Graduate; Year-Round Intern - Socio-Economic Impacts

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

Graduate (Year-Round) Intern - Socio-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 public policy, social science, workforce, 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 decommissioning of energy projects 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 project decommissioning and replacement generation under varying timelines and scenarios Research and analysis to examine the economic and social implications of wind project decommissioning Research and analysis to compare decommissioning practices and local impacts across multiple industries including energy generation and extraction

For these tasks, decommissioning generally refers to the close-out activities (i.e., removal or mothballing of project components/infrastructure and restoration of site to agreed-upon conditions) that occur after a project's lifetime and/or during full component replacement.

The successful candidate may support several projects, including conducting data collection through direct outreach to and/or desktop research about local communities, analyzing and/or modeling various decommissioning and replacement generation scenarios. Typical tasks may include:

* Conducting outreach to community organizations, local/state representatives, and subject matter experts

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

* Assisting in writing quality reports analyzing various decommissioning scenarios

* Conducting job and workforce analysis for various decommissioning and replacement generation scenarios

* Supporting research and analysis on decommissioning, collaborating with other researchers across NLR as appropriate

Leveraging community engagement and analysis skills to gather stakeholder input related to decommissioning impacts

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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 from an accredited institution.

Post Undergraduate:
Earned a bachelor's degree within the past 12 months. Eligible for an internship period of up to one year.

Graduate:
Must be enrolled as a full-time student in a master's degree program from an accredited institution.

Post Graduate:
Earned a master's degree within the past 12 months. Eligible for an internship…