#summerinterns

Looking for an in-depth experience working in public art? We are now accepting applications for summer internships! MTA Arts & Design internship opportunities in Conservation, Administration, Archive & Media, and with Music Under New York are listed through May 19 under MTA Headquarters here: http://web.mta.info/mta/employment/

Welcome to NYPA’s 2018 Summer Intern blog series. Each week, we’ll be featuring several interns working across NYPA’s various sites and departments. Read on to learn more about our interns and why they chose to work at NYPA!

Many developmental interns have taken full-time positions at NYPA. NYPA was named one of America’s Best Midsize Employers by Forbes in 2018. To search openings, visit nypa.gov/careers.

Oleksiy Simanov is interning with the Mechanical Maintenance Department at NYPA’s 500MW site in Queens. He is from Brooklyn, NY and is pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering from the New York Institute of Technology. He said that his favorite classes have been his engineering labs because he finds building circuits fun, and he is most interested in sustainable and clean energy, especially from the sun. He enjoys working at NYPA because he appreciates how he is working to produce an extremely important product: electricity. In five years, Oleksiy hopes to be working as an Electrical Engineer in the energy industry.

Justin Davis is an Engineering Intern with the Transmission Department at NYPA’s Blenheim-Gilboa site. He is from Richmondville, NY and is currently pursuing degrees in both Civil and Environmental Engineering from Clarkson University. He said his favorite classes there are Statistics because it “provides a good foundation to many aspects in most engineering disciplines” and Geographical Information Systems because it is a “great tool that has many applications from environmental research to urban planning and building.” Justin also explained that he finds energy storage and research regarding renewable power the most interesting aspect of the energy industry, and he most enjoys working at NYPA because he appreciates how “NYPA has invested into expanding its renewable energy ties in order to provide even more clean power to the State of New York.” Justin is also a cadet in Clarkson’s Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at Clarkson, and in five years he hopes to be working as a commissioned Engineer Officer in the U.S. Army Reserves or National Guard. He also strives to hold a civilian job in the energy or utility industry, and to have completed a Master’s in Civil Engineering.

Allison Wright is an Instrumentation and Controls Intern at NYPA’s Blenheim-Gilboa site. She is from Frankfort, NY and is currently pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering from Clarkson University. She said that there, her favorite class has been Energy Conversions because she was able to learn the material with both lectures and hands-on components, and she is fascinated by how complex it is to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity, despite the fact it is so often taken for granted. Allison also explained she enjoys working at NYPA because she is able to learn something new every day, and in five years, she hopes to have a steady job and a nice home.

Welcome to NYPA’s 2018 Summer Intern blog series. Each week, we’ll be featuring several interns working across NYPA’s various sites and departments. Read on to learn more about our interns and why they chose to work at NYPA! 

Many developmental interns have taken full-time positions at NYPA. NYPA was named one of America’s Best Mid-Size Employers by Forbes in 2018. To search openings, visit nypa.gov/careers.

Alex Macy is an Energy Control Center Intern at NYPA’s Clark Energy Center. He is from Liverpool, NY and is pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. He said he finds his favorite classes are his engineering courses because he finds them the most interesting and likes how they are relevant to his major. He also said that he finds the electrical power industry the most interesting aspect of the energy industry because he “has always been interested in electricity and electronics.” Alex explained that he likes working at NYPA because he enjoys “working with the NYPA engineers and having them show [him] the process of working in the energy industry.” In five years, Alex hopes to be working as a full time engineer at NYPA.

Kaity Richvalsky is a Human Resources Intern at NYPA’s Clark Energy Center. She is from Richfield Springs, NY and is currently pursuing a degree in Business Administration with a minor in Human Resources from SUNY Polytechnic Institute. She said her favorite classes are her business classes because her professors are “the absolute best” and they teach from a real world perspective in order to help their student’s careers. She finds the energy industry interesting because she enjoys learning about how energy is produced and distributed to so many people, and she likes working at NYPA because “every day there is something new to learn and new to see.” In five years she hopes to be working as an HR manager, maybe at NYPA!