Job Description

MidAmerican Energy Company one of the largest renewable energy producers in the U.S is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, safely meeting the energy needs of more than 1.6 million customers in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, and South Dakota. A subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, we have more than 3,400 dedicated employees serving our customers every day across our service territory.

Interns will be a part of MidAmerican's strong internship program, tour state-of-the-art facilities, network with leadership, and gain a broader understanding of MidAmerican Energy Company.

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Effectively communicate and present advanced analytics model results and project outcomes.
• Respond to and improve from feedback from internal business groups and team members. Strive for continuous improvement and personal growth.
• Use Microsoft Office for team collaboration, meetings, project organization, and planning.
• Provide day to day support to project managers and project specialists with sourcing both substation and transmission material. This may include reaching out to vendors to obtain quotes and requesting material orders with support of the project manager.
• Develop and maintain commonly ordered project material repository
• Responsible for material replacement project management, including funding approval submittals, milestone tracking, and working with project specialists on material orders
• Assist with logistics planning, order tracking and improvement processes.
• Perform data collection, spreadsheet creation and spend analysis
• Participate in process improvement initiatives within the supply chain function. Support projects aimed at enhancing planning efficiency and accuracy.
• Support project management efforts by tracking tasks, updating progress and coordinating timelines.
• Perform any additional responsibilities as requested or assigned.

Performance Expectations

• Perform responsibilities as directed within determined time frames and with a high degree of accuracy.
• Establish and maintain effective work relationships within the department and the company.
• Maintain the professional competence, knowledge and skills necessary to effectively complete responsibilities; enhance job knowledge and abilities by taking personal responsibility for professional development and training.
• Maintain sensitive and confidential company information.
• Attend work on a regular basis and support the company’s employee policies and procedures, including workplace safety rules.
• Ensure all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understand and comply with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company.

Skills for Success

• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Effective analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills and customer relationship skills.
• Taken coursework in data analytics, machine learning, statistics, or computational mathematics preferred.

Qualifications

• Must be a college student, junior or higher standing, currently enrolled in a bachelor's degree or higher program in data science, computer science, economics, statistics, business analytics, or related field of study.
• Must be available through the Summer 2026 with the opportunity to continue internship into the academic school year.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and the Windows operating environment.

MidAmerican Energy Company, a Midwest utility, provides regulated electric and natural gas service to more than 1.6 million customers in Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota. The company owns and operates a portfolio of power-generating assets, approximately 61% of which is wind generation.