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University Hires
Learn by doing
Our educational programs provide opportunities for motivated, team-oriented people eager to start their career.
Why you should work for Ascend
As part of Ascend’s co-op and intern program, you’ll be using your skills from day one. Whether you’re an aspiring chemical, mechanical, electrical or polymer and fiber engineer, we believe the best education is a hands-on experience.
- Our engineers learn by doing.
- You'll get immediate real-world experience as a contributing team member from day one.
- We care about each other and the community around us.
- Ascend has the international reach and specialized engineering roles to let you excel.
Your role at Ascend
Our engineers touch nearly every area of our business, from process design to manufacturing to safety.
About Ascend
Ascend Performance Materials is a global leader in the production of high-quality chemicals, fibers and plastics. Our products are used in thousands of everyday items, from apparel to animal feed, cable ties to circuit breakers, carpets to car parts. We have five manufacturing locations in the US and sales offices across the world helping customers develop new and more effective products for their evolving needs.
Our products are in thousands of items:
Sports and recreation equipment |
80 percent of all zip ties sold in the United States |
Cooling systems, powertrains and air bags |
The Ascend production process
We start with raw material chemicals and put them through different processes such as series reactors, decanters, distillation columns, sieves, heat exchangers, compressors and turbines while utilizing just about every different type of pump, pipe and tank imaginable. Along the way, we create specialty chemicals and byproducts. Then, we’re ready to turn it into our PA66 nylon using evaporators, autoclaves, screeners, extruders, dryers and more.
Each Ascend co-op and intern earns a competitive salary and best-of-class benefits
- Medical, dental, vision and prescription insurance
- Flexible spending and health savings accounts
- 401(k) with match
- Life, accidental death & dismemberment, legal and identify theft insurance packages
- Incentives such as Weight Watchers memberships, Virgin Pulse health trackers and Performance Matters rewards
- Co-op Virgin Pulse accounts stay active while on campus between terms
- Paid holidays that occur while on site
- Temporary housing assistance for co-ops and interns who live more than 50 miles from site
- Mileage reimbursement and hotel stays, if applicable
Which program is right for you?
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Sales & Product Inquiries
Ascend Performance Materials SPRL
Watson & Crick Hill Park
Rue Granbonpré 11 – Bâtiment H
B-1435 Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium
Phone: +32 10 608 600
Product & Expert Support
Ascend Performance Materials (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Unit 3602, Raffles City Office Towers
268 Xi Zang Road (M)
Shanghai 200001, China
Phone: +86 21 6340 3300
