Internship Research & Development in Duisburg bei Westlake Careers

Company Overview:

Westlake Epoxy, a part of the Westlake Family, is a global leading producer of specialty resins, coatings and composites for a variety of industries, including high growth and more sustainable end-uses such as wind turbine blades, light weight automotive structural components and future generations of aerospace composite materials. You will become part of a robust high-performance team, supported, developed and inspired to achieve your personal best. The health and safety of our employees and communities, and the vigilant stewardship of the environment and sustainability are of utmost importance and at the forefront of everything we do.

Westlake Epoxy’s Internship Program is an opportunity for Bachelor’s and Master’s students to apply their knowledge in a 4 to 12 months project within the Westlake Epoxy’s R&D Department.

The program will give you the opportunity to work on a project and to influence our research efforts directly. As you will be learning on the job, you will have a personal Mentor, who helps you with your assignment and supports in case of any question. If you are looking for an opportunity where you can demonstrate your ingenuity by solving real world problems, in an environment focused on sustainable and safe developments, look no further than Westlake Epoxy’s Internship Program.

Minimum Qualifications and requirements

• Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Bachelor’s or Master’s student
• Lab work experience (very key for us). Of course this can be during your studies.
• Strong safety awareness, working very clean. Epoxies do stick, so this is very important!
• Preferred duration 6 months
• starting date end of August, beginning September
• Interest and opportunity to work on multiple topics, depending on timing and needs.
• No preference for language but some decent English will be needed.
• The internship has to be a mandatory part of the studies
• As the location will be Duisburg, Germany, you should be able to commute to Duisburg and to work on site

Your Application

If this exciting challenge appeals to you, we look forward to receiving your complete application documents (CV, cover letter, salary requirements, duration and possible starting date of your internship). Please send them - exclusively via our application management system using the "Apply" button.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at Recruitment.Europe@westlake.com.