Business Analyst/AI Intern
SmartCover Systems
Badger Meter - Where Every Drop Counts and So Do You
At Badger Meter, we're more than a leading global water technology company - we're innovators with a mission: to preserve and protect the world's most precious resource. For over 120 years, our trusted solutions have enabled our customers to optimize the delivery and use of water, maximize revenue and reduce waste.
Every employee at Badger Meter is an important part of our success. Here, your work doesn't just move a business forward - it shapes a more sustainable future. We are committed to building a workplace where we celebrate differences, empower voices, and encourage fresh ideas that drive innovation.
When you join us, you'll find:
Purpose-driven work that makes a real difference in communities around the globe.
Career growth and development opportunities designed to help you achieve your potential.
A supportive, inclusive culture where collaboration and creativity thrive.
Be part of something bigger. At Badger Meter, your contributions will ripple far beyond the workplace - creating lasting change for people and the planet.
What You Will Contribute:
The Badger Meter Internship Program provides hands-on, real-world experience to students through projects that make a difference! In addition to your projects, you will be given the opportunity to participate in our robust Intern program focused on Badger Meter Culture, professional development, community outreach and a final capstone project.
Here at Badger Meter, we believe that our approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion is the very foundation of our success. Our commitment is reflected in our core values, where we strive to create an environment that celebrates differences, encourages innovation, and ensures that every voice is celebrated and appreciated.
We understand that a diverse team brings a variety of perspectives and ideas, which ultimately fosters creativity and excellence. Our internship program is designed to provide opportunities for career growth and development for every intern by creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where they can make meaningful contributions while preserving the world’s most precious resource.
The Business Analyst Intern is responsible for providing a wide range of value-added analytics and AI uses case builds to support customer care and technical support disciplines. Provides operational recommendations based on those analytics. Responsible for collecting and analyzing performance data and developing business performance reports in Salesforce and analysis that support key decision making. Responsible for creating and managing various database structures and analytics websites to collect analyze and disseminate operational data.
This will be a summer internship onsite at our Milwaukee facility.
Job Responsibilities
Responsible for defining, designing, building, and preparing daily, weekly, monthly, user customizable, and ad hoc operations reports and analysis for key operational metrics.
Collaborates with management in defining broader analytics strategy.
Researches, analyzes, and explains current and past activity, expected trends, and potential effect of change. Presents and supports findings and recommendations to various management levels within the organization.
Evaluates data collected and accurately identifies and interprets trends. Based on findings, prepares and communicates results and recommendations to various levels of senior management. Ensures accuracy of all reported data by continually reviewing and analyzing current sources, processes, and systems functions. Prepares graphs, spreadsheets, reports, and PowerPoint presentations as required.
Uses statistical methodologies to describe and model behaviors, transaction volumes, and performance measures.
Responsible for creating and maintaining databases, spreadsheets, interactive self-service reporting web front ends, and other tracking mechanisms.
Collaborates with internal departments to initiate/implement improvements and efficiencies related to analytics needs.
Creates and maintains tools that will automate analytics, such as web-based reporting. Establishes reporting standards and criteria and maintains data and reporting integrity.
Defines and develops requirements for reporting to all levels within the management structure, and methodology for calculations for metrics and/or analysis.
Basic Qualifications
Pursuing bachelor’s degree in a technical/quantitative field, such as IT, Computer Science, Engineering, Science, Economics, or Business Analytics.
Experience in analytics and problem solving.
Experience querying databases.
Experience working with AI models
Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems
Experience analyzing and reporting data to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
Experience using time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
Advanced level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: VB macros, nested if statements and other complex functions, advanced pivot table skills, merging and centering cells, printing centered page, etc.), Python, AI models, etc
Preferred Qualifications
Advanced level skill in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: changing picture styles, customizing animation and/or setting automatic slide timings).
Advanced level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: adding developer tab, creating a macro, formatting table style, inserting comments and/or creating a mail merge).
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