Electrical & Instrumentation Intern - Georgia Pacific Leaf River Cellulose Mill

At Georgia-Pacific, we value and recognize employees who are safety-minded, innovative, and who challenge the status quo. If you are a self-motivated individual pursuing an electrical, instrumentation or automation career, then we may have just the opportunity for you!

Our Georgia-Pacific Leaf River Cellulose facility is searching for a student interested in gaining experience as an Electrical & Instrumentation intern.

The schedule can be flexible, however targeting 40 hours/week with primary work hours occurring Monday-Friday from 6:00 am - 4:30 pm. You will gain an understanding of safe work practices, design of automation system and drawings needed for automation within a manufacturing environment.

The Leaf River mill utilizes a vast collection of instrumentation technology ranging from standard pressure/temperature/level/flow to analyzers such as pH, ORP, and conductivity. Major control systems include Rockwell Automation programmable logic controllers and Honeywell distributed control systems along with various safety programmable logic controllers. You will work within the E&I teams and other related teams to gain insight into a career in a challenging and rewarding industrial setting.

What You Will Do in Your Role

• Learn and apply principles of electrical safe work practices.

• Work within the E&I teams learning to apply basic calibration methods for pressure, level, flow, temperature, and analytical instrumentation.
• Learn and apply skills including drawing interpretation, basic three phase motor controls, electrical distribution, and PLC interfacing.
• Shadow E&I teams during routine preventative maintenance tasks.
• Shadow shift E&I technicians on basic troubleshooting calls throughout the mill.

The Experience You Will Bring

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled or graduate of a relevant certificate, degree, workforce training or accredited post-secondary program
• Ability to work safe. Capable of identifying hazards and adhering to safety requirements.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Passion to learn.
• Experience with and understanding of electrical, instrumentation and automation equipment.