Nestlé Predictive Maintenance (PdM) & OTIT Engineering Summer Intern

Foods you love. Brands you trust. And a career that empowers you to grow. 
 
At Nestlé USA, we’re all working towards the same goal – to delight and deliver for our consumers. With a rich portfolio of beloved brands, including DiGiorno, Toll House, and Coffee mate, in 97% of U.S. households, we have a unique opportunity – and responsibility – to be there for every moment in our consumers’ lives.

 

Joining Nestlé means becoming part of an inclusive workplace that inspires innovation, encourages strategic thinking and creativity, and celebrates your achievements. No matter where you work within the organization, you are empowered to challenge the status quo, embrace risk-taking, and pioneer new ideas. Our supportive and collaborative environment encourages bold ambitions and continuous learning so that everyone can grow and thrive.
 
This position is not eligible for Visa Sponsorship.

 

 

   

 

The Predictive Maintenance (PdM) & OTIT Engineering Intern supports the configuration, deployment, and adoption of OTIT solutions in a manufacturing environment. This role is focused on configuring predictive and preventative maintenance templates that use plant floor data to automatically generate actionable maintenance notifications and work orders in SAP. 

In addition to technical configuration work, this role plays an important part in helping factory teams understand, adopt, and trust OTIT as a day‑to‑day maintenance and reliability tool. The intern will work closely with maintenance, reliability, controls engineers, and external partners to ensure solutions are practical, aligned with equipment behavior, and effectively used by the factory. 

This is a hands‑on intern role that blends technical learning, plant‑floor exposure, and collaboration with manufacturing teams. 

 

Key Responsibilities 

 

Predictive and Preventative Maintenance Configuration 

 

• Support the configuration of predictive maintenance (PdM) templates for common manufacturing assets such as motors, pumps, fans, valves, and process equipment. 

• Assist with configuring preventative maintenance (PvM) templates that enable condition‑based adjustments to existing maintenance plans. 

• Help define and validate rules, thresholds, and indicators that support early detection of equipment issues and effective maintenance decision‑making. 

• Apply standardized templates across similar equipment to improve consistency and reduce site‑specific customization. 

 

 

 

Threshold Alignment and Industry Collaboration 

 

• Support collaboration with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and third‑party service providers to understand recommended operating limits, thresholds, and failure indicators. 

• Assist in applying OEM and vendor guidance to PdM and PvM templates so alerts align with asset design and expected behavior. 

• Contribute to reviewing historical data, factory experience, and third‑party recommendations when supporting threshold decisions. 

• Document threshold assumptions and sources to improve consistency, transparency, and long‑term trust. 

 

Maintenance Actions and SAP Integration 

 

• Support configuration efforts that automatically generate maintenance notifications and work orders in SAP. 

• Assist with testing and validation to ensure PdM and PvM conditions result in clear, actionable maintenance tasks. 

• Work with maintenance and reliability teams to confirm alerts align with how work is planned and executed on site. 

 

Preventative Maintenance Optimization 

 

• Support initiatives to improve preventative maintenance strategies