Plant St Lucie - Nuclear Intern

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., providing reliable energy to nearly 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s most fuel-efficient, cost-effective power generation fleets and industry-leading reliability, we’re redefining what’s possible in energy. Want to be part of something powerful? Join our outstanding team and help shape the future of energy.

Position Specific Description

Position Specific Description

Under direct supervision, this job applies diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices to broad variety of assignments and related fields. You'll get exposure to real projects and challenges in an innovative and fast-paced environment while you gain professional experience. You will also participate in engaging summer events plus work on projects with other interns and employees beyond your core work area. Support daily plant operations and maintenance, conduct analysis on system performance and reliability strategies, work on equipment reliability/improvement projects, and provide recommendations for improvements.

Some of the responsibilities for our plant internships are listed below:

- Apply standard engineering practices and techniques to specific engineering situations.

- Participate in the analysis and evaluation of engineering problems associated with assigned engineering discipline while developing and testing optimum solutions.

- Evaluate data and recognize discrepancies in results.

- Prepare and present reports summarizing results of technical evaluations and recommendations.

- Coordinate engineering activities with other engineering and company departments.

- Develop knowledge of an operating nuclear power plant through team interaction and self-directed training.

- Learn safe work practices at the plant and industrial settings.

- Collaborate with other interns and departments on projects.

- Conduct field walkdowns with various departments.

- Interact and remotely support engineering functions at other NextEra nuclear plants and the corporate office

Majors Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Nuclear Engineering*

Job Overview

To be considered for an internship, you must be actively enrolled at a college or university as a full-time student seeking a bachelor’s degree or higher. You must also have a current cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher (on a 0.00 to 4.00 scale).

Job Duties & Responsibilities

- Assists department with assigned projects

- Completes challenging projects and assignments

- Presents final project to senior leadership at the end of the internship

- Assumes responsibility for own travel, lodging, and transportation necessary to be available for the program

- Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

- High school grad / GED

- Maintain active enrollment in a Bachelor or higher degree program

- Maintain cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher

Job Overview

To be considered for an internship, you must be actively enrolled at a college or university as a full-time student seeking a bachelor’s degree or higher. You must also have a current cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher (on a 0.00 to 4.00 scale).

Job Duties & Responsibilities

- Assists department with assigned projects

- Completes challenging projects and assignments

- Presents final project to senior leadership at the end of the internship

- Assumes responsibility for own travel, lodging, and transportation necessary to be available for the program

- Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

- High school grad / GED

- Maintain active enrollment in a Bachelor or higher degree program

- Maintain cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher

Preferred Qualifications

- None

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Employee Group: Non Exempt

Employee Type: Temporary Job Category: Intern Job Role: Assistant Organization: Florida Power & Light Company Recruiter: Catherine Chin Sell Hiring Manager: Ayodele Stephen Ishola-Salawu Referral Bonus: Relocation Provided: No

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