Graduate; Year-Round Intern - Techno-Economic Impacts

Position: Graduate (Year-Round) Intern - Techno-Economic Impacts
Posting Title

Graduate (Year-Round) Intern - Techno-Economic Impacts

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Location

CO - Boulder

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Position Type

Intern (Fixed Term)

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Hours Per Week

40

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Working at NLR

NLR's 305-acre Flatirons Campus is the nation's premier wind energy, water power, and grid integration research facility. Nestled south of Boulder, Colorado, and north of NLR's main South Table Mountain campus, Flatirons Campus sits adjacent to the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge and countless acres of open space and parks with stunning views of the Flatirons rock formations.

Join the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), where world-class scientists, engineers, and experts are accelerating energy innovation through breakthrough research and systems integration. From our mission to our collaborative culture, NLR stands out in the research community for its commitment to an affordable and secure energy future. Spanning foundational science to applied systems engineering and analysis, we focus on solving complex challenges to deliver advanced, secure, reliable, and cost-effective energy solutions.

Our work helps strengthen U.S. industries, support job creation, and promote national economic growth.

At NLR, you'll find a mission-driven environment supported by state-of-the-art facilities, multidisciplinary research teams, and strong collaborations with industry, academia, and other national laboratories. We offer robust professional development opportunities, and a competitive benefits package designed to support your career and well-being.

Job Description

The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) is seeking a graduate intern with experience in life cycle assessment and/or economics and finance to contribute to its Wind Energy Impacts and End of Service Technical Assistance project. This work will focus on improving access to information about planning for the processing of energy project components while advancing community preparedness through community-focused research/analysis.

Specific tasks that the successful candidate may work on include:

* Research and analysis to evaluate the economic, job, and workforce impacts of wind of wind component processing and critical mineral recovery under varying timelines and scenarios

* Research and analysis to identify current domestic processors and estimated capacity

* Research and analysis to understand local impacts from increased deployment of new processing facilities and/or infrastructure

* Research into life cycle assessment of component dependent processing approaches

For these tasks, processing generally refers to the recycling, repurposing, and/or landfilling of project components/infrastructure after a project's lifetime and/or during component replacement.

The successful candidate may support several projects, including conducting data collection through direct outreach to and/or desktop research about processing facilities, approaches and impacts to local communities, analyzing and/or modeling critical mineral and material recovery potential under different decommissioning scenarios. Typical tasks may include:

* Conducting outreach to component processors and other industry related subject matter experts

* Developing resources and information material to support knowledge sharing between stakeholders

* Assisting in writing quality reports analyzing various component processing scenarios

* Conducting job and workforce analysis for various component processing scenarios

* Supporting modeling and analysis on critical mineral and material recovery, collaborating with other researchers across NLR as appropriate

* Leveraging engagement and analysis skills to gather stakeholder input related to component processing impacts

* Demonstrated skills in stakeholder engagement and interviewing

* Strong technical communication skills

* Prior experience applying research, methodologies, or frameworks for life cycle assessment

* Demonstrated financial analysis skills

* Demonstrated ability to work well within a team and independently with guidance from staff

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Basic Qualifications

Minimum of a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.

Undergraduate:
Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a bachelor's degree program…