Vessel-to-Grid Development & Support Intern- Internship Program

COVE

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Host Company: BlueGrid

The PIER

1209 Marginal Road

Halifax, NS, B4H 4P8

Who is COVE?
Since our launch in 2018, COVE has been on a mission to connect people, ideas, resources, and assets to propel solutions and sustainable growth for Canadas marine sector. COVE has been central to the creation of a large cluster of companies and generating a best-in-class start-up ecosystem. COVE provides strategic network-building opportunities, connections, and thought leadership amongst the global ocean tech community and runs programs to foster the development of the workforce, the acceleration of ocean tech product releases, and the success of new ventures by start-ups, scaleups, and SMEs. These programs and COVEs ability to nationally harness multi-disciplinary skills and capabilities within the marine ecosystem is an enabler in solving industry challenges, generating economic benefits, and providing value to investors. To support new talent entering the sector we facilitate a summer internship program for students from across Canada.

What is the COVE Internship Program?
We are looking for bright, talented individuals at the post-secondary level, interested in the marine sector, who are looking to gain valuable, hands-on work experience. You will be placed with a host company in the marine sector and will be working on a core project for their business. Projects are interdisciplinary and students will be collaborating closely with other students and staff from different disciplines.

The COVE internship is a collaboration with numerous companies that are leaders in the marine and marine technology sector. We are diligent in placing students in a role with a company that is well aligned with their discipline of study, skill set, and future career ambitions. Canadas marine sector is growing and thriving and contributes millions of dollars to our national economy on an annual basis. COVE is seeking interns who are Canadas best and brightest to be part of this phenomenal growth.

Internship Eligibility:

• Open to post-secondary students across all disciplines (i.e. Environmental Sciences, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Marketing and Communications, etc.)
• Students must be actively enrolled in a post-secondary program at the time of the summer internship
• Based on the required skillsets, placements are typically geared towards second-year undergraduate students and above
• Collaborative Self-starter
• Open to learning
• Have experience or an interest in the marine sector
• International students must be eligible to work in Canada and have a valid study/work permit

Program Highlights:

• 16- week full-time paid (min. $22/hr) employment from May- August 2025
• Project-based learning opportunity with a host company in Nova Scotia
• Professional Development sessions
• Mentorship from industry professionals
• Networking Opportunities

The Opportunity:

BlueGrid believes bluer oceans and greener energy are vitally important and are
working hard to accelerate the path to both. Our vision is to create a common path for electric
grid and vessel owners to achieve financially rewarding net zero together. It is through our mission
to unlock the full environmental and financial value of vessel-to-grid that we believe this vision can be
achieved.

What you will be doing:

The candidate will be working on marine vessel electrification projects with Rimot focused on enabling and utilizing vessel batteries to the benefit of vessel owners and the electricity grid. The projects underway are at various stages of progression and include a mix of software, hardware, and technical consulting.

This candidate will be supporting the development of vessel-to-grid software to enable bi-directional energy transfer between vessels and the electricity grid. The work includes interaction with a variety of stakeholders including active commercialization work underway with Dalhousie University.

What you will bring:

• Working towards BS degree in Computer Science or other related areas where you can bring value to the development team.
• Experience with data collection hardware and instrumentation.
• Some back end, as well as front end software development experience helpful.
• Knowledge of various software languages, ability to learn some new ones.
• Strong communication skills.
• Able to work independently, and as part of a team to deliver quality results.
• Want to make a difference through decarbonizing initiatives.

Additional Information:

• Interns will work under the direct supervision of a Blue Grid team member. Blue Grids work environment is hybrid, with employees reporting to our main office space 2 days per week and working virtually the other 3 days. Some field work may be necessary; however Blue Grid will provide transportation and logistics where / whenever this may be necessary

COVE is seeking to improve the diversity and inclusion of our sector and would therefore strongly encourage those who are traditionally underrepresented in the marine sector (women, BIPOC, immigrants, etc.) to apply.

Interested in gaining valuable work experience within the marine sector? Please apply online by clicking Apply.The deadline for submission is 11:59 pm ADT, Sunday, February 2nd, 2025. We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.