Green Energy Civil/Structural Engineering Internship

Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Actively participate in collection of data and information related to green energy solution in Country Offices.
• Support with the assessment of civil works and structures related to renewable energy installations.
• Participate in the drafting of business cases for renewable energy solutions which include mainly hybrid solar PV systems, energy efficiency, and e-mobility.
• Support in provision of guidance and remote technical assistance on energy efficiency solutions to Country Offices,
• Assist in installation of IoT (internet of things) energy sensors for assigned projects across the organization.
• Support the team in procuring green energy solution equipment, including market research, compilation of solicitation documents, and technical evaluation of proposals from bidders.
• Support in daily monitoring and operations (O&M) of installed solar PV and e-mobility systems across the organization.
• Play the role of rapporteur in both internal and external meetings as may be assigned by the supervisor.
• Contribute to the unit’s documentation to support continuous improvement of processes, procedures, and templates.
• Assist the project manager during remote management of installation of renewable energy solutions (solar hybrid systems and e-mobility) in various locations worldwide.

Competencies

• Technological Awareness: Has interest and understanding of renewable energy engineering and sustainable development-oriented areas of work
• Innovation: Interest in developing sustainable solutions for UNDP country offices around the world, focusing on green energy, energy efficiency, and e-mobility
• Problem Solving: Good analytical skills in gathering and consolidating data and research for practical implementation
• Teamwork: Blends well in a team with members from diverse backgrounds with focus on achieving team goals
• Communication: Communicates effectively at different levels and has a proactive and a goal-oriented mind-set
• Planning and Organization: Good in organizing and structuring various tasks and responsibilities, ensuring follow through on all tasks
• Collaboration: Displays cultural, gender, religious, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability and interest and motivation in working in an international organization
• Commitment to Continuous Learning: Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude, responding positively to feedback and differing points of view from members of the team
• Delivery: UNDP ITM unit is ISO 9001:2015, ISO 20000:2011 and ISO 27001:2013 certified, thus all works shall be compliant with the international standards with focus on high quality, continuous improvements, and customer satisfaction

Required skills and Experience

• Applicants to the UNDP internship programme must at the time of application meet one of the following requirements:

1. Be enrolled in a postgraduate degree programme (such as a master’s programme, or higher);
2. Be enrolled in the final academic year of a first university degree programme (such as bachelor’s degree or equivalent);
3. Have recently graduated with a university degree (as defined in (a) and (b) above) and, if selected, must start the internship within one-year of graduation;
   Applicants who have completed their studies earlier than 2 February 2025 will not be considered.
4. Be enrolled in a postgraduate professional traineeship program and undertake the internship as part of this program.

• A degree in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a closely related field is required.

Applicants whose primary background is in other engineering disciplines (e.g. electrical, mechanical or chemical engineering) will not be considered suitable unless combined with a Civil/Structural Engineering degree.

• Technical knowledge of structural analysis for foundation design and steel structures is a strong advantage
• Technical knowledge of the main renewable energy technologies is a strong advantage
• Knowledge of structural design software is an advantage (e.g. ETABS, Staad.Pro, Autodesk Robot)
• Experience/Knowledge in sizing Hybrid PV systems (with diesel generator) is a strong advantage
• Experience/Knowledge in energy efficiency and/or electric vehicles is a strong advantage
• Knowledge of software tools for hybrid renewable energy systems is an advantage
• Knowledge of HOMER and PV*Sol is an advantage
• Knowledge and a proficient user of Microsoft Office productivity tools is required
• Knowledge or experience with specific Office 365 tools (or their consumer equivalents) such as Planner (Trello), Teams (Slack), Yammer (Workplace by Facebook), OneDrive (Dropbox, Google Drive), Power BI (Tableau), etc. is a strong advantage
• SharePoint knowledge, preferably SharePoint Online is an advantage
• Working with gathering, consolidating, and analysing either quantitative and qualitative data from databases and reports is an advantage
• Demonstrated experience presenting work to both technical and non-technical is an advantage
• Demonstrated professional or academic experience in any of the UNDP Member States is an advantage
• Fluent in written and spoken English is mandatory. Knowledge of any other UN languages is an advantage

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31, 2025