Wildfire Resilience Partnerships, Intern

Requisition ID # 164323 

Job Category: Administrative / Clerical 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Operations - Other

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview  

The Wildfire, Emergency and Operations (WEO) organization is responsible for oversight of PG&E’s wildfire operations and associated mitigations. The organization is responsible for the development and maintenance of consistent processes and work standards associated with sustainable wildfire and emergency response preparedness operations in line with our regulatory policies and practices. WEO partners with leaders in Operations and other parts of the business to develop and recommend a strategic direction for emergency preparedness, emergency response and public partnerships. 

Position Summary 

The Wildfire Strategy & Engagement team within WEO organization is building out wildfire resilience partnership programs as a complementary portfolio of solutions to existing utility wildfire mitigations to cost-effectively reduce wildfire risk in the form of public-private partnerships. Programs being piloted today include partnerships to build local fire response and mitigation capacity, treat ground fuels and restore forests outside of rights of way, improve community evacuation and defend utility assets on one-way-in / one-way-out roads, convert waste biomass into valuable products like biochar, co-invest in dip tanks to improve locational fire suppressant availability, and trial new wildfire response technologies. 

The Wildfire Strategy & Engagement team is seeking an intern this summer who can help build out infrastructure for better program and mitigation targeting and community engagement on wildfire resilience public-private partnerships. 

PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job.  The actual hourly rate paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. 

The hourly rate for this position ranges from $23.85 to $35.11. 

Responsibilities 
The successful intern will have the opportunity to support wildfire resilience public-private partnerships. Exact tasks will depend on intern interest and balance of work during time of internship, but could include some combination of the following activities: 

• Develop materials and/or outreach strategies for community and partner engagement 

• Use artificial intelligence to synthesize and summarize city and county wildfire policies 

• Build geospatial maps layering locational insights into project targeting maps 

• Synthesize third party research to better inform PG&E program scope and partnership agreements 

• Build business case and pilot plan testing pathways to increase home hardening adoption in high-value neighborhoods (e.g. engaging communities through school partnerships) 

• Visit on-location technology demonstrations, synthesize learnings and assess potential pathways to value-added operational integration and scale 

Qualifications  

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Qualified candidates are pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Fire Science, Environmental Sciences, Forestry, Engineering or other related degree 

• Students must be continuing their education towards their degree during and/or after the internship, or have just finished their degree 

• Must have a valid driver’s license or obtain one at least 30 days prior to start date.  

Desired: 

• Strong demonstrated interest in wildfire, forestry, wildfire policy, climate adaptation, and/or community engagement 

• Skillsets and/or previous experience related to forestry, artificial intelligence (AI), geographic information systems (GIS), community engagement, or marketing 

• Ability to work in a team environment and support fellow team members 

• Strong sense of curiosity and ability to problem-solve in interdisciplinary contexts 

• Takes initiative and can work independently with minimal direction 

PG&E is unable to provide VISA sponsorship to students on an F-1, J-1 or other student visa for this position.