Student Careers at Washington Penn

Engineering Students

Your Career Starts Here.

From day one, you'll be working on products for our customers.

You'll drive and create leading products for name brands during your time here, that's part of our promise to Formulate Great™.

Expect to learn on the job everyday, building technical expertise and specializing your skillset. You'll get to develop the skills in your area of focus or major. At both our plants and corporate location, our employees are dedicated to creating the future of plastic.

Check out the details of our Rotational Engineering Program.

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Check out what it's like to work for Washington Penn.

What You'll Accomplish

1. Learn about Custom Compounding
With over 70 years as a plastics leader, we know the ins and outs of polyolefins. By joining our teams, you'll learn how we make custom-engineered compounds and help us stay ahead of new challenges or the next trend in any industry.
2. Gain experience on the plant floor and in corporate
With a variety of positions across the organization, you'll get to opportunity to work at our plants and corporate. We're manufacturing led, and with our global presence your impact can be worldwide.
3. Apply your knowledge
Get a start to your career and put your knowledge to the test. You'll be trained and have opportunities to grow within the company. For Interns, you'll present your projects to leadership at the end of the program, and take what you've learned into your career.
4. Make an impact, Solve customer problems
You'll contribute to solving real customer problems, making an impact that continues in the company. You'll work closely with our teams to get every customer job done on their terms and timeline.

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"Washington Penn's rotational engineering program has kickstarted my career in more ways than I could have ever imagined."
Patrick Gourley
Rotational Engineer, 2023

Explore Career Paths

Learn where you'll engineer to exceed

Manufacturing and Process Engineering

As a MDE, you'll be face-to-face with customers understanding their needs and partnering with them to develop the best sustainable product.

Product Development Engineering

As a PDE, you'll be working with our technology team to develop a product's material requirements.

Quality and Safety

Our quality and safety team is dedicated to the continual modernization of our manufacturing practices and protecting our people from harm.

Sales & Marketing

In Sales and Marketing, you'll position our brand as a plastics leader and capture the demand for our custom-engineered products.

Advancement at Washington Penn

Career

You're not stuck or siloed to one position once you start at Washington Penn. With our Rotational Engineering Program you'll have the chance to test out different departments to find what aligns to your interests and values.

For new graduates - You'll work with a variety of different departments and as an opening becomes available, we look internally first. Based on your skill set, you can take the plunge and transition into not only different lateral moves, but find upward mobility within the organization. We love to see our employees grow within the company.

Professional Development Opportunities

The Audia Way is to always help. Our employees enjoy sharing their experiences and mentoring new employees. Audia provides a strong support system to help you learn and grow within the company.

Continuing Educational Assistance

We want our employees to succeed, both personally and professionally. Our Educational Assistance Program offers tuition reimbursement as well as approved external training. We've had numerous professionals continue their higher level education, from completing bachelor's programs, to obtaining master's degrees.

Employees also have the option to contribute to a 529 Plan (qualified tuition plan).

Other Advancement Opportunities

There are always ways to get involved at Washington Penn, whether that's helping with employee engagement events, work outings, holiday parties, or on committees. There are many ways to connect with the team.

Join us as a Plastics Leader through our programs

Rotational Engineering Program

It's designed for new engineering graduates to learn about processes and procedures within Washington Penn; but it's your chance to get hands-on experience to shape what's next in any industry, developing the products of tomorrow for many global brands.

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Internships

Get hands-on experience with a project that immediately provides value to you and our company. With mentorship, networking, professional development, leadership recognition, and additional perks, this paid internship can kickstart your career.