What You Can Expect

As a Project Development Intern, you’ll support Project Managers in delivering utility projects that meet design, budget, and schedule goals while gaining hands-on experience across the full project lifecycle—from design to hand over to Operations and Maintenance. You'll work closely with engineering, procurement, and operations teams to ensure quality, safety, and client satisfaction.

• Maintain project schedules and assist with progress updates, budget tracking, and reporting
• Collaborate on construction drawings, procurement, and supplier contract management

What You’ll Bring

• Must be an enrolled student at the University of Iowa
• A minimum junior or senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, or related field
• A proficiency with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
• Ability to read and interpret technical documentation

Additional Details

• The internship work term will be from January 2026 to May 2026 and eligible to work up to 20 hours per week. Interns must be enrolled students in good standing at the commencement of the intern semester at the University of Iowa
• This role is eligible for our hybrid in-office work schedule policy
• Must be willing and able to comply with all ENGIE ethics and safety policies

Compensation

Hourly Range:  $24.50 - $31.00 USD hourly

This represents the average expected pay range for a qualified candidate.

Actual offered salary may depend on geography, experience, industry knowledge, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors.

ENGIE complies with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws. Actual salary offered may vary depending on geography, experience, education, internal pay alignment, or other bona fide factors. 

Your Talent Acquisition Partner can share more specific information regarding the benefits or the salary for the position based on the work location.

Why ENGIE?

ENGIE North America isn’t just participating in the Zero-Carbon Transition, we’re leading it!  Join us as we develop energy that is renewable, efficient, and accessible to everyone.  

In 2020 The University of Iowa (UI) entered a 50-year, trailblazing partnership with the University of Iowa Energy Collaborative (UIEC), a joint venture between ENGIE, Meridiam, and Hannon Armstrong, to operate, maintain and enhance the university’s Utility System.  As the founding member of this joint venture, ENGIE designs, builds, operates, and maintains the energy infrastructure delivering safe, reliable, cost-effective, and sustainable energy solutions in producing and distributing steam, electricity, chilled water, and domestic water to the main campus in Iowa City, Iowa and a nearby satellite campus. 

ENGIE is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, and we are firmly committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all employees.  We are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

If you need assistance with this application or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at ENGIENA-ENGIEHR@engie.com. This email address is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry regarding positions or application status.

We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at any time.

The safety of our employees is our number one priority. All employees at ENGIE have both a duty and the authority to STOP WORK if unsafe acts are observed.

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