional Details

- Daily attendance at a worksite is required

- Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies

- Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Tools to create documents, presentations, spreadsheets, pivots, and charts

- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is not exposed to weather conditions

- The noise level in the work environment is usually low

Compensation

Salary Range: $22.00 – $32.00 USD hourly

This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.

Actual offered salary may depend on geography, experience, industry knowledge, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.

ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.

Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location

Why ENGIE?

ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it! Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.

At ENGIE, every talent has a role to play in the adventure of the century. Make a difference and enjoy a fulfilling professional experience. Take on exciting challenges and build a career path that reflects who you are.

Join us and be part of the adventure!

In 2020 The University of Iowa (UI) entered a 50-year, trailblazing partnership with the University of Iowa Energy Collaborative (UIEC), a joint venture between ENGIE, Meridiam, and Hannon Armstrong, to operate, maintain and enhance the university’s Utility System. As the founding member of this joint venture, ENGIE designs, builds, operates, and maintains the energy infrastructure delivering safe, reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable energy solutions in producing and distributing steam, electricity, chilled water, and domestic water to the main campus in Iowa City, Iowa and a nearby satellite campus.

ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees. We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

If you need assistance with this application or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at ENGIENA-ENGIEHR@engie.com. This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry regarding positions or application status.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at any time.

The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed.

Business Unit: LEI RoW

Division: LEI RoW - Northam

Legal Entity: ENGIE North America Inc.

Professional Experience: Junior (experience < 3 years)

Education Level: High School Diploma/GED/A Levels

Company Name: ENGIE North America

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Our organisation is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We offer reasonable accommodations upon request for individuals with disabilities.