R&D Packaging Internship

2 weken geleden

Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland pladis Global Voltijd

About the Role

The R&D Packaging team at pladis focuses on developing and delivering packaging innovations, renovations, and optimizations to market, on-time and in budget, in close cooperation with marketing, operations, procurement, quality, and supply chain.

This internship entails a combination of various activities involving technical documentation management as well as practical project work, such as trial execution on our factories/co-manufacturers, lab measurement, collaboration with suppliers, etc.

Key Responsibilities

  • Structuring and maintaining a technical central database for packaging materials and finished product specifications for our European sites and co-manufacturing.
  • Creating and updating the packaging visual standards (VST) for our product portfolio.
  • Assist the packaging team in trial execution, pilot plant testing, and reporting.
  • Assist the packaging technologist on plant troubleshooting and data collection on specific issues.
  • Opportunity to have their own project for recycle-ready/productivity for packaging under supervision of the Head of Packaging.
  • Ensure that all work is carried out in a safe and hygienic manner, following factory or bakery general manufacturing practices (GMPs).
  • Support project manager and/or Head of Packaging in effective scheduling of project tasks and identification of resource requirements (time, money, people).
  • Raise any technical or project-related issues that might affect quality, cost, or time of delivery with project manager and/or Head of Packaging.
  • Keep comprehensive records of all work carried out and report results and recommendations as appropriate.

About You

  • Possess a passion for packaging.
  • Be a 3rd or 4th-year student with a Bachelor or Master Degree (in Food Science (packaging specialization), Technical packaging, industrial engineering, or similar).
  • Be proficient at managing large data sets and Excel.
  • Be a self-starter and quick learner.
  • Have a proactive and creative approach to problem-solving.
  • Be able to work autonomously and organize your time to manage more than one task simultaneously.
  • Comfortable building new working relationships and networks with various functions within a business.
  • Enjoy variety in your day-to-day role - Able to work proficiently in both written and spoken English. Dutch is advantageous.
  • You're available for five or six months and five days a week.

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