Intern - Sustainability Engineer - Summer 2026

G&W Electric Co.

The Role

Overview

Support sustainability initiatives through data gathering, analysis, and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

  • compliance plans
  • cdp drafting
  • gap analysis
  • emissions reduction
  • hotspot analysis
  • database creation

Tasks

-Networking with leadership and other professionals -Assist in Sustainability Ambassador Program development -Draft compliance plans for emerging regulations -CDP drafting/gap analysis -Propose emissions reduction project based on hot spot analysis -Building partnerships for future permanent career opportunities -Raw material database creation & procedure (CAS# project - part of a team)

Requirements

  • materiality
  • sophomore
  • junior
  • environmental
  • chemical
  • industrial

What You Bring

-Double materiality assessment -Sophomore or Junior (preferred) -Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Industrial Engineering Major

Benefits

-Team building events and professional development workshops to enhance your business savvy -Organized social activities -Competitive Pay

The Company

About G&W Electric Co.

-Two engineers invented the detachable porcelain pothead, establishing a foundation of innovation. -The company pioneered SF₆-insulated and solid-dielectric switchgear in the 1960s–1970s, and visible-break automation in the 2000s. -Headquartered in Bolingbrook, IL, the company operates in over 100 countries, serving investor-owned utilities, co-ops, and commercial/industrial markets. -Typical projects include grid modernization, underground and overhead distribution, fault-limiting systems, microgrids, and infrastructure for critical sites like the Panama Canal and NASA. -The company expanded its global reach and product portfolio through strategic acquisitions, including Italian sensor and switchgear firms between 2019–2022. -Products operate in extreme environments—overhead, underground, underwater, and on all seven continents, from Brazil to Antarctica.

Sector Specialisms

Industrial

Commercial

Higher Education

Military

Government

Power Grid Automation

Critical Power

DERs (Distributed Energy Resources)

Arc Flash and Fault Limiting Protection

Non-Utility Power Grid Reliability

Security Clearance

-background check, drug screening, and physical (if needed) required for all new hires.