Onshore Project Development - Intern 2025

Join us in this role where you’ll be a part of a 10-week immersive summer experience designed to strengthen your development through tailored programming focused on three key aspects: exposure to our core business, vision centered and collaborative experiential learning, and professional development.

Welcome to Ørsted America’s Onshore Development
You’ll be part of the Central East Region Development Team where you, together with your colleagues, will support development efforts for new “greenfield” projects and continuous improvement of existing development assets. As a team, we put physical and psychological safety, prioritize collaboration and group success over individual achievement, strive to meet and surpass our goals.

You’ll play an important role in:

• conducting market research and gathering data on potential project sites, landowners, and permitting requirements
• analysing geographic, environmental, and policy data to support site selection and feasibility studies
• assisting with site acquisition efforts to support development of renewable projects
• developing and managing new tools to track progress and key project metrics
• organizing and maintaining project files, ensuring document accuracy and accessibility.

To succeed in the role, you:

• effectively communicate with team members, stakeholders, and landowners, both in writing and verbally
• have competency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word). Familiarity with GIS and project management tools is a plus
• have an interest and baseline knowledge of renewable energy development
• are a collaborator who looks forward to taking on new opportunities and challenges with a sense of urgency and enthusiasm
• should be able to start in-person on June 9, 2025 for intern orientation.

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a growing green energy major and global leader in climate action. With us you’ll play a part in driving change towards a green energy future. You’ll grow your talent in a fast-paced and high-growth industry where you have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop through challenging assignments and industry-leading experts. Here, you can perform in a friendly work environment based on trust, respect, and collaboration.

Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via [email protected].

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

About the job
Application deadline:
26 January 2025

Location:
Austin, US

Field of work:
Strategy and business development

Employment type:
Student

Work hours:
Full-time

Workplace:
Hybrid (office and home-working)

Imagine a future with Ørsted

About Ørsted
- We develop, construct, and operate offshore and onshore wind farms, solar energy farms, storage facilities, and bioenergy plants in Europe, Asia, and North America.

- Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.

- We’ve been ranked as one of the world’s most sustainable energy companies for the past six years.

- We’re headquartered in Denmark.

- We have over 8,600 employees, working in 15 countries and growing.

An inclusive team
Ørsted wants all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, regardless of age, nationality, disability, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or beliefs. We’re committed to secure an inclusive work environment characterised by a respect for all people so everyone feels free to openly share their input and ideas.