Primary Responsibility :

The Americold Summer Internship Experience is a 12-week, full time, paid internship that takes place over the summer term in various locations throughout the country. During this experience, our interns will gain valuable knowledge related to Maintenance and Reliability, while contributing to the one of the COOLest business sectors.

The internship opportunity will afford our interns to better understand of the supply chain industry, work on challenging and industry-specific projects, plus the ability to collaborate with organizational leaders, colleagues, and peers.

As an Americold Intern, the experience you will gain here will not only be essential to your personal and professional growth and development, but your contributions can make a vital difference for our company.

What You'll Do :

Learn fundamentals of Facility Services and Energy Management in 3rd Party Logistics in these areas:

Maintenance Excellence:

Working shoulder to shoulder with Maintenance Leaders and Technicians you will observe, analyze, and improve reliability and maintenance practices through Planning and Scheduling, Parts Room Strategies, Preventive Maintenance Optimization, Bad Actor Program Management, and RCM methodologies

Support creating a safe and efficient working environment through Americold Operating System

Lead Standard Work, Reliability, and Continuous Improvement through two intern projects

Projects are rooted in Reliability Centered Maintenance processes and Energy Improvement

Projects are coupled to equipment performance, statistical analyses, and kWh reduction

Energy Excellence:

Participate in Energy Waste Walks and build awareness around energy conservation

Participate in evaluating Energy ROI projects

Learn to track and analyze energy usage to estimate energy saving potentials for energy projects Lead site to achieve / sustain Energy Excellence Certification

Lead the execution of an Energy Improvement Project

Lead Energy Efficiency Awareness at the site

Leadership and Safety:

Lead the coordination and supervision of Facility Services and Energy personnel in activities for assigned Energy and Reliability projects, providing direction and coaching to meet project objectives

Collaborate with teams and managers to solve work-related issues

Participate in all safety training

Warehouse/Facility Operations:

Gain understanding of Dock and Front Office processes

Learn about labor and transportation/labor matrix planning

Be exposed to Transportation appointment scheduling and how it relates to Facility Services

Receive training and education around Inventory Control

Complete a reliability assignment/project and be responsible for presenting the final project to a panel of business leaders near the conclusion of your internship experience

Mine for data to support a workable recommendation, and drive resolution for a Reliability Maintenance project

Collaborate with cross-functionally organizational units (Safety, Finance, Engineering, Operations, Human Resources, Business Development, etc.) for the development of the recommendation for your assigned project.

Participate in formal orientations/trainings and informal meetings with members of our workforce from a variety of functions

Adhere to and ensure compliance with all Company policies, as well as all Federal, State and Local OSHA regulations

All other duties as assigned

What Experience and Education You Need :

Currently enrolled at an accredited college/university for an undergraduate or graduate degree in Engineering Reliability or related field of study, preferably rising senior

Ability to work flexible hours based on business needs

Must have very strong customer service orientation with high sense of urgency in meeting objectives and deadlines

Demonstrates leadership (in prior work and academics)

Strong written and verbal communication skills with the abi ity to interact comfortably at all levels of the organization including with senior level leaders

What Could Set You Apart :

Excellent technical skills including a strong command of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Ability to work in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment

Ability to influence

Creative and strategic thinking

Comfortable with dynamic, changing environment

Detailed oriented, multi-tasking, and analytical problem-solving skills

Physical Requirements :

The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job

Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions

Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending

Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work

Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks

May require travel by automobile and airplane

May require visiting facility operations in temperatures at or below freezing

May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds

Requires the use of various electronic tools

Occasionally works evenings or weekends in order to complete objectives or to attend meetings

Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes

Requires the performance of work activities including...

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