Internship Product Development - Industrial Adhesives

Updated: 25 days ago
Location: New Germany, KWAZULU NATAL
Deadline: 13 Apr 2024

At Henkel, you can build on a strong legacy and leading positions in both industrial and consumer businesses to reimagine and improve life every day. If you love challenging the status quo, join our community of over 50,000 pioneers around the globe. Our teams at Henkel Adhesive Technologies help to transform entire industries and provide our customers with a competitive advantage through adhesives, sealants and functional coatings. With our trusted brands, our cutting-edge technologies and our disruptive solutions, you will have countless opportunities to explore new paths and develop your skills. Grow within our future-led businesses, our diverse and vibrant culture and find a place where you simply belong. All to leave your mark for more sustainable growth.

Dare to make an impact?
YOUR ROLE

  • Develop and modify polyurethane formulations for our industrial customers
  • Pick suitable building blocks and prepare prepolymers
  • Perform basic testings: viscosity, density, potlife, hardness, tensile material properties, DSC, adhesion
  • Record laboratory tasks and results in an electronic format
  • Compile and present your results and challenges
  • Adopt the SHE and 5S standards of the lab and follow them
YOUR SKILLS
  • Student who has successfully passed first semesters in chemistry, material science, polymer chemistry or related studies
  • Hands-on experience with reactive chemistries like polyurethanes is a plus
  • Strong communication skills in English language is required, German is a plus
  • Very good MS Office application knowledge
  • Starting date as of July 2024 for six months

We offer you an attractive salary between € 800-2025 gross per month. The exact amount of the remuneration depends on the desired duration, the type of internship (voluntary or mandatory) and existing degrees

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We welcome all applications across different genders, origins, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, disabilities, and generations.