Job Description

What We Offer

At Evonik, you’re part of a global chemical company working in many sectors that go beyond chemistry. From lipids for tomorrow’s medicines, biosurfactants for green detergents, additives for plastics recycling or membranes to help drive forward the energy transition, you’ll play an essential part in helping the world’s most essential industries succeed.

You will complete your internship within our central Process Technology organization. Working in interdisciplinary teams, we develop new processes and technologies and optimize processes and production plants across various business lines. Depending on your academic background, interests, and prior experience, you will work on a dedicated project within one of our process engineering disciplines.

Our success hinges on a diversity of ideas powered by people, not egos. Whether you’re a scientist or engineer, new to the team or established, in business, production, or anything in between – we cheer each other on. Because we believe we can do anything. Explore everything. And Be Part of Something Special!

Find out more about the many benefits we offer:
https://www.evonik.com/en/careers/why.html

Meet the team and get to know the people behind Evonik:
Meet the Team

The internship is intended for a period of 4 to 6 months, with 6 months preferred An extension and the opportunity to complete a subsequent thesis project may be possible upon mutual agreement.

Please apply 3 to 4 months before your preferred start date This internship is designed for students as part of their ongoing studies and therefore cannot generally be completed after graduation.
Please upload one single PDF document in the "CV" section containing all application documents: CV, cover letter (including preferred location, desired start and end dates, and preferred technical focus area), as well as current and completed academic transcripts. Unfortunately, incomplete applications cannot be considered.

Responsibilities

Depending on the project, you will contribute to one or more of the following areas:

• Process Modeling, Thermodynamics and Reaction Engineering, including catalysis and process simulation

• Process and Separation Technologies, with a focus on fluid process engineering, mechanical separation, and membrane processes

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for the design, analysis, and optimization of process engineering systems

• Particle and Polymer Technology, including particle design, formulation development, and product optimization

• Process Analytics, Automation and Advanced Process Control for monitoring and optimizing industrial processes

• Electrochemical Processes and Energy Technologies, with a focus on electro-organic synthesis and battery research

• Sustainable Process Development and Operational Excellence, including circular processes, sustainability assessment, and process improvement using Lean Six Sigma methodologies

You are not expected to cover all areas equally. What matters most is a solid scientific or process engineering foundation, combined with expertise or development potential in at least one of the disciplines listed above.

Requirements

• Qualifications: Current enrollment at a university throughout the entire internship period and at least 120 ECTS credits completed in a Bachelor's program in science, engineering, or a related field

• Experience: Sound knowledge of, or a strong interest in, at least one of the technical disciplines listed above

• Technical Skills: Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

• Language Skills: Strong German and English communication skills, both written and spoken

• Soft Skills: Strong teamwork and communication skills, combined with a high level of initiative, responsibility, and motivation

Your Application

To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via our careers portal Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at www.evonik.com/en/careers.html

Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, stating your earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.

Your Talent Acquisition Manager:

Marc Werner

Company is

Evonik Operations GmbH