Closes: December 2, 2024
Salary: $21.69 - $32.14 per hour based on year in school (Full Position Breakdown Listed Below)

Job Description
Avista’s Student Engineering Development Program (SEDP) is a paid summer internship program which offers a variety of opportunities for electrical, civil, mechanical or other engineering students to enhance their field of study in the utility industry and to gain valuable work experience critical to their future success in the job market. The SEDP gives engineering students the opportunity to work on projects in several different departments within Avista and the program is geared around student development. Students will be assigned a formal mentor, participate in learning sessions about various parts of Avista, and join our SEDP tours to Avista facilities including some of our hydroelectric dams.

Avista is an energy company involved in the production, transmission, and distribution of energy as well as other energy-related businesses located in Spokane Washington. Its service territory covers 30,000 square miles in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and parts of southern and eastern Oregon. Examples of departments included in the SEDP are Distribution, Generation Controls/Electrical, Generation Operations and Maintenance, Generation Civil/Mechanical, SCADA, Protection and Relaying, System Planning, Substation, Energy Efficiency, Construction Services, Distribution Operations, Transmission Line Design, Gas, and Innovation Lab.  

Requirements Must be at least 18 years of age. Undergraduate or graduate student enrolled full-time in a college or university earning a Bachelor of Science or post graduate degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, or other National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) recognized engineering discipline. Emphasis in power-related courses preferred. Demonstrated effective and flexible communication, teamwork and project management skills preferred.

Applications for the Student Engineering Development Program will be accepted until the close date.  Selected candidates may be invited for interviews held by the end of January. 

Student Engineer Tech-1 (Freshman), Starting Salary: $21.69 per hour

Student Engineer Tech-2 (Sophomore), Starting Salary: $23.86 per hour

Student Engineer Tech-3 (Junior), Starting Salary: $26.25 per hour

Student Engineer Tech-4 (Senior), Starting Salary: $28.87 per hour

Student Engineer Tech (Graduate), Starting Salary: $32.14 per hour 

To Apply
We encourage you to apply as many of our positions have step progressions to account for an incoming employee’s various levels of knowledge, skills, and experience.

Complete an online application and attach your resume, cover letter, and unofficial transcript to your profile. All documents must be attached to your application at the time of submitting your application for review. No documents can be attached after you click "Submit".

Benefits
At Avista, we believe our employees are essential. Through them we deliver value to our customers and the communities we serve. The physical, mental, and financial health and well-being of our employees and their families are important to us. We are committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards program comprised of an externally competitive, internally equitable compensation structure and a benefits package that allows us to retain and attract a diverse, engaged, and skilled workforce. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage, retirement benefits, incentive plans, wellness resources, time-off programs and much more. In addition to our total rewards program, the Pacific Northwest offers abundant outdoor recreation, four distinct seasons, and all the amenities and activities an individual or family might be interested in. To learn more, please visit our benefits website at https://avistabenefits.com/.

Pre-employment screening requirements
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug test, background check and motor vehicle records review.   

Avista’s Commitment to Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Avista is a safe, inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds, and we are committed to Equal Opportunity Employment, Affirmative Action efforts, and Equity, Inclusion and Diversity. We strongly encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, protected veterans, and all others. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, age, sensory, mental or physical disability (unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification), Veteran status or any other classification protected by nondiscrimination laws.

Equity and diversity in our workplace is important to us. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you require any special accommodations to participate fully in our recruitment process. Avista will make reasonable accommodation to assist a qualified person with a disability in the job application, interview process, and to perform the essential functions of the job whenever possible, where undue hardship would not be created for Avista. Please contact us at humanresources@avistacorp.com if you would like assistance.