AI / Automation Intern

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The Cary Company has seen significant growth in the past 10 years, and prides itself on our company culture which is a mix of traditional and professional blended with innovative and creative. This unique mix produces a positive and friendly work environment promoting teamwork, communication and personal accountability. We are looking for energetic and dedicated people that can multi-task and stay organized in a fast paced setting, as well as bring a positive attitude to our work environment. Here are 3 reasons why The Cary Company

• Stability - We have been around since 1895, and we're not going anywhere!
• Culture - Our culture is a mix of professional, positive, creative & innovative.
• Future - We are growing, and we are looking for the right people to help take us to the next level.

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LIFE AT THE CARY COMPANY

AI / Automation Intern Addison, IL Internship Student (College) Share Onsite – Addison, IL $18–$20/hr | Full‑time | 10–12 weeks We’re looking for a hands‑on intern who can help our team build practical AI and automation tools that save time across the company. You’ll work onsite at our Addison headquarters and support real projects from day one.

What You’ll Work On

Automation (Zapier / Power Automate / Make)

• Build and improve workflows that eliminate manual steps
• Create simple connectors, triggers, and templates we can reuse

AI Assistants (GPT-based tools)

• Build lightweight internal “assistants” for drafting, summarizing, and lookups
• Package each tool with basic documentation and a quick-start guide

Knowledge Search (RAG-lite)

• Help index a small set of internal SOPs/FAQs
• Support a pilot inside one department with usage and time‑saved metrics

Who You’ll Work With

• Technical Lead
• People/Program Lead
• Project Coordinator
• Metrics/Dashboards Analyst

This role is scoped to be productive without adding management overhead. You’ll get direction, structure, and clear projects to ship each week.

What We’re Looking For

• Rising junior/senior in CS, IS, IE, Data, or related field
• Experience with Zapier / Power Automate / Make
• Basic Python (API calls, JSON, simple scripts)
• Familiarity with OpenAI or Azure OpenAI
• Strong documentation habits and bias for action
• Must be onsite in Addison, IL for the full internship
• US work authorization required

What You’ll Deliver

• 3–5 live automations or AI tools
• Clean documentation and SOPs for everything you build
• Before/after metrics showing time saved
• End‑of‑summer demo to leadership

A little about the company:

• Been around since 1895.
• Grown from 30 employees in 2005 to 60 in 2010 and now over 240.
• Locations in Addison, IL (Headquarters), Indianapolis, IN (2018), Pittsburgh, PA (2019), Salt Lake City, UT (2021), Jurupa Valley, CA (2021), Livermore, CA (2021), Charlotte, NC (2023).
• We distribute rigid packaging products and industrial filtration.
• We have a beautiful newly renovated corporate office/warehouse in Addison.
• We have a strengths-based approach working to leverage what the employee likes to do and is good at doing.
• Privately owned

We work to build autonomy, connectedness and confidence in your role

• Interns will receive check-ins from HR as well as their department leader
• We have various committees employees can support such as Culture Committee and Cary Cares
• Fun Friday’s, and other company events are some highlights (check out our Facebook page)

People that are successful in our culture/company have the following characteristics:

• Positive/optimistic
• Open Minded, but still look for ways to make our systems better
• Curious/Inquisitive
• Customer-Focused (ease of doing business for our customers)
• Supportive of Co-workers

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