# Computer Information Systems Intern at Xcel Energy

- Company: [Xcel Energy](https://xcelenergy.com)
- Location: Monticello, MN
- Type: Internship · Internship
- Posted: 2026-09-29
- Apply: https://xcelenergy.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Monticello-MN-55362/Computer-Information-Systems-Intern---MN_JR116038
- Page: https://newgrad.ai/jobs/computer-information-systems-intern-4ef4ca83

## Summary by newgrad.ai

What you'll do:

- Create visual tools and reports to help leaders make informed decisions
- Gather and process information from various systems to enhance data quality
- Build systems that automate report generation and cut down repetitive tasks
- Work with teams to understand needs and turn business requirements into analytics

What they're looking for:

- Junior standing or higher majoring in Computer Information Systems, Data Science, or Computer Science
- Available for full-time summer work (40 hours/week) and part-time during academic year (20 hours/week)
- Preferred: Completed at least 2 years of college and experience with SQL, Power BI, Excel, Python

Pay and perks:

- $20.90 to $22.10 per hour
- Pension, 401(k), paid time off, holidays

## Posting

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) is a leading energy provider and Fortune 500 company, dedicated to serving millions of electricity and natural gas customers across eight states: Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico and Texas. We make energy work better for our customers, helping them thrive every day. That means always raising the bar - delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy.

Xcel Energy is a place where you'll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond. Most importantly, it means you'll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best.

Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs.

At Xcel Energy, our employees are the driving force behind our success. So we make sure that, here, you can be your best. Doing work that makes a difference for neighbors and communities. Working with a team you can count on to push you. Expanding skills, staying ready for change, and capturing opportunities to grow. All with the support, rewards and recognition you need to thrive – during your internship and beyond.

Xcel Energy is seeking candidates to support our Work Management organization at the Monticello Nuclear Plant in Monticello, MN or Prairie Island Nuclear Plant in Welch, MN. The paid internship provides an opportunity to showcase your abilities in computer information systems while supporting improvement efforts in work management. The program provides practical work experience to develop your existing skillset and collaborate with key internal stakeholders.

### Typical intern responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

- Develop and maintain interactive dashboards and reports to support operational and management decision making.

- Collect, organize and analyze data from multiple data sources to improve data accuracy and accessibility

- Design and implement automated reporting processes that reduce manual effort and improve efficiency

- Collaborate with staff to understand business processes, identify reporting needs and translate them into meaningful data visualizations and performance metrics.

- Identify opportunities to leverage technology and analytics to improve workflows, operational performance and strategic decision making.

This position is for a May 24, 2027 start date. This position may have the possibility to extend beyond the internship's initial term based on the candidate's successful performance and Xcel Energy's business needs.

### Minimum Requirements:

- Current student, Junior or higher

- Enrolled in an accredited college or university and pursuing a degree in Computer Information Systems, Data Science or Computer Science

- Able to work full-time during the summer (up to 40 hours a week)/ part time during the school year (up to 20 hours a week) and commuting to the designated work location in-person, per our hybrid work policy.

### Preferred Qualifications:

- Completed 2 years of undergraduate coursework

- Proficiency with tools such as SQL, Power BI, Excel (Power Query/ Pivot Tables) and Python.

### Our Values

Connected, Committed, Trustworthy, Safe

### Our Employee Commitments

- Work that makes a difference

- A team you can count of

- Opportunities to grow

- Rewards that help you thrive

Xcel Energy provides job applicants reasonable accommodations for disabilities throughout the application process. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete the application process, now or at any time in the future, please complete the Applicant Accommodation Request Form.

Non-Bargaining

The anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $20.90 to $22.10 per hour

This position is eligible for the following benefits: Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays

Benefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.

In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information including but not limited to dates of school attendance and graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Deadline to Apply: 10/15/26

All Xcel Energy employees and contractors share responsibility for protecting the company's information and systems by adhering to cybersecurity policies, standards, and best practices, recognizing that cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility.

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