Intern, Innovation (8 Months)

Through the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), the Government of Canada has embarked on one of the largest procurement projects since the Second World War. The NSS is a nation-building effort to create a sustainable Canadian shipbuilding industry, secure long-term job opportunities and build the next generation of ships for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy. Through its NSS-related work, Seaspan Shipyards is owning the redevelopment of our domestic shipbuilding industry on the West Coast and delivering on the promise of ships built in Canada, by Canadians.

Seaspan’s Innovation team is actively developing in several technology areas including digital twins, green technologies, and autonomy in support of use cases for future vessels, engineering services, and in-service support. Our innovation program includes current and planned projects seeking scalable solutions that integrate emerging technologies using real-time sensors, 3D spatial information, and visualization technologies to improve Seaspan’s shipbuilding and refit business.

The Intern, Innovation will work with experts and leaders across the organization, the Innovation intern undertakes unique assignments that supports investigation outcomes and enhances the visibility of developments in the technology areas of Green Technology and Autonomous Manufacturing.

Green Technology: Investigation into marine decarbonization applications and ongoing development of physics-based models that contribute towards vessel energy transition and Canada’s maritime decarbonization efforts.

Autonomous Manufacturing: Adoption, testing and evaluation of the applications and uses of autonomous robotic systems for welding, painting and inspection in heavy-industrial environments.

Note: Due to business needs, this position is required to be fully on-site based at 2 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver.

What you’ll do

The successful applicant for this position will support communication and business strategies with internal stakeholders and provide day-to-day support to managers and engineers while performing specific activities, including:

• Enhance Innovation’s visibility among the wider Seaspan audiences by initiating and executing comprehensive communication plans and strategies.
• Collaborate with the technical team to transform technical investigations and development outcomes into engaging materials, infographics, articles, or presentations tailored for internal and external Seaspan audiences.
• Conduct market research and analysis to identify opportunities and gaps in technology areas, including participate in engagements with business partners, compiling reports, gathering and consolidating feedback from subject matter experts.
• Support Innovation project leaders with coordination of team and project activities, such as roadmaps, technology strategies, client/vendor meetings, presentations, and event management for workshops and showcases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and departments to drive progress across multiple project activities.

What you’ll bring

• Enrollment in a 3rd or 4th year business degree program, post-graduate students are also encouraged to apply.
• Candidates who can support an 8-month work term are preferred.
• A strong curiosity about marine and vessel applications for green technologies, autonomous systems, and Industry 4.0 manufacturing (previous experience in shipbuilding is not required).
• Passion and surface level knowledge on some of the following technologies:
  • Carbon-capture technologies
  • Zero-emissions and alternative fuel systems and energy storage systems
  • 3D scanning systems and 3D model data management
  • Material or manufacturing equipment tracking or performance monitoring technologies
  • Robotics in manufacturing production, additive manufacturing or inspection
• Experience in conducting technical investigations with strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal and organizational skills including technical report writing.
• Experience creating engaging written and visual content such as news articles, infographics and web articles.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction and manage their time optimally.
• Innate skills and energy for collaboration and coordination with various team members internally and externally.
• Strong proficiencies using digital multimedia and design applications such as Canva, Adobe, as well as Microsoft Excel/Word/PowerPoint and other applications.

Why you’ll love working here

• A supportive learning environment, great team culture and hands-on experience and training.
• Opportunity to grow your career and connect with like-minded students.
• Parking is included and to assist those that are using transit, we operate a complimentary shuttle bus Monday through Friday with various pick up and drop off points around North Vancouver.

We require a full-time commitment Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week with an hourly rate of $26.00/hour.

Start Date of Internship: May 5 th , 2025

End Date of Internship: December 19 th , 2025

Please submit your Resume, Cover Letter and Academic Transcript as one PDF document.

Application Closing Date: Sunday February 9 th , 2025 at 11:59pm PST.

Please note: if we receive a large volume of applications, we may need to close this posting ahead of the closing date, therefore, we recommend applying early. Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted.

To learn more about our InternSHIP Program, visit our website: www.seaspan.com/internships-at-seaspan/

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