Title: Spring 2026 - ED Student Internship/Co-Op    
Company: Tampa Electric Company
Location: Big Bend Power Station    
State and City: Florida    -  Apollo Beach
Shift: 8 Hr. X 5 Days  

Hiring Manager: William D Wingate   

Recruiter: Douglas W Mcdonald    

The TECO Energy Internship & Cooperative Education Program offers college degree-seeking students the opportunity for professional growth while meeting the business needs of the company. The program is an extension of the educational process, providing practical experience to complement formal classroom work. The co-op program recruits students from colleges to give them an opportunity to work in a professional environment related to their field of study.

Position Summary/Details:
Work closely with other engineers, analysts, specialists, within the Electrical System Reliability team on developing asset maintenance strategies for critical equipment. Assets include – Protective Relays, Generators, Transformers, Breakers, Solar Plant Systems, Critical Power Systems, Motors, etc.

Accountabilities: 
•    Develop asset lists, equipment hierarchy, support development of schedules, and monitoring tools. This may include using software packages such as WorkMan, Cascade, SharePoint, PowerBI, etc.
•    Provide administrative and technical support with the Energy Supply NERC program.
•    Conduct in-field surveys by collecting technical data, documentation, inspections, photos, readings, etc.
•    Work with engineers and consultants/contractors on small scale electrical projects or outages, or major maintenance jobs. Such activities include transformer refurbishments, field installation and commissioning of monitoring technologies and protective systems. 
•    Conduct electrical testing reports reviews for critical assets and updating the health scores. 
•    Research drawings, reports, manual documents and update them as required. This includes using tools such as AutoCAD.

Physical Location of Co-op: Big Bend Power Station 603 Big Bend Rd. Apollo Beach, FL. 33572 

Working Conditions: Combination of Plant/Field and Office environment.  Must be willing and able to work in dusty, hot, and noisy environments.
Preferred Availability: Part – Time (20-30 hours)

QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:   
The successful applicant should be enrolled in an accredited university as a college undergraduate or a graduate level post-secondary educational program in a related discipline. 
Co-Op Requirements:
•    To qualify as a co-op student, enrollment in the university’s co-op program (proof of enrollment required); if not eligible for co-op program (or program unavailable), the student will be considered an intern.
•    A minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is required. 

Degree: Engineering
Preferred/Related Discipline: Electrical, Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Year in School: No preference
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
•    Engineering Computational Programming Languages. (ie. C, Python, MatLab, etc.)
•    Microsoft Suite Applications (MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc)
•    AutoCad

 
A pre-employment drug screening, physical exam, as well as a background check (including employment, criminal and motor vehicle) will also be conducted as part of the pre-employment screening.

A Baseline Medical Examination (generic physical for all jobs requiring physicals) is required.

Driving is under 30%

Student will need and be given NERC Access

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