Process Engineering Intern
LANXESS
internship
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Location Type: Office
Location: El Dorado • 🇺🇸 United States
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Entry Level
About the role
- Put your engineering background to use to tackle short-term projects that offer hands-on experience in a manufacturing plant environment.
- Analyze processes and identify opportunities for improvements.
- Propose and implement changes to streamline production, reduce waste, or enhance quality.
- Review and create documentation and SOPs (standard operating procedures) for equipment and processes.
- Participate in the site’s safety and environmental programs, by developing and implementing safety protocols and environmental sustainability initiatives.
- Grow your skills and knowledge by working with experienced engineers and professionals.
Requirements
- Must have completed sophomore year studies in a bachelor's level engineering program (preferably mechanical, chemical, or industrial engineering)
- Ability to work full time during the Summer of 2026.
- An ability to work independently on complicated problems and within the context of multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent time management skills to balance daily activities with longer term projects
- Willingness to work both at a desk and in a manufacturing plant
- Ability to read and interpret schematic documents and drawings
- Excellent written and verbal skills
- Computer literacy with Microsoft Office products and other business programs.
Benefits
- We offer competitive compensation packages, inclusive of a global bonus program and an individual performance bonus program.
- We provide a variety of benefits to support your financial security, health and wellbeing including retirement plans, health programs, life insurance and medical care.
- We support you in maintaining a balance between working hours and personal life.
- With our global “Xwork” program, we offer flexible working arrangements in all countries in which we operate.
- We are committed to your professional and personal development and encourage you in the ongoing pursuit of education, training and knowledge through both formal and informal learning.
- LANXESS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religion, national origin, veteran status and political beliefs.
- LANXESS has a value-based performance culture. We are seeking a range of human interests, backgrounds, and experiences that can be engaged to achieve respect, ownership, trust, professionalism, integrity and healing across all sectors.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
process analysisproduction improvementwaste reductionquality enhancementdocumentation creationSOP developmentsafety protocol implementationenvironmental sustainabilityschematic interpretationengineering principles
Soft skills
independent problem solvingteam collaborationtime managementcommunication skillswritten skillsverbal skillsadaptabilityinitiativeattention to detailorganizational skills