Engineering Trainee

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (Minimum): Education:
B. S. in Engineering or expected to attain by June 2015
Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA

Experience: Must be conscientious with high cognitive ability and possess initiative, responsibility, leadership potential and a strong work ethic. Must be willing to relocate to a Nestlé Purina location upon completion of the program.

*PLUSES: Prior co-op or practicum experience; manufacturing experience; student organization or other leadership experience.

Note: This position does not provide sponsorship for employment status (e.g. H-1B visa status). You must have the legal right to work in the United States.

LOCATIONS: Davenport, IA; Crete, NE; Bloomfield, MO; Clinton, IA
POSITION SUMMARY:

For more than 30 years, our Management Trainee Program has developed the future leaders of our business. This program allows you to embark on a personal and professional development experience a classroom can't offer. As an Engineering Management Trainee, you'll be immersed in a highly technical and quality-driven production environment to ensure we remain safe, operational and cutting edge in our pursuit of continuous improvement and manufacturing excellence. Through a well-designed rotation of our factory functions, you’ll learn our operations, how they apply to engineering and how engineering interacts with other factory functions such as production, information systems, quality assurance, supply chain, finance and human resources. Collaborating with your engineering mentor is essential in this role as they will help you leverage your new business knowledge to deliver top-notch engineering analysis and support to the plant for the duration of your trainee experience. Real world application of technology, market leadership and best-in-class operations await you.

1. Develop detailed project scopes that account for operational impact
2. Be a problem solver by creating solutions to problems in accordance with engineering standards
3. Prepare specifications, bid scopes as well as evaluate bids and awards for construction projects
4. Supervise project start-ups and contractors
5. Master plant process flows, utility flows, capacities, procedures and practices
6. Demonstrate maintenance supervisory capability

Following your trainee assignment, you'll have the opportunity to continue your leadership and functional development at one of our 20 production plants located in the U.S.

COMPANY PROFILE: Most would say we make pet food. We say we make honest goodness - in our products, our processes, our people and our philanthropy. Others know us as a leader in the pet care industry and as a 'Best Place to Work'. We know ourselves as a wholesome family with a small-company feel, but with big opportunities at the global scale. We invest in you just as much as we invest in our ideas. If your full potential could be unleashed, what would you add to the mix? Join us in making more honest goodness.

Nestlé Purina PetCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer