Intern, Operational Excellence / Operations
About The Position
Why Us? At Par Health, we believe great healthcare is built on getting the essentials right. We’re looking for passionate, talented individuals who share our commitment to improving lives. With 4,000+ team members worldwide, we lead with pride and purpose—prioritizing quality and safety while fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and teamwork. Elevating the Essentials isn’t just our tagline, it’s the higher standard we live by every day. Job Description Summary The Program Par Health offers an 11-week internship program designed to provide an immersive experience in the pharmaceutical industry. As a Par Health Intern, you’ll have the chance to contribute to meaningful projects that align with your field of study. This program allows you to apply classroom knowledge in a real-world corporate setting while building valuable connections through networking opportunities across the organization Position summary Support critical initiatives across Manufacturing Operations, Quality, and Engineering with focus on CAPA execution, continuous improvement, investigation support, engineering troubleshooting, and AI use-case development. Maintain accurate execution, produce clear documentation, and deliver measurable project outcomes in a regulated environment.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Data/Analytics, or related field
- Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint; strong documentation and organizational skills
- Ability to work in a regulated environment with strict adherence to safety, quality, and procedural requirements
- Strong written and verbal communication; ability to collaborate across Operations, Quality, and Engineering
Nice To Haves
- Basic knowledge of Lean/CI tools (5S, standard work, Kaizen, root cause analysis)
- Experience with data visualization or automation (Power Query, macros, Python)
- Basic familiarity with quality systems (CAPA, deviations, investigations)
Responsibilities
- Maintain CAPA execution; drive action updates, due-date adherence, and closure evidence packages
- Prepare CAPA meeting materials, minutes, and follow-up action lists
- Support deviation/nonconformance investigations through fact gathering, evidence organization, timelines, and root-cause tool documentation (5-Why, fishbone)
- Develop investigation and CAPA documentation templates/checklists to improve completeness and cycle time
- Support continuous improvement initiatives including 5S, visual management, standard work, process mapping, and Kaizen activities
- Collect and analyze baseline performance data (time studies, downtime, defects, rework); summarize findings and trends
- Build basic dashboards and visual boards in Excel/PowerPoint/SharePoint and maintain version control
- Support on-floor engineering troubleshooting by documenting symptoms, conditions, actions taken, and outcomes; convert learnings into standard work updates
- Identify and document AI “base-case” opportunities for repetitive work reduction; define problem statements, inputs/outputs, benefits, risks, controls, and adoption steps
- Produce project summaries and deliverables for cross-functional leadership reviews
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Career Level
Intern
