Internship : Industrial Water Consumption Optimization

The Global Insulation team of the Industrial Direction (TIP) is looking for an intern.

Reporting to the Process Water group leader & the Sustainable technology project leader, your role will be to strengthen the team’s knowledge on water consumption related to our process.

You will work on:

• Thermodynamical calculation to access water consumption needed related to mineral wool process


• Comparison with actual plants consumption


• Define a robust model for water needs at each process part

To do so, you will be in contact with many stakeholders (insulation sustainability central team, Technical Industrial Direction team, R&D, plants).

• You will understand the mineral wool processes in details (energy and water)


• You will look into the detailed consumption by process steps in one glass wool plant and one stone wool plant


• You will define a simulation model of water consumption of these plants


• You will contribute to better understand insulation plants consumptions to help them to decrease their consumption and achieve the sustainability objective of the group


• You will help to find innovative leverage for consumption reduction

This position is based at the head quarter Défense with businesses trips in plants in France (4-8 days/month) as well as in our development center in Germany (Ladenburg, 1-2 days/month).