Operational Innovation Intern

During this 12-month internship, you will drive a culture of innovation by project managing entrepreneurship programs, managing digital idea-management tools, and coordinating global community marketing activities to support the energy transition.

A Snapshot of Your Day

As part of the Network Management team, the Operational Innovation team focuses on providing Transformer employees opportunities, tools, programs and communities to empower everyone at Grid Technologies Transformers to build a culture of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. During this 12-month internship, you will get the opportunity to actively contribute to our efforts across the world.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• Streamline our key operations related to proactive management of employee innovation action tracker

• Support and project manage entrepreneurship programs

• Work on innovation community management including marketing, communications and event activities

• Manage crowd-sourcing deal-flow and idea management activities

• Digitalize our key operations leveraging scalable digital tools to source deal flow, perform due diligence, monitor & control our portfolio, and build simple visualizations

• Create and maintain a searchable data management system

• Create training materials (e.g., MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Videos) with reference examples

• Contribute to events, communications and marketing activities

• Unique opportunity to interact with and learn from senior & executive management at an international company present in over 90 countries and regions in the world

• Excellent opportunities to meet and work with talented Innovation professionals, a large number of active innovators & multi-disciplinary, domain-specific subject matter experts

• Exciting insights into the inner workings of the Venturing and Innovation departments

• Learn about and be part of driving the global energy transition

What You Bring

• We are looking for courageous and passionate people ready to apply themselves fully and be entrepreneurial in overcoming obstacles. You are either a recent University graduate or similar in the fields of business/technology, innovation, engineering, design or sustainability and have proven yourself as a hands-on collaborator..

• You are passionate about innovation, idea management, community building, entrepreneurship and start-ups

• You are driven by making a significant, positive socio-economic impact

• You are self-motivated about solving climate change and the energy transition

• Demonstrate a team-oriented mindset

• Ability to work independently and autonomously with the guidance of the team lead

• Demonstrate an explorer’s mindset with willingness to experiment and learn from failures

• Start-up experience, strategic challenge framing, and deal flow management are an asset

• Full written and spoken proficiency in English is vital

About the Team

GT TR Network Management is full of people that care deeply about making a significant, positive difference for our company, our customers, and our planet. We offer an inclusive space where you can reach your full potential while unleashing the potential of our great people. 

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably.

The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Our Commitment to Diversity

Lucky for us, we are not all the same. Through diversity, we generate power. We run on inclusion and our combined creative energy is fueled by over 130 nationalities. Siemens Energy celebrates character, no matter what ethnic background, gender, age, religion, identity, or disability. We energize society, all of society, and we do not discriminate based on our differences. 

Rewards/Benefits

• 26 days holiday, plus bank holidays

• Access to a flexible benefits portal for private medical cover, cycle-to-work schemes, and more 

• A class-leading adjustable pension scheme 

• Opportunities for career development and continuous learning 

• The chance to work on cutting-edge projects that shape the future of Siemens Energy and manufacturing