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Kootenai Electric Cooperative is located in scenic North Idaho, the heart of abundant recreational opportunities. Settled in a beautiful lakefront mountain setting, it is a favorite destination for tourists. Just outside our back door are national forests, lakes, rivers, and trails offering plenty of opportunities for hiking, biking, boating/water sports, fishing, hunting, golfing, snow sports, and much more. The four distinct seasons offer recreational opportunities year-round. The Coeur d’Alene/Hayden metropolitan area also offers a variety of entertainment and shopping venues and is a short 45-minute drive to Spokane, Washington and access to domestic and international air travel. The Engineering Student Intern provides assistance to the Engineering department as needed. The internship is designed to give the currently enrolled college student workplace experience in the engineering field.

Core Competencies • Safety: Adhere to all workplace and trade safety laws, regulations, standards, rules, and practices. Use of Personal Protective Equipment as required. Take individual responsibility in managing safety risks and reporting unsafe conditions or unsafe work practices. Respond positively to safety-oriented feedback. Contribute to a culture of safety. • Quality of Work: Produce thorough, high quality work with minimal errors. Seek feedback, make corrections as needed. Identify problems and solve them. Strive to improve processes. Work collaboratively with team members to implement systemic changes. • Productivity: Complete assigned work in a timely fashion. Utilize slow periods productively. Produce amount and volume expected, at accepted speed. • Technical Skills/Job Knowledge: Demonstrate appropriate level of understanding of technical skills in area of expertise, technology, products, and/or processes involved. Perform assigned duties. Keep current on changes. Competent with all technology and industry best practices necessary to perform job. Maintains necessary certification(s). • Communication: Oral and written communication clearly convey information. Keep others informed of activities and problems in timely manner. Listen well. Respond appropriately and respectfully. • Teamwork/Ability to Work With Others: Demonstrate ability to work in positive manner with co-workers and/or customers with differing backgrounds, opinions, capabilities, etc. Willingly share skills, competencies, and knowledge with others. Establish and maintain strong, effective working relationships. Contribute effectively to group efforts. Promote harmony. Agree to disagree without damaging relationships. • Accountability: Maintain excellent attendance and punctuality. Arrive on-time and be prepared to work. Accept responsibility for work and actions. Be reliable. • Integrity: Demonstrate honesty, high ethical standards, and respect for all team members, co-workers, and KEC members. • Professionalism: Always address internal and external customers with courtesy and respect. Dress in work attire appropriate to the position. Communicate business information in timely fashion, using means of communication appropriate to the situation. • Support of Cooperative Goals, Policies, and Procedures: Support Cooperative goals. Adhere to all Cooperative policies and procedures. Understand that internal customer and external member focus is always top priority. Contribute effectively in support of that priority. • Problem-Solving: Use sound logic and methodology to solve problems. Explore multiple sources for answers, as required. Able to identify hidden problems. Propose solutions.

Job Responsibilities May Include the Following: • Assist with distribution equipment inventory data management for reclosers, regulators, switchgear, substation transformers, substation breakers, and AMI equipment. • Perform field inspections of various distribution power system devices for GIS verification and engineering model updates. • Review and update of meter inventory database. • Assist with document and drawing management. • Assist with power system analysis or other engineering calculations. • Other duties as assigned. Skills that student may apply and/or gain experience with: • Utility equipment and power system. • Utility GIS systems and data management software. • Organizational skills.

Job Requirements: • Education/Experience: o High school graduate or equivalent. o College student currently enrolled in an accredited college. Engineering program preferred. Junior standing or higher preferred. • Knowledge and Skills: o Effective verbal and written communication skills. o Effective interpersonal skills for working with all others. o Effective organizational and recordkeeping skills. o Attention to detail and accuracy. o Maintain positive work attitude. o Standard driver’s license. • Working Conditions o Normal office environment with low noise level. o May occasionally require being in an outside environment in all types of weather for extended periods of time. o Extensive keyboard entry.

Kootenai Electric Cooperative, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their disability or protected veteran status.