Summer Technical Intern

Description

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row.

It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

Story City, IA

We are seeking a motivated Product Development Engineering Intern to support our engineering teams in developing and optimizing flexible packaging solutions. This role provides hands‑on experience with material selection, packaging design, testing, and process improvement in a manufacturing environment.

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Participate in training, embrace concepts of and actively practice the STOP Safety Program fundamentals to aid American Packaging Corporation’s efforts to achieve a zero accident rate.
• Familiarity with the principles and requirements of ISO 9000, ISO 14001, AIB, and SQF.
• Qualify new and alternate materials.
• Monitor Quality Assurance system to ensure that current procedures/testing correlate with customer requirements.
• Update system/procedures as required and develop appropriate procedures to complete assigned projects.
• Manage in‑plant trials through conducting pre‑trial planning meetings, directing on‑line manufacture of trial materials, documenting results of trials and ensuring trial results are met.
• Attend and participate in all company mandated meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Packaging Science.
• Experience with lab equipment such as tensile tester, heat sealer, etc.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to gather data competently into a report format.
• Statistical Experience is optional.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.

The employee frequently is required to sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee…