Service Consultant Summer Internship

Description

About the Company

CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years. Our vision to lead the nation in delivering energy, service and value drives our strategy and performance. We have an unwavering commitment to safely and reliably deliver electricity and natural gas to millions of people.

Our Commitment: CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities and talents of our diverse workforce.

At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve.

About the Internship

You will receive training to execute responsibilities and be supervised thereafter. Serve as single-point-of-contact for customer distribution projects, which includes the customer account relationship, project management from inception to completion and distribution system development, reliability and maintenance. Analyze, designs and prepares structural and electrical specifications and work orders. Align resources to meet customer service commitments and leads teams to address customer needs.

Essential Functions

• Work with multiple departments, customers, municipalities, outside consulting firms, and other utilities to gather information in order to execute projects accurately and in a timely manner
• Work with elected officials and employees of city, county and state entities to effectively service customers
• Gather project information, prepares estimates, and analyzes data and designs electrical and/or gas distribution facilities
• Represents the company in service extension negotiations related to service locations
• Ensure customer obligations are met, negotiates and secures payment of projects, researches easement rights, and maintains completion of construction within specified timeframes
• Identify, evaluates, and if necessary, corrects pre-existing issues related to compliance with governmental regulations, code violations, and CenterPoint Energy standards. Corrective action may require negotiation with customers related to safety, cost, and legal responsibility
• Review facilities for compliance with the National Electric Safety Code (NESC), state, city and county governmental ordinances and CenterPoint Energy standards. Also, must have working knowledge of the National Electric Code (NEC)
• Perform field inspections as needed for final project approval, foreign cable attachments, customer installed facilities, and miscellaneous customer requests
• Required to participate in CenterPoint Energy’s Emergency Operation Plan (EOP), will include extended working hours and travel to other CenterPoint Energy Distribution Centers

Education

• Degree with a concentration in construction science, construction management, engineering, business, or marketing.
• Minimum 3.0 GPA

Experience

• Requires no prior related work experience required.
• Valid Driver’s license