Business Operations Intern

We employ 1,300 people in operations, engineering, customer service and corporate roles. Call centers in Reno and two other locations handle customer service. Pension plan for most employees.

The program

Lakeside Water is hiring a Business Operations Intern for Summer 2027. Lakeside Water is hiring an operations intern to help run day-to-day processes, track tasks across teams and clean up data. Fully remote, working with the Operations Team. Remote position. Most of the team is in Reno, but nobody is required to come in. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

What you'll do

Map current processes and suggest one or two changes to cut manual work. Join cross-team calls and capture action items in the tracker. Write and update SOPs in Notion or Google Docs for recurring tasks. Prepare weekly operations reports covering volumes, turnaround time and open issues. Set up simple automations with Zapier or Google Apps Script, with help from the team.

Basic qualifications

Available 40 hours a week for the full internship. Based in the US for the duration of the internship. Very organised. You will be tracking many things at once. Strong Google Sheets or MS Excel skills: lookups, pivots, conditional formatting. Able to work with minimal supervision once trained. Pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in business, engineering, commerce or a related field, graduating in between December 2027 and June 2028.

Nice to have

Interest in supply chain, e-commerce or logistics. Exposure to SQL or Looker Studio.

What you get out of it

You will own at least one process improvement project from start to finish. Basic automation with no-code tools. Writing SOPs that other people can follow.

Program dates: Summer 2027, 12 weeks.

Compensation: $19.00-$26.00 an hour

Benefits for interns

Company laptop. Final presentation to leadership. Home office setup stipend.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you need an accommodation during the application process, let us know.

Apply with your resume. A cover letter is optional.

Duration: 12 weeks. Start: Summer 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Lakeside Water.