Renewable Energy Intern [Hybrid]

EDF Renewables North America is hiring a Renewable Energy Intern in Toronto, ON. The intern will assist with bid preparations, project due diligence, community engagement, and various project development tasks related to renewable energy. This role aims to provide practical experience in renewable development while supporting the team in achieving organizational goals. The position requires 80% in-office work with some potential off-site meetings.
Scope of Position

Support on preparations for bid into renewable energy procurements, consultations, competitive analysis, presentation preparation, managing communications, research on municipalities, crown land applications etc.

Supporting project due diligence and bid submissions. Soft project management tasks, preparing presentations, supporting land acquisition, permitting, interconnection.

Supporting Community Engagement: Providing research and drafting responses for questions and concerns that come from the community, for both solar and wind projects, preparing presentations for internal and external meetings.

Various Project development tasks, including helping with permitting, land control, project management tasks.

Responsibilities
• Support on preparations for bid into renewable energy procurements, consultations, competitive analysis, presentation preparation, managing communications, research on municipalities, crown land applications etc.
• Supporting project due diligence and bid submissions. Soft project management tasks, preparing presentations, supporting land acquisition, permitting, interconnection.
• Supporting Community Engagement: Providing research and drafting responses for questions and concerns that come from the community, for both solar and wind projects, preparing presentations for internal and external meetings.
• Various Project development tasks, including helping with permitting, land control, project management tasks.

Goals of Internship:
• Provide experience for university student to learn the ropes of renewable energy development
• Acquire services of a resource for minimal cost, able to provide entry level tasks and administrative support for the development team to offload some tasks enabling our team to focus more on delivering megawatts for the organization
• Provides another viewpoint to our organization and development team - perhaps creating value that would not otherwise have been created.

Skills to acquire during internship:
• A wide spread knowledge of the renewable development process across wind, solar and energy storage.
• Participation in high pressure RFP situations and seeing projects develop from green field status.
• Play a very key role in advancing Ontario's commitment to net zero.
• Key learning outcomes; research, participation in key decision making, engagement with various levels of government, knowledge across new technologies, engagement with First Nations, etc.

Intern Learning Achievements:
• A widespread knowledge of the renewable development process across wind, solar and battery.
• Participation in high pressure RFP situations and seeing projects develop from green field status.
• Play a very key role in advancing Ontario's commitment to net zero.
• Key learning outcomes; research, participation in key decision making, engagement with various levels of government, knowledge across new technologies, engagement with First Nations, etc.

Qualifications

Education/Experience:
• Planning, business, geography, policy, communications/marketing, engineering, renewables.

Working Conditions:
• 80% time in office, utilizing computers. Up to 20% potential to participate in some off-site team meetings or public project meetings.