Maintenance Analytics & Reliability Engineering Intern

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work, such as helping customers find cures for cancer, protecting the environment, and ensuring our food is safe. Your work will have a real-world impact, and you’ll be supported in achieving your career goals.
Our colleagues are committed to making a difference within our organization, for our customers and partners, and for the patients we serve. We seek individuals with strong capabilities, a collaborative mindset, and a commitment to quality to help our organization succeed now and into the future.

Project Scope and Responsibilities:

The internship offers a structured learning experience within the Maintenance Department at Thermo Fisher Scientific's Monza Manufacturing Plant. Under the guidance of the Maintenance Manager and Reliability Engineers you will develop practical skills in maintenance data analysis, equipment reliability, and structured troubleshooting within a GMP manufacturing environment. The project will be carried out on a newly built sterile manufacturing line, providing the opportunity to support the commissioning and operational ramp-up of state-of-the-art pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment while contributing to the development of a reliability-focused maintenance strategy. The intern will support a focused engineering project aimed at improving equipment reliability and maintenance effectiveness through data-driven analysis.

Project activities may include the following responsibilities:

Analyzing CMMS maintenance data, equipment failures, downtime, and maintenance KPIs.
Identifying opportunities to optimize preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
Supporting equipment breakdown investigations using Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) methodologies.
Developing dashboards and reports to monitor maintenance performance.
Collaborating with Maintenance, Reliability, Manufacturing, and Operational Excellence teams to propose and evaluate improvement actions on the new sterile manufacturing line.

Learning Outcomes:

Maintenance and Reliability Engineering.
Maintenance data analytics.
TPM and Continuous Improvement methodologies.

Root Cause Analysis and troubleshooting.
Maintenance KPI monitoring.
Reliability engineering during the ramp-up of a new sterile manufacturing line.
Cross-functional collaboration in a GMP pharmaceutical manufacturing environment.

How will you get here?

Graduate student completing a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Automation Engineering or equivalent related technical discipline.
Students must either (1) be currently enrolled at a university and about to enter their final year of study or (2) have graduated no more than one (1) year before the anticipated start date.
This position will fulfill a 6-12months university placement within the curriculum.
No previous work experience is required; previous related internships, apprenticeships and academic projects are considered an advantage.
Good computer literacy, with experience using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Interest in industrial maintenance, manufacturing processes, and equipment reliability.

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!
To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the Country indicated for the opportunity they are applying to by either confirming Citizenship or the right to work.