Internship – Transform the Future of Manufacturing Processes!
Breda - Netherlands
Job Summary
Career Category
MaintenanceJob Description
Help us reimagine how we work and gain the skills to redefine your future.
At Amgen our mission is simple and powerful: to serve patients. Every improvement we make in our processes helps us deliver medicines more efficiently safely and sustainably across the globe. As one of the worlds leading biotechnology companies reaching over 10 million patients worldwide we believe students bring fresh perspectives curiosity and bold ideas. And we want yours.
At Amgen Breda (ABR) more than 1000 colleagues from 38 nationalities work every day to assemble label store and distribute medicines that reach patients around the world. Now you can be part of this purpose-driven environment.
LIVE
This could be your everyday
Join our Operations / M&E (Maintenance & Engineering) team and dive into a hands-on highimpact assignment that directly shapes how our packaging lines run. Today our operators rely on paper-based tooling change / changeover instruction lists to guide equipment part exchanges between batches. These lists are essential but the current process is:
- Paper-heavy
- Slow to update
- Administratively intensive
- Not digitally integrated
And thats where you come in.
Your mission
Analyze the current process uncover inefficiencies and design a smarter faster more digital future. Youll collaborate with M&E operators Quality and other stakeholders to imagine and propose a better way of working ideally one that reduces paper use accelerates updates improves data handling and enhances operational control.
This is your opportunity to bring creativity critical thinking and digital-first ideas to life in a real manufacturing environment.
Deliverables:
During your internship you will:
- Map the current-state process for tooling changeovers
- Identify key pain points risks and inefficiencies
- Gather and translate user and stakeholder requirements
- Explore improvement and digitization opportunities
- Recommend a future-state process ideally digital and streamlined
- Create an implementation roadmap that moves ABR toward this future
- Present your findings and recommendations in a final report & presentation
This assignment is perfect for students excited about process improvement digitization operational excellence and innovation in a real manufacturing setting.
WIN
What we expect of you
Were looking for a proactive student whos eager to learn explore and contribute to meaningful improvements. To thrive in this internship you ideally bring:
- Strong analytical thinking and a structured approach
- Interest in process improvement and operational excellence
- Comfortable communication style and ability to engage with stakeholders
- Affinity with manufacturing engineering or regulated environments
- Experience with process mapping and Excel (nice-to-have)
- Interest in digitization workflows or automation (big plus!)
- Ability to work independently and connect the dots across teams
Best fit: Final-year (afstudeer) HBO/WO student in Industrial Engineering Operations Management Mechanical Engineering Biomedical/Process Engineering Business Engineering or related fields.
THRIVE
What we offer
As we create treatments that take care of others we ensure our teammates thrive personally and professionally.
Youll benefit from:
- A dynamic and international environment at one of the Worlds Best Workplaces
- A supportive manager and team to coach your journey
- Professional development opportunities through the Amgen internship program
- Monthly Lunch & Learn sessions and a Final Poster Session
- Vibrant on-site facilities: gym vitality program healthy cafeteria
- A flexible work arrangement (office work-from-home)
- An internship fee
- Opportunities to apply for temporary or permanent roles at Amgen
And yes we love new digital ideas. If your proposed solution can be supported by AI or used on iPads even better!
Eligibility
You must be currently enrolled at a Dutch HBO or WO university.
.Required Experience:
Intern
Key Skills
About Company
Amgen, a biotechnology pioneer, discovers, develops and delivers innovative human therapeutics. Our medicines have helped millions of patients in the fight against cancer, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses. As an organization dedicated to improving the ... View more