Summer Intern

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions) is a leading provider of high-performance building solutions that meet the demands of builders, remodelers, and homeowners worldwide. We manufacture engineered wood building products that include an extensive offering of innovative and dependable building materials and accessories. LP’s values-driven culture creates an environment where talented and hardworking people thrive in an ethical, inclusive, challenging, and rewarding place to work. Since our founding in 1972, we’ve developed careers and provided advancement opportunities in the building products industry. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates more than 20 facilities across North and South America. For more information, visit LPCorp.com.

Job Purpose

The LP summer internship program aims to identify future leaders and provide them a valuable, challenging, and rewarding opportunity with LP Building Solutions. This program is structured to provide talented students with an internship and to help them grow and develop in their career path. These future leaders will be introduced to all of the career paths that LP has to offer.

In This Position You Will Have The Opportunity To

Each participant could rotate through the following functions:

• Project Engineering
• Operations Management/Front Line Supervision
• Environmental, Health, and Safety
• Human Resources
• Finance
• Quality Control
  
  

The Summer Intern With LP Is a 3-month Internship Aimed At Students That Have Completed 3 Years Of Schooling In One Of The Following Disciplines

• Engineering
• Wood Science/Construction
• Forestry
• Business/Leadership
• Accounting/Finance
• Environmental, Health and Safety
• Human Resources
  
  

At the end of the 3-month program participants will complete an assessment of the program and LP, a self-evaluation form, and a mock interview for a management position. Managers will complete an assessment of the student along with a recommendation to follow up with the student if an opportunity would become available that they would qualify for.

Benefits

• $21.23/hr
• $500 monthly housing stipend
• Hands-on training and skill development
  
  

What do I need to be successful?

• An interest in gaining management experience in a manufacturing operation.
• Excellent communication, organizational and relationship building skills.
• Ability and desire to travel to multiple manufacturing locations.
  
  

You Will Be a Great Fit For LP If

• You are energized by a safe, diverse, and challenging work environment.
• You are competitive and passionate about results.
• You are excited about innovation and have a bias for action.
• You are looking to build relationships for future career opportunities with LP.
  
  

Work Environment

• Manufacturing plant environment - sometimes with weather related hot/cold temperatures.
• Can be dusty/dirty at times.
  
  

LP offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits and programs including health and welfare benefits, 401(k) program, career mobility, tuition reimbursement, volunteer opportunities, profit sharing and more.