Internship Continuous Improvement & Operations ExcellenceSaint-Gobain

Our site in Buggenhout has around 70 colleagues who work together every day to create high‑quality technical textiles. As an intern, you will join a warm and supportive team where colleagues are ready to guide you, answer your questions and help you grow. You'll have plenty of space to learn, explore and develop your skills within a production environment that values quality, safety and continuous improvement.

To strengthen our World Class Manufacturing (WCM) approach, we are looking for a motivated intern who wants to contribute to hands‑on improvement projects on the shop floor. "Our strength lies in working together. You can achieve great things on your own, but together with your colleagues you can achieve so much more."

• You document standards, templates and visual guidelines for 5S and other continuous‑improvement tools

• You create templates - including cleaning calendars, checklists, audits and project matrices - and maintain a structured document‑control system

• You prepare visual boards and shop‑floor reports, and support the setup of digital dashboards and reporting templates in Excel and Power BI

• You follow up improvement projects on the shop floor, track Kaizen ideas and action plans, and support operators with root‑cause analyses and CI tools

• You prepare training materials and presentations to support continuous‑improvement initiatives

As an intern in Continuous Improvement / WCM, you support our team in deploying, improving and embedding WCM practices within our production departments. You will have the opportunity to gain hands‑on experience with lean tools and process optimization, working directly with operators, team leaders and engineers.

• You show interest in WCM, lean or continuous‑improvement methods

• You have basic knowledge of Excel and can work with Power BI (asset)

• You feel comfortable being actively present on the shop floor

• You communicate clearly and work in a supportive, collaborative manner

• You work accurately and in a structured way

• You apply a hands‑on, solution‑oriented approach

• You are studying Industrial Engineering (electromechanics, production, operations, process improvement), Professional Bachelor Electromechanics, Bachelor of Business Management - Operations, Bachelor/Master Supply Chain Management, or Bachelor of Applied Engineering