Production Trainee

Tetra Pak; Rubiera; On-site; EUR 10,000 - 12,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Six-month internship

Learning WCM and Lean practices

Exposure to global manufacturing

Job summary

Tetra Pak Carta Spa in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, offers a six-month Production Intern position to support Production engineers in World Class Manufacturing. You will help identify losses and countermeasures, and participate in Kaizen Teams with a Lean focus.

You will work with Quality, maintenance, Customer Service, and auditors, building your knowledge of how packaging material is produced. This internship requires active university status and availability for the full duration.

Qualifications

• Active Master's student in a related engineering field.
• Availability for a 6-month curricular internship and to work full time.
• Fluent in Italian and English; MS Office advanced.

Responsibilities

• Support Production Process Cells in daily management and loss analysis.
• Participate in World Class Manufacturing improvement teams and pillars.
• Provide general administrative support to production and WCM activities.
• Assist in data acquisition and analysis to drive improvements.
• Contribute to KPI planning, control, and tracking.
• Support standardization efforts and best practice execution.

Skills

Data modelling

Data analysis

Data visualization

Independent work

Team collaboration

Education

Master's in Industrial Engineering

Tools

Power BI

Job description

At Tetra Pak we commit to making food safe and available, everywhere; and we protect what's good – protecting food, protecting people, and protecting the planet. By doing so we touch millions of people's lives every day.

And we need people like you to make it happen.

We empower you to reach your potential with opportunities to make an impact to be proud of – for food, people and the planet.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Production Intern to support the Production engineers team leading innovation and continuous improvement through World Class Manufacturing. In this position you will support production processes in identifying losses and countermeasures with the aim of eradication. Besides, you will learn about WCM in an advanced factory, taking part to Kaizen Teams with focus on Lean concept. You will deal with organization and presentation to internal and external auditors. You will cooperate with several stakeholders, including Quality, maintenance, Customer Service, building your knowledge on how the packaging material is produced. This a six-months curricular internship position based in Tetra Pak Carta Spa (RE), Italy.

We are looking for a candidate who is anactive university studentandeligible to work for the entire duration of the internship.

What you will do

• Support and collaborate with Production Process Cells in a daily management system; recurrence management
• Support and participate in WCM improvement teams or Pillars
• General administrative support to production and WCM activities
• Support factory loss intelligence; carry out loss analysis and suggest improvements
• Support KPIs of production processes: planning, control and tracking
• Work with benchmarks to standardize the process and boost best practices execution
• Develop data acquisition system and data analysis
• Improve efficiency of the production processes and reduce material waste

We believe you have

• You are a Master's student in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automation or similar (active student status is a must)
• You are available for a 6-month, full time, temporary curricular internship (you can develop your master's thesis during the internship)
• Fluent in Italian and English, both written and spoken MS Office level is advanced
• You are able to work independently as well as part of a team, structured approach
• Good competence in data modelling, data analysis and data visualization
• Basic competences of Project Management
• Basic knowledge of Lean principles
• Knowledge of BI tools (Power Bi) is considered a plus
• Administrative, organized, systematic and consistent, result oriented with a strong personal drive

We Offer You

• A variety of exciting challenges with ample opportunities for development and training in a truly global landscape
• A culture that pioneers a spirit of innovation where our industry experts drive visible results
• An equal opportunity employment experience that values diversity and inclusion
• Market competitive compensation and benefits with flexible working arrangements

This job posting expires on 20th October 2026.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion is an everyday part of how we work. We give people a place to belong and support to thrive, an environment where everyone can be comfortable being themselves and has equal opportunities to grow and succeed. We embrace difference, celebrate people for who they are, and for the diversity they bring that helps us better understand and connect with our customers and communities worldwide.