Manufacturing Process Engineer Intern

H.B. Fuller is a leading global adhesives provider focusing on perfecting adhesives, sealants and other specialty chemicals across all industries throughout the world. While our products are virtually invisible, they play a vital role in ensuring the quality of modern life and we are committed to connecting what matters to solve some of the world’s biggest adhesion challenges.

Process Engineer Intern

Fridley, MN

June 2018 – August 2018

In general, the Process Engineer intern reports to the Facility Manager and has primary responsibility to apply both theoretical and practical engineering principles.

Description:

This individual will be responsible for a specific project related to gaining a better understanding of which rapid-curing technologies are viable as adhesive platforms. This project is intended to help guide future and current product development, with a focus on flexible packaging. In the course of this work, the intern will be involved in a variety of activities which may include:

• Working directly with Production Operators on the manufacturing floor to drive process and manufacturing improvements
• Serves as a team leader/member in operational efficiency, standard operating procedure and process improvement projects for the facility, in an effort to increase operational discipline and reduce cost of poor quality (CoPQ).
• Provides support to facility manager, shift managers, regional process engineer, operations, and R&D personnel in process improvement, process transfer, and technology improvements.
• Research, specify, and document specifications for major unit operations equipment in H.B. Fuller Fridley plant. Such equipment would include mixers, heat exchangers, pumps, screener pump hold tanks, and other ancillary equipment.
• Conducts routine chemical engineering calculations in unit operations analysis in support of adhesives manufacture and process development; assists higher level engineers by performing assigned phases of work in more complex engineering problems.
• Analyzes and interprets data; should be able to propose hypotheses as explanations of phenomena, and design experimental studies to test (disprove) these hypotheses.
• Serves as team member on Green / Black Belt projects.
• Leads by example in the areas of safety improvement and the application of quality measures.

Requirements:

• Currently pursuing Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering to be completed between December 2018 – June 2020
• Must have majority of Junior level coursework complete (e.g., fluid mechanics, heat transfer, reaction kinetics, mass transfer, and junior level unit operations lab)
• Comfortable working daily in manufacturing shop floor environment

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