Commercial Intern

**Job Type**:
Intern/Student (Fixed Term)

Plains is an industry-leading transportation and midstream provider specializing in transportation, storage, processing and marketing solutions for crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs). Plains also operates strategically-located facilities for crude oil and NGL storage, separates NGL from natural gas and fractionates NGL into pure liquid petroleum gas (LPG) products, including propane and butane.

Fueled by our strong leadership team and a dedicated employee base, combined with our expertise in marketing, logistics and our asset base, Plains is well-positioned to provide our customers with flexible, value-added services now and in the future.

We are looking for high achieving, analytical, creative, entrepreneurial, and passionate students to join our Early Talent program. The Plains Early Talent program offers students the opportunity to learn and develop the skills they need to pursue long, successful careers in the energy industry.

Students are an integral part of our team, whose contributions help drive our business forward. Plains is proud to foster a culture where students are empowered to ask questions and feel as though they are part of the team from day one. We provide our students with opportunities to build their professional networks through working alongside skilled professionals, mentors, and other students.

**Intern opportunities are available on the following Commercial teams**
- Market Analytics
- Trading

**What you will**learn**
- Gain a deep understanding of both processes and overall function of our commercial business.
- Learn to manage project status, requirements, analyze relevant project data, and create reports.
- Enhance your abilities working within industry leading business software and digital tools such as Bloomberg, Excel, Power BI, Python, RightAngle and Sharepoint.
- Hone your data analysis skills and learn to interpret research findings to support decision-making.
- Contribute meaningfully to internal and external meetings, where applicable.
- Identify and implement opportunities for efficiency and process improvements.
- Complete and present assigned projects, showcasing your learning and contributions.
- Tackle ad-hoc analytical assignments and reporting, gaining versatile analytical experience.

**Who you are**
- Proactive team player who is eager to learn.
- Skilled at synthesizing information and communicating their recommendations/findings clearly.
- Effective working in fast-paced environment and doesn’t mind working independently at times.
- Detail-oriented with high accuracy.
- Strong analytical and organizational abilities.
- Flexible and adaptable to change.

**Minimum qualifications**
- Enrolled in at least the 2nd year of a bachelor’s program in accounting, business, data science economics, finance, or related.
- You will not graduate from your current bachelor’s program before the end of this internship.
- Ability to commit to an 8-month work term starting May 5, 2025.
- Past entry level work experience doing customer service or relevant internships are considered an asset.
- Experience working with MS Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, Sharepoint, and Outlook). Experience working with Python and Power BI is considered an asset.
- Willingness to relocate to Calgary for the entire duration of the term.
- Ability to provide three satisfactory references from past managers/teachers and pass a Criminal Background Check.

**How to ace your interview**:

- ** Application Essentials**: Include your resume, cover letter, and transcript.
- ** Preparation Tips**:

- Learn about the midstream industry (TIP: watch this video)
- Understand our core values, recent Plains news, or read our sustainability report.
- Dress and communicate professionally.
- Inform us of any vacation plans or changes in availability.
- Prepare questions to ask at the end of your interview.

As a student at Plains you'll receive a competitive compensation, industry leading work experience, and the opportunity to take part in a variety of social events with colleagues.

All applicants not chosen for an interview shall have all personal information permanently deleted or disposed of with the exception of their resume, which will be kept on file in the event that another suitable position becomes available.