Engineering Intern: Lead Plant Projects & Improvements

ingredion; South Sioux City (NE); On-site; USD 41,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off

Professional development

Employee discount program

Job summary

Ingredion invites an Engineer Intern to join the South Sioux City, Nebraska manufacturing team. This on-site internship focuses on leading capital projects from concept through installation, startup, and closure, while partnering with operations, maintenance, quality and safety to troubleshoot and optimize process performance.

You will develop engineering designs, documentation, and scopes of work, support evaluations and root-cause analyses, and drive continuous improvement across plant

Qualifications

• Enrollment in an engineering bachelor’s program with eligibility to work in the United States.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial or Electrical Engineering preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to interpret data and trends.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; able to document technical details clearly.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support capital projects from concept through installation, startup and closure.
• Identify and implement process improvements to boost productivity, quality, and cost performance.
• Collaborate with operations, maintenance, quality and safety teams to troubleshoot issues.
• Develop designs, specifications, scopes of work, and technical docs for plant projects.
• Support equipment evaluations, root cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Analyze process data to identify optimization opportunities and continuous improvement.
• Manage contractors to ensure safe, on-time, on-budget project completion.
• Ensure compliance with standards, environmental regulations and food safety requirements.
• Participate in plant reliability and asset management initiatives.
• Present updates and results to plant leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Multitasking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Eng/ Chemical Eng/ Industrial Eng/ Electrical Eng

Tools

CMMS familiarity

Engineering software

Job description

Ingredion invites an Engineer Intern to join the South Sioux City, Nebraska manufacturing team. This on-site internship focuses on leading capital projects from concept through installation, startup, and closure, while partnering with operations, maintenance, quality and safety to troubleshoot and optimize process performance.

You will develop engineering designs, documentation, and scopes of work, support evaluations and root-cause analyses, and drive continuous improvement across plant