Our Gridtern Program provides currently enrolled college students with the opportunity to gain practical experience in the energy industry.
Intern responsibilities will vary based upon your area of interest and department placement. Applying to this opportunity confirms your interest in being considered for one or more of the departments below for summer 2027.
Available Roles
Controls & Compliance (Melville, NY)
Our Controls & Compliance team supports Downstate New York Gas Operations & Construction by helping field operations meet regulatory, safety, and internal control requirements. This team monitors compliance, tests controls against regulatory requirements and work methods, conducts operational reviews, tracks findings and remediation activities, and provides risk and performance reporting to leadership. By partnering with leaders, supervisors, and subject matter experts across the business, they help identify gaps early, strengthen operational processes, and support National Grid's commitment to delivering safe and reliable gas service to customers and communities.
As a Gridtern, you will gain hands-on experience supporting compliance, data analysis, reporting, and process improvement initiatives. You may review and validate operational data, identify trends and discrepancies, support compliance testing activities, and help track findings and remediation actions. You'll use tools such as Excel and Power BI to build or enhance reports and dashboards that provide insights for leadership, while also preparing clear summaries and presentations of key results. Throughout the summer, you'll collaborate with analysts and business partners on day-to-day compliance activities and have the opportunity to lead a project focused on improving how the team analyzes data, automates repetitive processes, or enhances reporting capabilities. By the end of the summer, you will have strengthened your skills in data analysis, compliance and risk management, dashboard development, process improvement, automation, stakeholder communication, and business reporting.
Gas Pipeline Safety & Compliance - Compliance Oversight (Melville, NY)
Our Gas Pipeline Safety & Compliance - Compliance Oversight team is responsible for testing and monitoring controls related to gas pipeline safety across National Grid's U.S. Gas business. This team reviews policies and procedures, verifies compliance with federal and state regulations as well as company requirements, leads certification efforts across the business, and helps to ensure that the appropriate controls and business owners are aligned with regulatory obligations. In addition to supporting automation initiatives designed to reduce compliance risks and improve operational effectiveness.
As a Gridtern, you will support the team in managing and maintaining a database of regulatory requirements and compliance controls, helping to ensure data is accurate, complete, and free of duplicates. You will analyze and validate data, assist in identifying opportunities to improve quality, and contribute to the development of Power BI dashboards that provide visibility into requirements, controls, and needed updates across the business. Throughout the summer, you will gain hands-on experience using tools such as Python, SQL, and Power BI while applying data analytics skills to support compliance oversight, reporting, and process improvement initiatives in a highly regulated environment.
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Gas Pipeline Safety & Compliance - Continuous Improvement (Melville, NY)
Our Gas Pipeline Safety & Compliance - Continuous Improvement team helps strengthen the safety, reliability, and effectiveness of National Grid’s gas operations. This team partners across the business to understand how work gets done, identify risks and opportunities, and turn insights into practical improvements. Through assessments and improvement projects, they help enhance processes and controls, solve business challenges, and support a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
As a Gridtern, you will gain hands-on experience supporting real assessment and continuous improvement projects focused on safety, compliance, and operational challenges. You may help map and analyze processes, review workflows and data, identify trends and patterns, create data visualizations, research potential solutions, and develop insights that support better business decisions. You'll work collaboratively with others, ask thoughtful questions, and learn how different parts of the business operate while identifying opportunities to improve how work gets done. This role requires a valid US Driver's License.
NY SHE, Safety Policy and Programs, Safety Performance and Reporting (Melville, NY)
Our Safety Policy and Programs team, within New York Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE), is responsible for supporting occupational safety across National Grid's New York operations. This team helps drive safety performance by collecting, managing, analyzing, and reporting safety data that enables business leaders and stakeholders to make informed decisions and reduce workplace incidents. Working closely with operational and business teams, they develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and key performance indicators (KPIs), transforms complex data into actionable insights, and supports the governance and oversight needed to strengthen safety programs across the organization.
As a Gridtern, you will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in either data analytics, data management systems, and/or data visualization, storytelling, communication, and stakeholder engagement. You may support monthly reporting, respond to data requests, help upgrade key dashboards, or perform in-depth trend analyses. You may work with data from multiple systems building data pipelines that connect platforms like Power BI, Snowflake, and the incident management system turning raw information into clear, meaningful insights that make a real impact. You may work with other program and management systems, like contractor management, to help support communication, engagement, and improve the quality of data capture, inputs, and outputs. You may design and launch strategic safety communications and campaigns to drive stakeholder engagement.
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Resource Management - Resource Coordination & Work Support (Melville, NY)
Our Resource Management - Resource Coordination & Work Support team is responsible for translating the work plan into an executable operating plan by aligning field resources, workforce capacity, workload demands, and operational priorities across the service territory. This team partners with Operations, Resource Planning, Dispatch, Customer, and other stakeholders to balance customer appointments, compliance programs, and planned work while helping ensure resources are utilized safely, efficiently, and effectively.
As a Gridtern, you will support projects focused on resource planning, operational analytics, and process improvement that help drive the execution of National Grid's work plan. You will assist with developing workload and capacity analytics, creating Key Peformance dashboards, analyzing work-order quality and job readiness, and identifying opportunities to improve technician utilization and workload balancing. Throughout the summer, you will also gain hands-on experience working with Operations, Resource Planning, Dispatch, and Resource Coordination teams while applying analytical and problem-solving skills, leveraging tools such as Excel and Power BI, and helping develop data-driven solutions that support safe, efficient, and reliable service delivery.
What You'll Need to Apply
- Availability to start on the program start date, Monday, May 24, 2027, and work full-time (40 hours a week) for the duration of the summer
- Must be registered as a full-time student and continue your education full-time through the Fall 2027 semester
- Pursuing a Bachelor’s, or Master’s degree
- Majoring in Data Science, Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Business Administration, Business Management, Business Analytics, Industrial Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Have accumulated 18 or more credits and be at least 18 years of age
- Possess work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States (including CPT & OPT)
- Some Gridtern positions will require a valid US Driver’s license with a safe driving history that complies with National Grid’s Safe Driver policy. This qualification will be further discussed at the time of offer.
What You’ll Get in Return
- Gain hands-on experience applying your academic knowledge to meaningful work
- Explore career opportunities and build your understanding of the energy industry
- Connect with professionals across National Grid and expand your network
- Receive personalized feedback, coaching, and mentorship throughout your internship
- Develop the confidence, skills, and experience needed to launch your career
- An hourly wage based on your major, degree type, and class year
About the Intern Program
Your summer will begin on Monday, May 24, 2027. Our Gridtern Program offers you the chance to expand your skills and broaden your mind, while exploring the best of what our industry has to offer.
You’ll work full time with a specific team for the duration of your internship, taking part in training and development activities to kickstart your career.
About National Grid
National Grid is the critical energy infrastructure company, operating the electricity and gas networks and infrastructures that connects millions of people to the energy they use every day, supporting homes, businesses and communities across Massachusetts and New York.
We know the future of energy won't be shaped by what we know today. It will be shaped by what's possible tomorrow. That's why we're investing in the next generation of talent, giving undergraduates and graduates the opportunity to learn from experts, gain hands-on experience and contribute to work that matters from day one.
Are you ready to unlock the power of the possible?
More Information
Salary Range $22.00 -$36.00 an hour
National Grid will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. You must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
Candidates will be assessed and provided offers based on major, degree type, and class year. Our Gridtern Program does not offer relocation, housing assistance, or public transportation reimbursement for Gridterns; however, we can provide a list of resources to utilize in making your arrangements.
Please note that as a Gridtern, you must reside within our existing footprint, which includes Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, and Vermont. You must also reside within a reasonable, commutable distance to your assigned primary office.
Applications close on Tuesday, December 1, 2026. As we review applications on a rolling basis, this posting may close earlier if we receive a sufficient number of applications. Early application is encouraged.
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