Supply Chain & Engineering Internship
- Period: ~6 months (minimum of 4 months)
- Hours per week: 40
- Location: Accenture main office in Amsterdam
- Start date: the first day of each month
The work
Are you looking for an internship where you can:
- Combine consulting, engineering, and IT
- Work in a fast-moving environment
- Support leading industrial companies on real transformation projects
- Work on a research assignment that covers strategy, process improvement, and technology implementation
- Teams
In general, SC&E is a diverse and dynamic team of innovators, visionaries, and problem solvers in the fields of Engineering and Manufacturing.
You will either join PES - Product Engineering and Servicing which focuses on the next-generation R&D and imagining and reinventing the future of Products and the end-to-end Product journey from the initial design, to managing Product Lifecycle Systems, their Sustainable Footprint and the ultimate retiring and replacement.
Or you will join M&O - Manufacturing and Operations which focuses on digital Manufacturing, Intelligent Asset Management, and Capital Projects in Utilities. The topic of your graduation internship could be around grid infrastructure, challenges of the energy transition (in the utilities industry) and any other innovations you can find on the factory floor to provide a digital transformation at the core of Manufacturing.
- Daily tasks
During your internship you’ll connect with many SC&E colleagues from Accenture and gain valuable insight into the world of strategy & consulting. Your work location is at the main office in Amsterdam, where you will be required to be present at least 3 days a week.
- Research
Product Engineering and Servicing (PES)
Within PES we specialize in companies that focus on product development, so we are mainly active in Research & Development departments. Here we enable industry leading clients to optimize their business processes and efficiency.
Research groups:
- Defining R&D strategies: Helping clients shape their long-term vision and roadmap for R&D and digital transformation.
- Improving engineering and business processes: Analyzing current ways of working and redesigning product development processes through workshops, interviews, and practical improvements.
- Implementing digital solutions: Supporting the rollout of technologies such as Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platforms and AI-enabled solutions.
- Driving sustainability initiatives: Setting up frameworks, processes, and insights that help companies reach their sustainability goals.
Each year we have multiple business relevant thesis topics prepared around these topics. If instead you are looking for a role that focusses more on product design itself, we also have internships available within Accenture’s Industrial Design team via a separate vacancy.
Manufacturing and Operations (M&O)
Within M&O we are currently looking for research focused on Intelligent Asset Management, Capital Projects in Utilities, and Digital Manufacturing. We transform production plants, assets, and work processes to deliver operational excellence. By prioritizing, optimizing, digitizing, connecting, and automating our clients’ operations through integrated solutions, AI, IoT, mobility, and platforms that will unlock additional value and productivity within and across production sites.It’s a chance to apply your engineering skills to deliver meaningful, high-impact solutions.
Research groups:
- Intelligent Asset Management: You will support transforming the way our clients take care of their physical assets such as machines, buildings and equipment. You will collaborate with us to create data-driven and intelligent solutions such as Predictive Maintenance and Asset Performance Management to improve efficiency, reduce downtime and increase sustainability while reducing maintenance costs.
- Capital Projects in Utilities: You will support utility companies in driving the energy transition by developing new solutions and strategies to build new infrastructure, manage grid congestion, and optimize asset performance.
- Digital Manufacturing: You will focus on where clients can digitize, optimize and bring digital transformation to the core of their manufacturing processes. Think about developing fully autonomous factories (dark factories).
These are just some ideas. Do not feel limited by this list and share any ideas you may have!
If you have a groundbreaking idea related to the abovementioned topics, whether it addresses challenges in engineering, manufacturing, or beyond, we’d love to hear about it in your motivational letter. While our primary focus is on the abovementioned topics, feel free to suggest a related topic if you believe it aligns with our goals.
For more detailed information about research opportunities, please contact Btissame.saouti@accenture.com. We look forward to hearing your ideas and welcoming your contribution!
Interested? Please apply with your CV and cover letter with your preference for either PES or M&O.
Within all our internships, we offer you the opportunity to develop, learn, orient, build relationships and gain insights into what it’s like to work as a consultant. As an employer, we will be as flexible as possible to support your work as well as your academical needs and happy to help you navigate in the beginning of your career.Therefore, within our recruiting process, we are highly interested in your motivation and academical interest.