Electrical Engineer Intern - T&D Maintenance

City Utilities of Springfield
Springfield, Missouri, United StatesPosted Aug 31, 2026
Hardware / Engineering

About the role

Connect to a career at City Utilities! CU has been connecting our community to the services they need for every day life since 1945. From electricity to power our lives, clean water to be healthy, natural gas to stay warm, internet to keep businesses connected, to transit services to get them where they need to go. This position requires an employee to work between 20-25 hours per week during the school semesters, and 40 hours per week during summer, not to exceed 1,500 hours in a calendar year. Each semester, undergraduate students must be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours and graduate students must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours.

INTERN GUIDELINES

Students who have completed at least one year of college and are enrolled as a full-time student may apply. Must be enrolled full-time in a degree seeking program. A student’s intern position will end within three months after graduation.

Pay Details

$21.00 -$24.00/ hour Pay dependent upon student classification.

Work Schedule

Between the hours of 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday to Friday, 20-25 hours per week.

Job Description

PURPOSE OF POSITION

Under the direction of the Electric T&D Specialist or designee, performs engineering duties necessary for the completion of the department’s goals. Duties will be dependent upon the individual job classification and departmental workload and may include any or all the duties described below. The primary focus of this position will be completing the design and engineering functions required to create projects for poles which have been identified for replacement.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

  • Performs general engineering functions in the design and operation of electric distribution and transmission facilities, specifically pertaining to creating engineered drawings for poles identified for replacement.
  • Designs line extensions to provide electric service to new large-scale commercial and industrial customers.
  • Redesigns existing electrical facilities for residential,

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