Why You’ll Love This Job
We are seeking motivated students to join our Summer Intern Program! As an Alpek Polyester USA Intern, you’ll be making an impact on the world with one of the largest leading global producers of sustainable PET materials while putting your learning into practice through collaborative team and project opportunities that offer innovative solutions to our customers and real-world hands-on experience to kickstart your career.
As a Electrical Engineer Intern, you will play a crucial role in new product development, process improvement, and manufacturing operations by contributing technical analysis and solutions that enhance efficiency, reliability, and performance across the polyester production stream. Your attention to detail, communication, and organizational skills will be utilized to support chemical process equipment design and improvement while assisting with capital projects and cross-functional process initiatives. This internship offers an excellent opportunity to gain firsthand experience and exposure to chemical manufacturing operations, project management, data analysis, and real-world problem solving in a dynamic industrial environment.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
The student selected as the Electrical Engineer Intern will work at our Columbia Site located in Gaston, SC. Interns are reportable to their assigned team’s supervisor and will directly be exposed to various aspects of Technical, Business and Engineering personnel to accomplish the aforementioned items.
Students will have the opportunity to collaborate cross functionally with other personnel and teams at their intern site to accomplish their assigned projects and tasks including:
- Assist with the day-to-day tactical functions that directly support the Engineer team at your site.
- Serve on or lead teams responsible for long-term process improvement planning and cost savings and/or reliability projects
- Evaluate new product, process and/or equipment applications and recommend and implement improvements to existing product, equipment or processes
- Complete special projects and assignments as directed.
- Successful execution of job responsibilities requires the ability to operate independently and effectively utilize initiative, attention to detail, discretion, and confidentiality.
Qualifications
- Full time enrollment in an undergraduate or graduate degree program from an accredited college/university
- Majoring in Electrical Engineering
- Availability to work full time (40 hours/ week) for the 3-month duration of intern assignment
- Fundamental understanding of statistics as it applies to designed experiments and understanding process variability.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to make good judgment decisions
- Willing and able to take initiative
- Self-motivated
- Professional level of integrity
- Team-oriented
- Good problem-solving skills
Alpek Polyester USA, LLC is a global leader in the production of PTA (Terephthalic Acid), PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) Resins, PET Recycling (rPET), and Specialty Polymers. This integrated business services customers all over the world using its global network of manufacturing entities within the Alpek Polyester umbrella. We are committed to improving people’s lives through our products, innovations, and a commitment to sustainability and protecting the environment.
Alpek Polyester USA, LLC is headquartered in Charlotte, NC with manufacturing facilities in the Carolinas, Mississippi, Indiana, and Pennsylvania.
Alpek Polyester USA, LLC is a division of Alpek, the petrochemicals and synthetic fibers business group of Alfa, S.A.B. de C.V., one of Mexico’s largest corporations.
Alpek Polyester USA, LLC is subject to US Department of Commerce export regulations and thus must hire individuals who meet national security requirements. Interested applicants (or temporary employees) must meet eligibility requirements. Alpek Polyester USA, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Type: Internship
Job ID: 162838