Category Archives: Mining, Environment and Natural Resources

Countryside Policy Intern – South West Lakes Trust

Biosciences, Mining, Environment and Natural Resources, ,

Universtiy of Exeter Internships, UoE Internships, SCP, SBP, GBP, A2I

What were your main duties and responsibilities during the course of your internship?

I devised a successful management plan to collate agri-environmental scheme land features of the Trust’s reserves. This included surveying sites throughout Cornwall and Devon to identify potential future applicable land and ensure adherence to Natural England cross compliances.

What would you say was your biggest achievement over the course of your internship?

I gained insight knowledge into how government environmental schemes run financially, and I also learnt the eligible and ineligible features that dictate potential income for land owners.

What benefits did your internship bring to your employer?

I was able to devise a workable and functioning system to collate the organisations reserve features – 5 sites I completed myself which has reduced a large workload and made future land development and information details faster to acquire.

Renewable Heat Project Manager – Enviko

Energy Engineering, Mining, Environment and Natural Resources,

Universtiy of Exeter Internships, UoE Internships, SCP, SBP, GBP, A2I

What were your main duties and responsibilities during the course of your internship?

I managed projects of large scale renewable heat installations and provided technical support to the Solar PV department.

What would you say was your biggest achievement over the course of your internship?

I improved the method of shading analysis used by the company and will continue to help the Design and Sales team to utilise this in the future via a further project.

What benefits did your internship bring to your employer?

During my time at Enviko I saved the company time and money by helping support departments during very busy times and also improved standard practices meaning that certain areas will operate more efficiently in the future.

Did you encounter any problems during the course of your internship and if so, how did you overcome them?

As a project manager there were many issues due to the complexities of the projects such as resource delivery delays in which I often had to change supplier or personally negotiate the quickest delivery possible with the manufacturers.

Technical Manager – Communities for Renewables

Energy Engineering, Mining, Environment and Natural Resources,

Universtiy of Exeter Internships, UoE Internships, SCP, SBP, GBP, A2I

What were your main duties and responsibilities during the course of your internship?

I was responsible for leading a project on smart grids for social housing including research, report writing, financial modelling and conducting meetings with industry experts. I assisted on a project for a large wind farm developer which aimed to assist them in developing a shared ownership strategy. I was responsible for seeking and assessing power purchase agreements for three solar sites. I was also responsible for writing and proof reading feasibility reports for community groups as well as assisting with drafting share offers, tendering for marketing quotes and other administrative tasks.

What would you say was your biggest achievement over the course of your internship?

I think I have a much better grasp of the financial and legal aspects of the renewable energy industry.

What benefits did your internship bring to your employer?

I completed work worth £10,000 to the company and assisted colleagues with various admin tasks, allowing more experienced colleagues to concentrate on more important tasks.

Did you encounter any problems during the course of your internship and if so, how did you overcome them?

I found it difficult to concentrate in the office when co-workers were discussing business – I would want to listen and it has been valuable to do so but very distracting… I have finally brought headphones in.

Rosie Gillam