Environmental Facilities Management Intern

Requisition ID # 172278 

Job Category: Administrative / Clerical 

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Energy Delivery

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Sacramento

PG&E’s Environmental Management Organization includes a staff of approximately 250, Biologists, Cultural Resource Specialists, Environmental Field Specialists, Environmental Planners and Scientists. Our mission is to provide integrated, company-wide environmental leadership, project support, and compliance management services. We are dedicated to promoting environmental stewardship of PG&E’s properties and associated natural resources. 

We work closely with state and federal regulators to protect the unique landscapes and environmental resources found across PG&E’s Service Territory in California. Our work requires integration between our team of environmental field specialists, scientists, land planners, and various other environmental subject matter experts, as well as with PG&E legal and PG&E’s Operations teams including gas and electric transmission and distribution, power generation, vegetation management, and all other functional areas we support. PG&E Environmental Management’s directives include, but are not limited to:

• Managing environmental compliance at PG&E’s operating facilities, including generation assets, substations, gas compressor stations, and service centers.
• Obtaining environmental permits for the Company’s distribution, transmission and generation construction projects, including reviewing projects for potential impacts on sensitive species, waterways, and cultural resources.
• Ensuring environmental compliance during new construction and routine operations and maintenance activities.
• Developing programmatic approaches to complex federal and state regulatory compliance.
• Managing company-wide environmental programs, such as Greenhouse Gas reporting and hazardous waste disposal. 

Environmental Facility Compliance Management operates within the Environmental Management Organization and consists of about 60 environmental field specialists and scientists covering a range of expertise who support both facilities and projects focused on gas and electric distribution and transmission activities.  Our team provides expertise including air and water quality, hazardous waste and materials and environmental field support. Within the Facilities organization the HazMat Programs team supports standards and guidance related to hazardous materials and waste for the entire organization, and the Environmental Field Specialists support all Distribution & Shared Services, Electric Transmission Substations, and Electric Transmission T-Line Projects including Service Centers, General Construction Yards, remote Telecom Microwave Repeater Stations, and all field employees.

Job Description

The Environmental Facility Compliance Management team is seeking a seasonal intern to support our HazMat Programs and Environmental Field Specialist Facility Compliance teams supporting PG&E Gas & Electric Transmission, Distribution Operations Service Centers, and Telecom facilities. Primarily reporting to our HazMat Program team, this is a valuable opportunity to gain exposure and insight into the complex interconnections between process development, risk management, procedural implementation, quality control and assurance and regulatory compliance as it relates to hazardous materials and waste management from an industry-leading utility. The successful candidate will also assist our Environmental Field Specialist teams supporting direct hands-on facility environmental compliance through field visits, internal facility compliance inspections/assessments, records reviews, and shadowing/mentorship opportunities.

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 a bachelor’s degree ranges from $20.88 to $36.42.

Job Responsibilities

• Continuously working in adherence with all safety requirements and drives safety forward by utilizing or applying concepts learned during training, initiatives, and other resources available to enhance safety. Embrace and model the PG&E Safety Pledge and ensure compliance with all company work procedures and safe work practices. Identify and mitigate unsafe work conditions
• Assisting PG&E subject matter experts with hazardous materials release incident audits to ensure accuracy and completeness. 
• Opportunities for field visits to PG&E Facilities to assist with internal compliance assessments including data management and review of findings, assembling summaries and reports via coordination with environmental specialists and supervisors.
• Assisting with inspecting and/or documenting facilities for cleanliness, repair, current postings, fire safety, etc. based on PG&E standards.
• May assist with other data entry and record keeping tasks - such as uploading project or facility photos, updating salesforce records, etc.
• Support to Environmental Management’s water quality program including observation of field work intended to measure water quality parameters during operations and construction activities.

Qualifications:

Minimum:

• Students must be returning back to school in the fall of 2026 full-time at an accredited university or college.

• Currently enrolled full time in a Bachelors or Masters program studying life and natural sciences to include biology, geology, environmental sciences, engineering or related discipline.

• Proficiency in use of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Must have reliable transportation to and from work location.

Desired:

• General knowledge or awareness of local, state and federal environmental air quality, hazardous materials/waste, and water quality regulations, policies, laws, etc.
• Use independent thinking, analysis, and judgment
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrate ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to partner and work collaboratively
• Strong ability to use data to assess business environmental risk factors
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

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