Transmission Intern

Location: Calgary Headquarters

Position Type: Full time, salaried (4-month term)

Reports to: VP, Transmission

About Orennia

Orennia provides an all-in-one platform for accurate data, predictive analytics and actionable insights across the energy transition. We drive faster capital allocation decisions and help our clients maximize returns across the solar, wind, storage, power, RNG, CCUS, clean fuels and hydrogen sectors. The technology that powers Orennia’s platform delivers an unparalleled experience, distilling information into actionable insights to give our clients a competitive edge.

As the world decarbonizes its energy stack, trillions in capital need to be deployed. Global investment in the energy transition must quadruple to over $5 trillion annually to stay on the 1.5°C pathway, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. Without accurate data and predictive analytics, developers and investors will struggle to deploy capital efficiently and maximize returns. Orennia’s platform expedites the energy transition with effective and robust information for smarter capital allocation choices.

Why Join Orennia?

People are at the heart of the best technology companies. We’ve brought together some of the industry’s top experts and brightest minds in data orchestration, analytics, software development, and industry insights to uncover opportunities where others can’t. At Orennia, you’ll become part of a collaborative culture and do work that matters. We trust and support each other, ask hard questions and solve complex problems together. Guided by a spirit of inquiry, our team has a product-driven, continuous delivery mindset to drive our innovation forward.

The Opportunity

As a Transmission Intern, you will play a crucial role in delivering exceptional advanced analytics to support our clients in capital allocation decision making. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide insights and support your team in providing customized solutions to identify opportunities and challenges from power transmission. Our people are passionate and have a strong belief in our mission. Our efforts impact individuals and communities, all the while working toward a net-zero future.

If you’re hungry for opportunity, growth, and something meaningful in a dynamic, fun and challenging environment, we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Do

- Perform data research focusing on U.S. transmission power systems

- Lead data clean up, normalization to improve the overall transmission datasets

- Collaborate with senior team members to develop analytics dashboard and thought leadership reports that can provide actionable insights into the US transmission system.

- Support analytics of transmission related data to provide insights to our clients, working closely with them to create customized solutions to identify opportunities and challenges from power transmission.

- Support the market intelligence development on US transmission market and upcoming challenges and opportunities for clients looking for capital allocation in either generation or transmission assets.

- Effectively communicate research or study findings to a wide audience of internal stakeholders.

Who You Are

- You have a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Power Systems Engineering.

- You have basic knowledge of transmission planning and transmission power flow analysis.

- You have strong analytical ability including engineering methods.

- You have excellent writing skills with an ability to explain complex problems.

- You have experience or demonstrable passion in energy transition and power transmission.

- You have knowledge of North American power markets and how transmission systems are operated, optimized, evaluated and developed by utilities and ISOs.

- Experience in power flow modeling and analysis using PSS/E, PSSMUST, TARA, PSLF, PowerWorld would be considered an asset.

- You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills and are excited about working in a fast-paced start-up environment and embracing change and ambiguity.

- Deep intellectual curiosity with a results-focused relentless pursuit of answers.

- You are hungry to learn and contribute. Our organization is growing and this role is an exceptional opportunity to grow with us.

Why You’ll Love Orennia

At Orennia, you'll join a high performing, people-focused team where everyone has a role to play. We offer our regular, full-time employees a competitive total rewards package, comprehensive health, dental and vision benefits, a savings program that includes company matching, and a learning and development budget to master your craft. In addition, we offer generous time off with regular company holidays, paid vacation days and paid sick days.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest and for taking the time to apply; however, only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted.

Orennia is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees and applicants are treated fairly and with respect, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable provincial, federal, state, or local law.

We believe in fostering a work environment that promotes equal opportunities for all individuals and strive to eliminate any barriers to employment and advancement. We are dedicated to providing equal opportunities in hiring, promotions, compensation, benefits, training, and all other aspects of employment.