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Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is about more than power. We’re about the power of relationships. Our employees have the opportunity to work together to ensure electricity is delivered reliably and affordably to the millions of people living in our service territory. We have been voted one of Arkansas’ Best Places to work by Arkansas Business and we are looking for a member of our team who is passionate about our mission to keep the lights on!

We have a core ideology here at SPP that we stand by: Do the right thing, for the right reason, in the right way.

PLEASE NOTE: SPP is not able to sponsor employment visas or student-work authorizations (STEM OPT) for this position. Please ensure you are eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship prior to applying.

Summer 2027 IT Corporate Applications – Programmer/Developer

Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is seeking Summer 2027 IT Intern to join our IT Corporate Applications Team as Programmer/Developer. In this role, you’ll design, develop, and maintain custom applications (front-end and back-end). These applications include both custom-built and vendor solutions designed to optimize internal customer’s daily operations, improving efficiency, productivity, and success rates. Your work will focus on relationship building and collaboration while honing your application design, development, testing, and deployment skills. These applications are critical to SPP’s daily tasks, compliance obligations, data transfer, and physical security.

This internship is a chance to build critical technical skills, collaborate with experienced professionals, and see how your work directly contributes to the operations of a major energy organization.

Internship Overview

• Duration: 10–12 weeks, full-time (Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)

• Format: Onsite internship with rotations to various IT departments as needed

• Compensation: Paid internship with housing available (if needed)

• Engagement: Teaming activities and professional development opportunities outside of regular work hours

• Capstone: Interns will deliver a final presentation showcasing lessons learned and knowledge gained

• IT Concepts & Tools: Gain hands-on experience with SPP’s IT systems, tools, and software relevant to your role.

• Project Work: Complete assignments under the direction of IT leads and supervisors, supporting areas such as stakeholder committees, settlements, data services, reliability systems, market services, and IT support.

• Teamwork & Collaboration: Contribute technical support to help project groups meet critical deadlines.

• Culture & Values: Embrace and promote SPP’s Culture, Mission, and Core Values in all aspects of your work.

What We're Looking For

• College student entering their senior year working toward a bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, or a related field
• 3.0 GPA or higher
• Interest in programming, software development, and IT systems
• An expressed desire to work in the power industry
• Strong teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Eagerness to learn and contribute to real-world IT projects

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical and Mental Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job successfully.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to make decisions, interpret data, and problem solve.
• The employee frequently is required to stand or sit for extended periods; use hands to operate a computer keyboard and standard office equipment.
• The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 10 pounds.
• Requires the ability to work and collaborate with managers and employees at all levels to exchange ideas, information, and opinions to facilitate the task.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type, Locations and Expected Hours of Work:

This is a temporary, hybrid summer 2027 internship. The standard schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Travel Requirement:

This position requires no travel

SPP is an equal opportunity employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, age, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Further, SPP makes good faith efforts to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please contact us at HR@spp.org and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

 At SPP we believe in a culture of belonging. Learn more here: Culture of Belonging - SPP.