Intern, Enterprise Excellence

Southern Star is currently seeking highly motivated and energetic students or recent graduates to join our team as summer interns. The Enterprise Excellence Intern is exposed to a variety of project-based assignments and will receive mentorship, detailed orientation and training, and valuable work assignments.

Company Overview:
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline is a leading transporter of natural gas to America’s heartland, providing quality service since 1904. Southern Star takes pride in being an employer of choice. Southern Star provides a modern working environment that is fun, friendly, inclusive, and diverse. Our business is more than just transporting and storing natural gas. It's about the people who make it happen and the communities we serve.

Job Overview:
You will gain meaningful, real-world experience through an analytics project that impacts the Company. The project includes analyzing and interpreting large data sets to identify trends, patterns, and insights that aid in business decisions. This project will involve designing and developing a data service project using tools like Power BI, R, SQL, Python, and Excel. You will work closely with a cross-functional team across the business to implement a data-driven solution that enables a business use case. You can expect to develop confidence and marketable skills while being mentored by our highly qualified and professional team.

Interns will typically support the Enterprise Excellence team in the performance of assignments, spend time shadowing actual business case processes, and have unique assignments that support larger projects as well as experience the day-to-day workings of the department. They may perform and/or participate in additional activities/events which help them build a strong network within the Southern Star community and with fellow interns.

Highlights:

• This is a 12-week, competitively paid summer internship starting in May and ending in August
• Interns work 40 hours per week with paid company holidays
• A taxable housing stipend may be provided to obtain housing near the Southern Star work location if the successful candidate’s permanent home address and current college address is determined by Southern Star to be greater than reasonable driving distance from the assigned work location
• Participants are eligible for full-time employment upon successful completion of the Southern Star internship program

Duties/Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Data Collection and Cleaning: Gather data from various sources and ensure its accuracy and completeness
• Data Analysis: Analyze large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and insights using statistical methods and tools
• Reporting: Create reports and visualizations to present findings to stakeholders
• Collaboration: Work with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into data-driven solutions
• Tool Utilization: Use tools like Excel, SQL, Python, and Tableau for data analysis and visualization
• Documentation: Document methodologies, processes, and findings for future reference
• Mentorship: Participate in mentorship sessions with senior team members to gain insights and guidance
• Communication: Communicate results and insights to stakeholders through presentations, reports, and meetings to ensure understanding and facilitate decision-making

Qualifications:

• You must be 18 years of age by the start of the summer internship assignment and maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.75 after each completed semester/term
• You must be authorized to work in the United States
• Junior and Senior candidates are on track to graduate with a bachelor’s/master’s degree
• Majoring in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Analytics or related field
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience or willingness to learn data analytics tools such as Power BI, SQL, R or Python
• Ability to contribute to and balance delivery timelines against, multiple projects/demands simultaneously