Forestry Planning Student Intern

Your potential is here! Division: ATCO Electric Location: Edmonton (Office-based position) Duration: 8 to 18-month period Salary: $24 - $36/hour, dependent upon previous work-term experience Start Date: January or May 2025 (ATCO will align the start date with the completion of the academic commitments of the successful candidate). Relocation: Relocation assistance will be provided

What We Offer: 

• A culture based on caring, integrity, agility, collaboration, safety, and belonging
• Salary increases every semester plus 6% vacation pay
• Opportunities to give back through ATCO's EPIC Program and team events
• Well-Being@ATCO Health & Wellness Program
• So much more!
  
  

ATCO is a diversified global corporation delivering comprehensive solutions and service excellence in Energy Infrastructure; Structures & Logistics; Transportation; and Commercial Real Estate. ATCO is community-based with a global reach. Over the course of our 77-year history, we've worked in more than 100 countries developing reliable, integrated solutions. Our history has been shaped by imagination, courage, perseverance, and integrity; these are the qualities that we seek in all potential employees. To learn more about what makes ATCO a one-of-a-kind employer visit www.atco.com to see all that we have to offer.

We are looking for someone to join our Forestry Planning Team. Perspective candidates should be currently in a program related to; Forestry, Environmental Sciences, or Natural Resource Management. Forestry Planning is part of the Asset Management group, which supports the business by making data-driven decisions, to enable ATCO to deliver optimal value from our electrical assets for our customers.

Who you are:

• Must be enrolled in an internship program at a recognized Canadian university.
• Must be both an organized, self-motivated individual who is able to work effectively under minimal supervision and someone who works effectively within a team environment on complex technical projects
• Possesses effective verbal and written communication skills
• Must have a willingness to learn new processes and skills
• Familiar with data management principles
• The following attributes are an asset:
• Experience with spatial data and ArcGIS (ESRI or FME)
• Coding ability (especially in Python or R) and knowledge of Machine Learning processes
• Knowledge of Remote Sensing data (especially LiDAR) and provincial landscape datasets
• An understanding of tree growth and yield science
• Experience within the Electric Utilities Industry
  

To apply:

• Please indicate on your resume how many months you are available for and when you are able to start (January or May 2025).
• Include your most recent transcript in your application.
  
  

What you get to do as a Forestry Planning Intern:

• Data Management
• QC the accuracy and format of various datasets from multiple sources
• Ensure data management standards are consistently followed
• Support data storage and retrieval systems
• Analytics
• Support remote sensing-based analysis projects
• Ad-hoc analysis to support various maintenance and construction initiatives
• Analyze field workplans, inventory patrols, and asset data to facilitate business decisions
• Outreach
• Work with the ATCO team lead and other subject matter experts to facilitate successful projects and develop strategies to improve data management or analytical processes
• Gather input and data from all levels of the business to quantify project costs, risks, and benefits.
  
  

Educational Qualifications:

• Students currently in one of the following program areas (or similar) are preferred:
• Forestry
• Natural Resources
• Environment
• Geography or GIS sciences

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