Spring 2025 Mechanical Engineering Co-op - Greif Packaging LLC

Greif offers a great working environment and the opportunity to make an immediate impact at a company where your ideas are always welcome.

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Job Description:

Ready to ignite your career? Discover excitement and opportunity with Greif.

Greif offers a unique opportunity to learn, inspire and make an immediate impact at a company where your ideas are always valued. As a leader in industrial packaging, Greif is dedicated to creating solutions for life’s essentials, with colleagues delivering legendary customer service in over 35 countries.

Awarded the prestigious 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award and 2024 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace,  Greif is committed to sustainability and values every team member as a colleague. Our journey towards becoming the best-performing customer service company isn’t just about metrics; it’s about the people and strategies that define us.

Ready to shape your career journey in a company as unique as you?

You've come to the right place.

Greif’s Riverville mechanical project engineering position: be a part of a multi-discipline engineering department at Greif’s flagship Riverville paper mill.  The complex produces 100% recycled linerboard and semi-chem/ recycled medium board on two separate paper machines. This position reports directly to a senior project engineer and will be engaged primarily in process mechanical project design work.  With the opportunity for exposure to construction and minor construction management as well as exposure to mill operations.  You will be a member of a small engineering department with exposure to active design projects and efforts.

Responsibilities:

Unlock invaluable corporate experience and propel your engineering career to new heights.

A co-op at Greif will enable you to:

• Apply academic knowledge to real-world scenarios, gaining industry experience
• Access professional development learning material
• Gain clarity on your academic and career interests, as well as goals
• Assimilate into a production & engineering team environment
• Assist in capital and cost savings project work.
• Field and data collection and analysis to design projects that resolve mill needs.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Assist then lead engineering & construction assignments and ongoing projects
• Familiarize yourself with departmental functions
• Contribute meaningfully to performance goals and assigned projects
• Applying classroom education to a manufacturing environment
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in mechanical or chemical engineering
• Minimum completion of two years or more of college preferred prior to the start of your internship
• Good academic standing with your engineering department and school
• Legally authorized to work in the U.S.
• Able to work 40 hours for the duration of the co-op (January 6, 2025, to May 16, 2025)
• Able to complete multiple rotations alternating semesters on/off, target 3, minimum 2
• Able to sit stand and walk throughout the day

What sets you apart:

• Strong academic background, with a preferred GPA of 3.0 or above  
• Understanding of basic engineering principles and relevant functions
• Relevant work experience or involvement with professional clubs/organizations
• Ability to work effectively both independently and on a team
• Curiosity and problem-solving skills particularly mechanical in nature
• Interest or knowledge in 3D &2D modeling software, preferred SolidWorks or AutoCAD
• Excellent written and oral communication, organizational, time management, analytical, and adaptability skills

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We offer a competitive salary, excellent benefits and opportunity for growth. Greif, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, gender, religion, age, national origin, color, disability, or veteran status. EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran. For more information read Greif’s Equal Opportunity Policy.