Discover a POWERful career at Associated Electric! Our organization offers challenging and rewarding work with career development and internal mobility opportunities - all within a family friendly and community centric culture. Our purpose is simple - to provide safe, reliable and affordable energy for our member-owners. At Associated Electric, one of the largest electric cooperatives in the nation, opportunities to gain valuable experience and contribute new ideas in an ever-changing industry are endless.

We are currently seeking students in data science, computer science, applied math, economics, or engineering curriculums to fill an internship at our Headquarters facility in Springfield, Missouri within the enterprise risk department of our Executive division. This position offers part-time employment during spring and fall semesters with the opportunity for full-time during the summer. Normal working days are Monday through Friday.

What you’ll be doing:

· Assisting in the location and acquisition of information about historical frequencies of events that influence risk probabilities for the Cooperative.

· Analyzing trends and looking for patterns and correlations that will inform risk mitigation strategies.

· Simple visualization of the data to illustrate conclusions.

· Assisting in development of metrics to quantify the levels of risk posed by various future scenarios as well as measure the reduction in risk realized by the implementation of mitigation strategies.

· Helping to maintain and expand our digital platform (Auditboard) to document risks and their mitigation.

What you’ll need:

· Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in data science, computer science, applied math, or economics and be enrolled in school at the time of the internship.

· Research and data management skills preferred.

· Excellent oral and written communication skills required.

· Experience with programs such as Excel and PowerBI, as well as R, Python, or other statistical software is desired.

An equal opportunity employer and provider/disability/veteran.

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Our pre-employment testing procedure has changed effective July 19, 2022 . When you apply, you will receive an email with additional information.

Discover a POWERful opportunity at Associated Electric Cooperative.About 910,000 homes, farms and businesses count on their rural electric cooperatives to deliver electricity 24/7. And they do with power from Associated Electric, the wholesale power supplier to six regional generation and transmission cooperatives (GTs) that serve 51 local electric cooperatives in Missouri, southeast Iowa and northeast Oklahoma. Each employee at Associated Electric plays a part in providing economic and reliable power to member-owners. Associated employs about 700 people full time at one Arkansas and three Missouri locations, offering employment opportunities across a wide spectrum of technical, operational and professional disciplines. The cooperative is committed to employees and provides a competitive compensation and benefit package, as well as opportunities for personal and professional development. Associated Electric has many strengths: tremendous generation and transmission assets; a strong balance sheet; and a dedicated, talented workforce. If you are ready to work with a company whose financial position and credit ratings continue to be among the best in the country and in a work environment where leaders truly care about the well-being of the workforce, you have come to the right place.