Co Op/Internship

When Alfred Fain founded a small Rhode Island tire store in 1924, at the time no one could have predicted how Teknor Apex would become an international custom compounder sought out by companies around the world. After a nearly hundred-year journey that’s carried us through acquisitions and expansion, we now have ten U.S. locations, as well as operations in Belgium, Singapore, Germany, and China.

Throughout this global expansion Teknor has remained a privately held company, and today Fain’s grandson sits at the helm, maintaining the family’s tradition of fostering deep employee and customer relationships. These relationships are what allow us—together—to deliver customized compound solutions and help our customer’s create better products.

“Manufacturing is a team sport and we work together to achieve our goals.” ~Jon Fain, CEO

Join the team behind our custom compounds.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Overview:

As an Intern student in our Chemicals Department, you will be given the opportunity to work as part of the Tennessee Chemicals team and given the tasks of updating and revising process batch cards, labeling process pipes, equipment, and valves, and assist with pilot reactor upgrade projects.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Update and revise process batch cards for all Chemicals products
  1. Work with process engineer and operations to understand process changes and revisions needed to be incorporated into the batch card system
  2. Utilize Management of Change (MOC) system to properly document all revisions
  3. Distribute and train operations on batch card revisions
• Work with process specialist to identify and label process pipes and equipment throughout the department
• Assist process engineer with the implementation of several pilot reactor upgrade projects
• Assist with various other projects as directed
• Present project overview and findings to Co-Op Team and mentor

Qualifications

• Current Junior or Senior College Student majoring in Chemical Engineering.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Must be able to work 40 hours each week. Monday – Friday, 8 hours daily.