Manufacturing Engineering Internship | Auburn, Maine

Job Location

Auburn

P&G is the largest consumer packaged goods company in the world. We have operations in over 75 countries, with 65 trusted brands that improve lives for 5 billion consumers worldwide. This brings many advantages, including the opportunity for our employees to enjoy a diverse and rewarding lifelong career filled with new and exciting challenges. Our Auburn, Maine plant is hiring several Manufacturing / Engineering interns to join the team for a roughly 10-12 week term during summer of 2024.These resources will contribute to the overall expansion, maintenance, and step change manufacturing capability of the site. Successful candidates will break down technical barriers to success, guide project teams through innovation projects, and / bring new capacity to our site. The ideal candidate is someone who is curious, not afraid to challenge the status quo, and ultimately a team player.

Auburn is located about 40 minutes from Portland - Maine's largest city - and is an integral production node within our Feminine Care business unit. Here we manufacture the majority of P&G's tampon products for worldwide distribution. At Auburn we model our approach to work after several core values: culture of safety - nothing we do is worth getting hurt - utmost emphasis on quality, as well as placing confidence and trust in our people and systems. P&G's flexibility, technical mastery, and agility earn us stability and long term success as we conquer challenges with ingenuity and rigor. We believe great ideas emerge from the creative connections that happen between our talented employees and we encourage diverse, multi-functional teams to work together to generate new ideas to address challenges we face. The Auburn plant was founded in 1968 as part of Tambrands, Inc. before the company was acquired by P&G in 1997. Our site has over 500 full time employees split between technicians, engineers, and support personnel working in a variety of operating departments. We're currently in a state of expansion through adding several new production lines set for launch between summer of 2023 and continuing into spring of 2024.

All positions under this posting have a start date of late May / early June 2024.

These positions are Monday through Friday onsite with typical days starting between 6:30 - 7 am.

For candidates located 50 or more miles from the site, relocation support will be provided.

Your Role in Manufacturing:
In this internship, you will have the opportunity to be on the production floor meeting different challenges. It's up to you to make decisions and the results of those decisions through. You will discover our leading technologies which are world-renowned. You will also discover the P&G standards and methods. In the end, you will build your own capabilities through the job experience, mentoring and training.

What we offer you:

• Continuous coaching & mentoring– We'll help you work with passionate people and also receive both formal training and mentoring from your manager
• Responsibilities as of Day 1 – you will feel the ownership of your project from the beginning, and you will be given specific projects and responsibilities
• Dynamic and respectful work environment – employees are at the core; we value every individual and encourage initiatives promoting agility and work/life balance

You will likely be placed in one of the following areas:

Production - Packing

Here you would work on getting our product into its final packaging and set up in pallets. The three priorities for packing departments are:

• Quality
• Safety
• Productivity

Your mission would be to:

• Identify one or more key projects to achieve the performance targets of the packing line
• Establish methods for solving technical problems
• Systematize tools for maintenance and implement production management tools
• Work on the installation and start up of new equipment
• Make studies on performance loss (on equipment, skills, organization)

Production - Making
This is the department that produces our products based on recipes from R&D. Your priority should be flexibility while delivering the product in time. As you do this, you will see opportunities for continuous improvement. We are hoping that you will help us to eliminate any loss in the various production stages.
In this department, you will:

• Make the study and analysis of performance loss (equipment, organization, skills)
• Establish systematization tools, simplify process and standardize work
• Craft learning programs for operators and team leader to help them to develop their skills
• Ensure the communication between different departments (logistics, packing, projects etc.)

Logistics:

In this final stage of the Supply Chain, don't think of the work as traditional warehousing and forklifts. We're transforming this environment with state-of-the-art robotics and automation to maintain our leadership position in the industry. You'll be employing advanced technologies to create flexible, customized solutions for our retail customers, maximizing both their order satisfaction and profitability.

Quality Assurance:
In assuring the quality of all our products, you would work to ensure a consistent quality in line with customer expectations as well as in accordance with local laws and P&G guidelines. It validates all the formulas and equipment prior to production, and is also responsible for the study of “non-standards” to improve our processes and training of the entire plant to quality principles.

You will ensure that the quality of the products is optimal. For this, you will:

• Support the production (especially on equipment validation, process etc.)
• Investigate " non-standard " and establish an action plan
• Develop the quality indicators and audits
• Participate in workshops within a multifunctional team

Health Safety & Environment
This team handles the environmental issues of the site, including working on our waste, destruction of defective products, water management and energy ...

You will work on:

• Environmental Management Site (destruction of products, waste management ...)
• Conducting a study on the consumption of energy and water at the site and propose practical and sustainable solutions for improving and reducing energy consumption across our processes

Job Qualifications

We are looking for:

• Are 1-4 year away from Graduation (Engineering school/ Universities)
• Successful candidates will be willing to travel on the job
• Other BS or MS in Aeronautical, Environmental, and Civil Engineering degree may be considered
• Candidates seeking a BS/MS degree in Engineering: Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial or Chemical Engineering are preferred

Just so you know:

• All positions are entry level management internships
• Procter & Gamble generally seeks to hire individuals that are in good standing at their university and/or field of study, this typically means people with an overall G.P.A. of 2.75 or above on a 4.0 scale.
• The duration of our internships is 10 to 12 weeks starting around May or June. As an intern, you'll receive an internship allowance.
• We provide relocation support to get you where we need you.

Starting Pay Range: $29 to $50 per hour.

Compensation for roles at P&G varies depending on a wide array of non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, degree/credentials, relevant skill set, and level of relevant experience. At P&G compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Total rewards at P&G include salary + bonus (if applicable) + benefits. Your recruiter may be able to share more about our total rewards offerings and the specific salary range for the relevant location(s) during the hiring process.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, citizenship, HIV/AIDS status or any other legally protected factor.

Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role. As a general matter, Procter & Gamble does not sponsor candidates for nonimmigrant visas or permanent residency. However, Procter & Gamble may make exceptions on a discretionary basis. Any exceptions would be based on the Company's specific business needs at the time and place of recruitment as well as the particular qualifications of the individual.

Procter & Gamble participates in e-verify as required by law.

Qualified individuals will not be disadvantaged based on being unemployed.

Job Schedule

Full time

Job Number

R000085213

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