Intern Improved sustainability performance by complex Energy Dashboards

Intern Improved Sustainability Performance by Complex Energy Dashboards

The complex production facility of FrieslandCampina in Veghel produces single ingredients like cream, caseinates, whey proteins, lactose, and other products from raw milk and cheese whey. In the production processes of these ingredients, heating and cooling is obviously necessary, which makes the plant very energy intensive. Continuous improvement on sustainability performance is essential in order to meet the ambitious targets.

In order to reduce the carbon footprint and be future-proof as a plant, as well as reduce spending on energy, it is key to be able to properly monitor the processes and keep track of how much energy is used in each of the unit operations, and in which process step. On one hand, this will allow for identification of deviations which increase our energy consumption. Proper insight into the cause is extremely important for plotting the right course of action to move back to the benchmark. On the other hand, monitoring allows for understanding where in the process optimization is possible, to further reduce energy uptake and improve the plant's performance.

To this seemingly simple way of working, we need to add the complexity of the production process, which has many different recipes for different products, units with different capacities and run times operating in batch and, as the single biggest milk processing plant in the network, stable operation is always required.

Currently, we are in the process of phasing out our current platform for energy monitoring and adapting the FrieslandCampina standard as an Energy Monitoring System, which generates new features and allows for different dashboards and makes FrieslandCampina Veghel ready for a sustainable future!

What we ask

• Applied sciences or academic working and thinking level
• Study types: Engineering (chemical, mechanical, applied physics), data, mathematics
• Experience with analyzing process data (and Power BI) comes in handy but is not required
• Language: English or Dutch
• Duration: 4-6 months
• Personal characteristics: independent, analytical, assertive, communicative

What we offer

We offer an interesting and challenging internship in which you will have the freedom and opportunities within the assignment to further develop yourself in your area of interest. You can count on professional guidance and a fair internship allowance.

Vacancy Description

In this internship, you will function full-time in a team of process technologists. On a day-to-day basis, you will build the relevant and necessary dashboards step by step, while analyzing plant data and iterating the dashboards to make them fit for purpose.

The main goals of this internship are the following:

1. Finalizing input for EMS backbone
2. Generation of standardized dashboards
3. Creation of dashboards for optimization of process units

This entails (for all parts of the internship):

• Collect knowledge and data from databases, systems, and people:
  • Gas, Steam, Water, Waste Water, and (intermediate) product flows and temperatures
  • Energy (and mass) balances
  • Determine operating windows (and targets/limits) and relevant monitoring Key Performance Indicators of unit operations
• Implementation and validation of this data in EMS software environment
• Development of dashboards (Power BI)

"Staying true to who you really are, that is your starting point at FrieslandCampina. Because it is precisely by embracing our differences that we can grow together. We want to create a working environment that allows all employees to bring their best and authentic selves. If who we are suits you, but you're not sure if you're the best fit for the role, we still encourage you to apply so we can help you find the role that fits you best." FrieslandCampina Team

Team Details

Technology team Veghel is a young team of 25 technologists with varying working experiences. We like our job and to discuss the challenges it faces, but we also share an interest in each other's personal life: Everyone can feel free to discuss subjects not related to work. We have a big open office in which it is easy to ask one of your colleagues for help when needed, or to walk to one of the other disciplines. The culture is very open and it is easy to walk to any manager’s office when needed without an appointment.

Our technology office is in the middle of plant Veghel between all the production plants. This makes it easy to walk to production for a simple question or check. Our operators really like to help you tackle problems by thinking along with to come up with solutions, tests, or implement solutions.

Of course, when joining our team, you become part of FrieslandCampina. All 20,000 employees at FrieslandCampina share a single passion: getting more out of milk and aim to help people move forward in life. With our brands, we reach millions of people in more than 100 countries. FrieslandCampina consists of a number of business groups and operating companies with offices all around the world.

Within the Business Group FrieslandCampina Ingredients, we are passionate about adding goodness to the foods, beverages, and businesses that nourish the world. When some see only powder in bags, we see more options, more ideas, more ways to impact lives for good. Every day, we enrich the lives of millions of people through the nutritional passion and expertise we bring to the workplace. At our plant in Veghel, we manufacture high-quality whey- and milk-based ingredients, to supply manufacturers of foods, infant foods, and pharmaceuticals worldwide.