ABOUT US

Americold is a global provider of temperature-controlled infrastructure. We partner with farmers and food producers to ensure their perishable and frozen product reaches foods suppliers, restaurants, and your local grocery store without spoilage. Our customers, which include some of the most respected brands in the food industry, rely on our expertise and commitment to safety in order to deliver on their commitments.

JOB DESCRIPTION

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 & 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 & 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 & Safety:

• Lead the coordination and supervision of Facility Services & 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 & 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 ability 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 reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What We Offer :

Our associates know the answer to the question What’s in it for me We offer best-in-class benefit programs and continuously work with our associates to ensure that our offerings meet the needs of their health and financial well-being. When you join Americold you join a values-oriented company with a clear mission. We help our customers feed the world.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.

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