Summer 2027 Internship Program: Business Operations & Analytics - Northborough, MA

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.

Capital Delivery - New England Electric Estimating (Northborough, MA)

Our Capital Delivery - New England Electric Estimating team develops capital delivery estimates for complex capital projects through the Network Development Process. This team creates detailed cost estimates that support project planning, budgeting, bidding, and project management activities. By developing detailed breakdowns of proposed project costs, they help support informed decision-making and the successful delivery of critical infrastructure projects.

As a Gridtern, you will gain hands-on experience supporting data analytics, reporting, and business insight initiatives for the estimating team. You may analyze financial, project, and operational data to identify trends, answer business questions, and support decision-making across capital electric projects. You'll help build and maintain dashboards, reports, and visualizations that turn data into actionable insights while partnering with estimators and cross-functional teams to improve processes and streamline workflows. You may also support data extraction, validation, and reporting activities, working with complex datasets and applying different levels of coding to organize, manipulate, and analyze information. Throughout the summer, you'll present findings to both technical and non-technical audiences and explore emerging analytics, automation, and AI tools. By the end of the summer, you will have strengthened your skills in data analytics, data visualization, coding, process improvement, stakeholder communication, and data-driven decision-making.

Resource Availability Management (RAM) (Northborough, MA)

Our Resource Availability Management (RAM) team is responsible for helping ensure field operations have the resources available to complete their work effectively. This team captures and manages workforce information related to absences and time exceptions, supports HR-related processes involving protected absences and claims, and works closely with multiple departments and stakeholders. Through this work, they help improve visibility into workforce needs and supports the processes used to plan and manage field resources.

As a Gridtern, you will gain hands-on experience identifying opportunities to improve and streamline existing workforce processes through data, technology, and AI. You may analyze workforce information, explore ways to make better use of current systems, and help identify where AI technologies could improve or automate existing processes. You'll use tools such as Excel and Power BI to organize, analyze, and visualize information while collaborating with different teams and stakeholders to understand their needs and identify potential solutions. By the end of the summer, you will have strengthened your skills in data analysis, process improvement, AI technology, problem-solving, and stakeholder collaboration. *This role requires a valid US Driver's license.

• 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 Analytics, Finance, Business Administration, Operations Management, Business Analytics, Project Management, Accounting, Computer Science, Information Technology, 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.