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Internships in Nexans

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Content

Example: French studies Profile of internship candidates Typical positions Typical assignments Benefits Follow-up / supervision Open points

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Engineering studies in France

Year Norway / Universities French Engineering Studies

1

Bachelor

”Foundation degree”(”Classes préparatoires)

(Math, Physic, Chemistry, Engineering, English...)

2

3”Grandes écoles”

(General, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, Insdustrial...)

4

Master

5

National exams

Master Sivilingeniør

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Engineering studies in France

Year

French Engineering

StudiesCursus / subjects

3

”Grandes écoles”

(General, Electrical,

Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, Insdustrial...)

General Engineering

4 Specialization

5

Specialization

Graduating intership / project

Internship(Worker/Laborer)

Internship(Technician)

Internship(Engineer assistant)

Summer job(can be optional)

MANDATORY

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Graduating internship / project

Similar to Trainee program / Summer job

Different from a Master Thesis (not only Research focus)

5 – 6 months, start around February

Full time in a company

Have a supervisor/mentor

”Engineer” assistant = assistant to:

Lead Engineer

Project Manager

Commercial Manager

R&D, Process, QHSE...

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Profile of internship candidates

Young student finished with ”theoretical cursus” of the Master

23-24 years old

Good scientific / theoretical background (general, maths, physics...)

Good IT skills (modelization, ...)

Limited professional and field experience

Interested to see cable production

Eager to participate to large projects

Interested to have something concrete and not only theoretical

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Objectives and Tasks

Objective: 1st experience in ”professional life”

Experience challenges and issues of a Junior Engineer

Discover the roles/positions/relations of an Engineer in a company

Experience responsibilities, team work, costs, quality, culture...

Write a report (technical AND company experience) Oral presentation at school

2 supervisors: 1 in the company, 1 in the school

Follow-up, supervision: progress reports

Assistance

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Typical assignments and tasks

Assistant to Project Manager

Internal coordination, MoM, document review, project model follow-up...

Assistant to Lead Engineer

Internal coordination, MoM, document review, production follow-up Assistant to Commercial Manager

Establish databases (projects, clients...), benchmarking R&D

Perform/coordinate an R&D project in general, benchmarking Teknisk PEX

Establish / update databases: projects, standards, lessons learnt...

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Follow-up / supervision by Nexans

Similar to a new Junior employee

Introduction, assistance, guidance Put in contact with other departments Include in meetings

Familiarize with team work, discover other roles, see behaviors, ... Give assignments

Coordination, team follow-up, tasks follow-up Follow-up, supervision Deliver a small report/certificate Attend to the student’s oral presentation (optional)

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Benefits for Nexans

Motivated and eager candidates

Possibility to get a job after the internship

Get a good grade for this internship

Access to Ressources of the school?

Student has a supervisor at school

Softwares (FEA, thermal, EMF, ...)

Relation with Research centers / laboratories

Possibility to hire young and skilled Junior Engineer “Cheaper” than a graduated student

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Open points

Salary, accomodation, type of contract, ...

Similar to a summer job?

Inputs from Nexans France

Define a job description

Contact candidates / engineering schools

Ideal: October / November: period when students are applying to internships