Description
Urban Grid, a leading independent power producer, facilitates a rapid and sustainable energy transition by developing high-quality renewable energy projects, fostering community partnerships, and serving as a good land steward. Our company is positioned to own and operate its facilities while cultivating a land management system that benefits farmers, communities, and the natural world through agrivoltaics. Urban Grid maintains a delivery-focused approach with the goal of being a good neighbor, corporate citizen, and trusted energy solutions partner.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with teams situated strategically throughout the United States, Urban Grid has a long history of contributing to the clean energy economy. In addition to 940 megawatts currently under construction, we are actively developing a growing portfolio of more than 12,000 megawatts of solar PV and 7,000 megawatts of co-located and stand-alone energy storage. To learn more, please visit www.UrbanGridSolar.com. Urban Grid is a portfolio company of Brookfield. one of the world’s largest owners and operators of renewable power and climate transition assets.We are seeking a proactive and detailed Human Resources Intern to support our Human Resources processes and updating job descriptions across the organization.
This is a unique opportunity for someone interested in gaining hands-on experience in process improvement, job architecture, and strategic HR initiatives.
This is a paid internship that will start on or around June 2, 2025, with an end date of August 8, 2025.
During the 10-week program, interns will participate in virtual, company-wide and department meetings, virtual monthly Friday lunch & learn trainings and a culminating group presentation on your overall internship experience. The program is structured to provide exposure to careers in renewable energy, best practices in internal communications as part of a remote/ hybrid team and best of all, the opportunity to work and support a team of professionals who are experts in their field.
Responsibilities
- Audit existing job descriptions for consistency, clarity, and alignment with current job responsibilities
- Partner with hiring managers to gather up-to-date role expectations and responsibilities
- Research industry standards and best practices to enhance job description content
- Standardize format, tone, and structure across all job descriptions
- Assist in maintaining a centralized and organized job description library
- Ensure all job descriptions are compliant with relevant employment laws and company policies
- Support broader HR initiatives as needed, such as Talent Acquisition, onboarding, or performance management.
- Conduct a thorough review of existing HR processes and identify areas of improvement
- Work alongside our human resources team to support various initiatives and assist with various tasks
- Intern will deliver final presentation during a lunch-and-learn in August showcasing what they learned during their internship and how they were able to leverage their academic experience to solve/revamp an issue/process.
- Other duties assigned.
Location
This position will be in our Houston, TX Headquarters working a Hybrid 3 days a week in the office/ 2 days remote. Position will require a trip to one of the project sites.Candidate to work full-time hours Monday - Friday during the summer duration of the internship.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s in human resources, business administration, or a related field.
- Maintain the highly confidential nature of human resources work.
- Must have excellent oral and written communication skills. Must be able to coordinate and communicate work with multiple disciplines, and team members.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office tools: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
- Strong organizational capacity to simultaneously manage multiple tasks with competing deadlines and be able to quickly adapt to changes and shift priorities to meet project needs.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with proficiency in technology and data-driven decision-making.
- Strong work ethic and exceptionally high work standards
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Benefits
Interns will receive 24 hours of PTO, 2 paid holidays and a $60 monthly cell phone reimbursement during their internship.
