Intern-Customer Technical Development

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We are looking for:

Solvay in Alpharetta is excited to welcome a new Co-Op student to our workforce. This is a unique opportunity to get a indepth glimpse into the world of Solvay and the way we change the world around us everyday. The CTD Co-Op student supports departmental work of the Customer Technical Development team. As a Co-Op with our customer development technical team, you will interface with various teams in the market to know and understand the technical benefits available to our customers and how can continuously improvement their experience with our products. A Co-Op student will work directly with the CTD team, R&D, analytical teams, sales and marketing personnel, and external vendors and customers as appropriate. This is very much a “hands-on” position.

The CTD team is focused on application development, process development, troubleshooting directly for customers, R&D, and manufacturing. Key activities include plastic processing such as injection molding, extrusion, and compression molding. The team also conducts application specific polymer testing, product development support, failure mode and root cause analysis, and development of data for technical marketing documentation.

We count on you for:

• Maintain a safe work environment for self and others.
• Proactively identify safety related improvement opportunities and initiate appropriate actions,
• participate in safety audits and safety meetings, present at least one topic annually at a group safety
• meeting, close open audit action items in a timely manner.
• Plan and execute both simple and complex experiments focused on processing, polymer testing, or
• application specific testing.
• Demonstrate a high degree of initiative to leverage and coordinate resources and expertise needed.
• Act independently to identify suitable procedures required to complete assignments.
• Collect, record, analyze, and interpret data using commonly accepted scientific methods.
• Communicate status and results to supervisor or scientist/engineer both orally and in written
• report form. Effectively communicate information to appropriate audiences such as CTD group,
• commercial colleagues, or external customers.
• Help to troubleshoot customer processes or trial new materials.
• Participate in training and development planning for other technicians and coordinate the work of
• other technicians where appropriate.
• Be responsible for preventative maintenance of multiple pieces of laboratory or fabrication
• equipment. Coordinate equipment use as required.
• Make recommendations for improvement opportunities. Desired profile

You will bring:

• Must be currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Polymer Engineering or Material Science.
• Completion of at least two years of coursework preferred but not required
• Technical skills in CAE/CAD are a plus
• Affinity and aptitude for hands-on processing, equipment, and other mechanical work
• Aptitude for design including spatial skills (ability to visualize a 3D image from a 2D drawing)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite software

You will get:

• Competitive salary

  The U.S. base salary range reasonably expected to be paid for this position is: $22.00 to $26.00 per hour. Since actual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted base salary range.

• Free language courses
• Training platforms for growth during CoOp service

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Solvay’s purpose is to bond people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. We can only fulfill this purpose with a diverse workforce that feels respected and appreciated, and has equal opportunities to work, grow and thrive. Our differences, visible or not, are valued. As Solvay seeks to promote unity and not uniformity, we invite you - regardless of background, age, gender, race, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, ability or identity - to consider a future with us.