Last updated: September 2026
Crown Holdings exists because of a bottle cap. William Painter invented the crimped metal disposable bottle cap in 1892 and founded Crown Cork & Seal to make it. That single product built a company that now runs 189 plants in 39 countries with about 23,000 employees, $12.4 billion of 2025 revenue and a place at No. 359 on the Fortune 500. Crown’s Campus Connections Team partners with colleges, universities and technical schools to recruit interns, co-ops and entry-level hires across six named functions, and the company states plainly that “when full-time opportunities arise, we look to our former interns first.” The catch: as of September 2026, Crown’s Workday board carried 264 open requisitions worldwide and ten internships, and every one of those ten was in Mexico or France. Zero were in the United States. The programme is real, the pipeline is named, and the US door is currently closed. Here is the board to watch and what to build while you wait.
Quick Facts
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Where to apply | crownholdings.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com (Workday). The marketing site at us-jobs.crowncork.com routes every apply button to this board |
| Application window (2027–28) | Not published. Crown states no dates, no deadline and no cycle. US internships are posted individually as they arise rather than as a dated cohort intake |
| Rolling? | Not published. Crown’s non-US intern requisitions post on a rolling basis; no US-specific pattern is documented |
| Eligibility | Undergraduate and graduate students at colleges, universities and technical schools. Crown names five values it selects for: ingenuity, confidence, judgement, strong work-ethic and fresh ideas |
| Duration | Not published for the US programme. Crown’s France internship is 6 months; its Mexico internships carry no stated duration |
| Compensation | Not published. Crown’s live Mexico intern requisition lists an internship stipend and life insurance under benefits. No US intern pay figure exists on Indeed, Glassdoor or levels.fyi |
| Return offers | “When full-time opportunities arise, we look to our former interns first. Many of our interns continue their relationship with Crown after graduation.” No conversion rate published |
| Locations | Tampa, FL (HQ); Yardley, PA; Connellsville, PA; Alsip, IL (all confirmed by prior intern history). Crown’s biggest US hiring sites today: Cheraw SC, Fort Bend TX, La Crosse WI, Bradley IL, Dayton OH |
Crown runs a real campus pipeline through its Campus Connections Team, but no US internship is posted right now. The single highest-value action today is setting a job alert on the Workday board and checking it monthly.
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What Is a Crown Holdings Internship?
A Crown Holdings internship is a placement at a Fortune 500 metal packaging manufacturer (NYSE: CCK) that puts students into real roles across six named functions: Engineering, Production Planning, Quality, IT / Info Systems, Human Resources, and Accounting and Finance. Crown operates 189 plants in 39 countries producing aluminium beverage cans, metal food cans, aerosol containers and specialty packaging, with $12.4 billion of 2025 revenue under CEO Timothy J. Donahue. The company’s Campus Connections Team partners with colleges, universities and technical schools to recruit students who show “ingenuity, confidence, judgement, strong work-ethic and fresh ideas.” Beyond the internship, Crown runs a three-year rotational programme called the FORWARD Program, described by Crown’s HR Director as “unlike any other fast-track scheme I have encountered,” rotating graduates through operations, engineering and commercial roles. One important disambiguation: Crown Holdings (NYSE: CCK, metal packaging) is not Crown Equipment (forklifts, us-careers.crown.com) and is not DK Crown Holdings (DraftKings). All three surface on searches for “Crown internship.”
When Do Crown Holdings Internship Applications Open for 2027–2028?
Crown Holdings is a Fortune 500 manufacturer that publishes less recruiting-calendar detail than most public-company peers. It states no application window, no deadline and no cycle for its US internship programme. Its student page describes opportunities by category rather than by date, and its US internship history shows roles posted individually as they arise. As of September 2026, Crown’s Workday board carried 264 open requisitions worldwide: 10 internships, all in Mexico and France. The US board is heavily active in manufacturing and engineering hiring, just not for interns today. For a student targeting Summer 2027, the practical timeline is: set a job alert on the Workday board now, check the student page monthly, and search by Crown’s six named intern functions rather than by the word “intern.”
Zero US internships posted. Crown’s Workday board has 264 open requisitions, and all 10 internships are in Mexico or France. Set a job alert on the Workday board now and subscribe to alerts on the Radancy students site. The Amazon Fulfillment Center Operational Strategy Externship and the Yinan Zhao Investing Externship build the operations and finance evidence a Crown application needs while you wait.
Watch for US intern requisitions to appear on the Workday board. Crown’s prior US intern history spans IT (Yardley PA), engineering (Connellsville PA, Alsip IL), procurement and HR (Tampa FL). Search by Crown’s six named intern functions: Engineering, Production Planning, Quality, IT / Info Systems, Human Resources, Accounting and Finance.
If US intern postings appear, expect interviews to follow within weeks. Crown publishes no interview process, but former engineering interns describe a structured plant environment with daily Gemba walks and project work.
Internship runs. Duration is not published for US roles. Crown’s France internship runs 6 months; US placements may differ. Locations include Tampa FL (HQ, corporate roles) and manufacturing plants nationwide.
How to read this page: our dates come from tracking previous recruiting cycles and daily posting data. Treat them as informed estimates based on historical patterns, not confirmed dates. The company's official careers page is always the most current source. If a role is posted there, go by that, even if this page suggests the window hasn't opened yet.
Why You Must Apply the Week Applications Open
Crown publishes no window and no deadline, which means there is no crowd of applicants timing a known opening. That sounds like it should make things easier, but it makes them harder: when a US intern requisition appears, the only candidates who will see it are the ones who set a job alert. Crown’s Workday board is actively maintained and the company is hiring aggressively in manufacturing and engineering, so a new intern requisition could appear at any time. The students who catch it within the first week have a structural advantage because Crown says it looks to former interns first for full-time roles, it runs a small corporate intern class, and its US intern history shows roles posted individually rather than in large batches. Early applicants are not competing with thousands of simultaneous submissions the way they would at a company with a published October deadline. They are competing with whoever else was watching the board that week.
Which Crown Holdings Internship Programs Should You Target?
Crown offers multiple early-career pathways. The internship and co-op programmes sit across six named functions, and the FORWARD Program provides a post-graduation rotational route into operations, engineering and commercial leadership.
| Program | Focus | Duration | Key details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Internship | Department-specific project work across Engineering, Production Planning, Quality, IT / Info Systems, Human Resources, and Accounting and Finance | Not published | Paid (stipend confirmed on non-US requisitions); corporate and plant placements; Tampa FL, Yardley PA, Connellsville PA and Alsip IL confirmed by prior intern history |
| Co-op | Extended hands-on experience integrated with the academic calendar | Not published | Crown offers both co-op and internship to undergraduate and graduate students |
| FORWARD Program | Multi-function rotational programme across operations, engineering and commercial roles | 3 years | Crown’s premier post-graduation development initiative; participants “transition between functions over the three-year period” |
| Entry-Level Roles | Direct hire into Manufacturing, Operations, Engineering and corporate functions | Full-time | Crown states it looks to former interns first when full-time roles open |
See all openings on the Workday board. The internship is the most accessible entry point for current students, while the FORWARD Program suits graduates looking for a structured, cross-functional three-year development path.
What Are the Eligibility Requirements?
Crown does not publish a formal US eligibility list, but its students page and live non-US requisitions establish a clear pattern:
• Enrollment: both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. Crown’s Campus Connections Team partners with “colleges, universities and technical schools.”
• GPA: not published. Crown states no GPA threshold anywhere. Its live non-US requisitions require active enrollment, at least one year remaining before graduation in one case, and Excel proficiency.
• Values: Crown selects students who show “ingenuity, confidence, judgement, strong work-ethic and fresh ideas.” It also asks for candidates who are “self-motivated with a passion for what we do” and can “manage multiple projects.”
• Work authorization: not published for interns. No visa or sponsorship policy is stated on Crown’s student page or in any recovered requisition.
Does Crown Have a Hard GPA Cutoff?
No published cutoff exists. Crown’s student page and its live intern requisitions name no GPA requirement. The recurring pattern across its three live non-US intern requisitions is active enrolment, at least one year left before graduating, and Excel proficiency. Crown is a manufacturer that selects on values and hands-on capability rather than academic metrics. A student with a sub-3.0 GPA but a finished operations, engineering or finance project has a stronger case at this employer than at a company with a published 3.5 threshold.
What Skills Does Crown Holdings Look For, and How Do You Build Them?
Crown sits at the intersection of advanced manufacturing and global supply chain, and its intern hiring reflects that. Across its three live intern requisitions (all non-US, transparently labelled), the pattern is clear: Excel and reporting dominate every function, accounting and finance is the most common domain, and Crown expects interns to work on real deliverables like trial balances, fixed-asset reports, master-data maintenance and departmental process improvement. For plant placements, the one US Crown intern who documented their day described a daily Gemba walk as part of the routine, which means Crown’s manufacturing internships are built around lean methodology. The company’s own student page asks for candidates who can “function effectively in both a team and individual environment” with “persistence and attention to detail.”
What Crown Holdings looks for in interns
Skills across 3 Crown Holdings intern & analyst job descriptions · 3 live Crown intern requisitions (Mexico and France, 2026) · no US intern JD exists
Method: hand count across the 3 live Crown intern requisitions on the Workday board (Controlling Intern, Nuevo León; Tax Treasury Accounting Intern, Nuevo León; Commercial Controlling & Reporting Intern, Saint-Ouen). These are non-US roles and are labelled as such. No US Crown intern JD was retrievable.
How Is Demand for Manufacturing & Packaging Interns Moving Right Now?
Manufacturing & packaging intern hiring right now: September 2026
Across US manufacturing and packaging intern postings tracked this month · aggregate market data, all employers
September 2026 is this tracker’s baseline month. The signal now is sustainability and lean: manufacturers with recyclability at the core of their business model, like Crown, are looking for interns who can bridge engineering fundamentals with environmental and process-improvement literacy.
Method: aggregate analysis of US manufacturing and packaging intern postings, September 2026 baseline. Sample indexes under half of all US postings; figures show direction and relative level, not total market share.
Build These Skills Before You Apply
And every skill in the chart maps to a remote Externship where you finish a real company project before the window opens.
| Skill (from real JDs) | JD evidence | Externship that builds it |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing operations & lean methodology | Crown’s plant internships are built around daily Gemba walks and production-floor project work. The company names Manufacturing / Operations as its first intern category. | Amazon Fulfillment Center Operational Strategy |
| Accounting, finance & Excel | Every live Crown intern requisition sits in accounting or finance. Tasks include trial balances, fixed-asset reports, reconciliations and invoice processing. | Yinan Zhao Investing & Financial Modeling |
| Reporting & data visualisation | Crown interns generate fixed-asset and inventory reports, maintain master data and build new reporting tools for departmental use. | Center for Improving Youth Justice Data Visualization |
How close is the overlap? The Amazon operations project rehearses the Gemba-walk, throughput-analysis vocabulary Crown’s own plant interns describe. The Yinan Zhao project builds the Excel-and-analysis foundation every one of Crown’s live intern requisitions demands by name. And the data visualisation project maps directly to Crown’s reporting-heavy intern work across production planning, quality and finance.
What Is the Crown Holdings Application and Interview Process Like?
Crown publishes no step-by-step hiring process for interns. What follows is built from the mechanics of its Workday board, its student page and its prior intern history:
1. Go to the Workday board, not the marketing site. crownholdings.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com is where every Crown requisition lives. The marketing site at us-jobs.crowncork.com is a Radancy shell whose every button points there.
2. Set a job alert on the Radancy students site. us-jobs.crowncork.com runs a job-alert form where you pick a Category and Location and receive email when matching roles post. For an employer with no live US intern requisition, this is the single most useful action available.
3. Search by the six named functions, not by the word “intern.” Crown lists Engineering, Production Planning, Quality, IT / Info Systems, Human Resources, and Accounting and Finance as its co-op and internship areas.
4. Watch the plant towns as well as Tampa. Crown’s US intern history includes Connellsville PA and Alsip IL plants, not just corporate offices. The biggest US hiring sites today are Cheraw SC, Fort Bend TX, La Crosse WI, Bradley IL and Dayton OH.
5. Prepare for behavioural interviews focused on the five values Crown names: ingenuity, confidence, judgement, strong work-ethic and fresh ideas. Practice STAR-method answers focused on lean manufacturing, process improvement and cross-functional collaboration.
Crown publishes no interview format, no number of rounds and no assessment description. The company responds to Glassdoor reviews (labelled “Engaged employer”), which suggests it reads public feedback. Our HireVue question guide with a free AI mock tool covers the same behavioural-question format.
What the Community Says
Reddit has no usable discussion of a Crown Holdings internship (the keyword is polluted by DraftKings’ legal entity “DK Crown Holdings Inc.” and by Crown Equipment, a separate forklift company). The cards below are built from dated, role-labelled, first-hand Indeed and Glassdoor intern reviews spanning 2017 to 2026.
A Crown summer engineering intern at the Connellsville, Pennsylvania plant described their typical day as a 9:00 meeting, a 10:00 Gemba walk, and project work split between the office and the production floor, adding that they “learned a lot about working in a manufacturing environment” and that “management was kind and helpful.”
A Crown intern who worked in procurement at the Tampa office called it “an incredible experience,” describing the culture as “great, and diverse” with “positive energy in the room,” and listed nothing under cons. A second intern reviewer gave the same 5.0 rating and wrote “no cons, perfect job to gain insight into corporate world, many opportunities to progress.”
All four intern-labelled reviews located for Crown, spanning 2017 to 2026 and across both plant and corporate placements, are positive about the people and the learning. Crown’s overall employee scores are much lower at 3.2 out of 5 on Indeed with management at 2.7, and those scores come overwhelmingly from production roles where reviewers cite 12-hour rotating shifts and long hours.
How Do You Stand Out When There Is Nothing to Apply To?
Three moves, all executable before any US posting appears. First, set the job alert and the talent-network subscription so you see the requisition the day it appears. Crown posts US intern roles individually rather than as a dated batch, which means the first applicant has a genuine structural advantage. Second, learn what a Gemba walk is before you interview for a plant role. The one US Crown intern who documented their day described a 10:00 Gemba walk as part of the routine, and Crown’s plants run on lean manufacturing. Being able to talk about Gemba, 5S and continuous improvement is the single most evidence-backed preparation available. Third, know the company’s story: 1892, William Painter, the crown cork, 189 plants in 39 countries, the Twentyby30 sustainability programme and its Working Together pillar. Crown’s own requisition boilerplate cites its founding date, and a candidate who can name Twentyby30 is speaking internal language. The three Crowns matter too: if you apply to Crown Equipment thinking it is Crown Holdings, you have applied to a forklift company.
What Other Companies Should You Consider?
Crown’s peer set spans metal packaging, materials and manufacturing companies that recruit from the same engineering and operations candidate pool.
- Berry Globalpolymer packaging competitor at similar scale, competing for the same students and customersGuide →
- Alcoaupstream aluminium producer; the “same metal, different stage” comparison for a materials or metallurgy studentGuide →
- Magna Internationallarge-scale plant-based manufacturing employer with a comparable shop-floor internship experienceGuide →
- Ball Corporationthe single closest peer: the other global metal beverage can maker and Crown’s direct head-to-head competitorCareers site
Our engineering internships summer 2027 guide maps the full landscape of manufacturing and engineering opportunities, timeline by timeline.
FAQ
Can I still apply for a summer 2026 Crown Holdings internship?
No. The summer 2026 window has passed. The next opportunity is summer 2027, but Crown publishes no application window or deadline. As of September 2026, Crown’s Workday board carried 264 open requisitions worldwide, and none of its 10 intern requisitions was in the United States. Set a job alert on the Workday board now and check it monthly.
Does Crown Holdings offer internships?
Yes. Crown runs a campus programme through its Campus Connections Team and offers internships, co-ops and entry-level roles across six named functions: Engineering, Production Planning, Quality, IT / Info Systems, Human Resources, and Accounting and Finance. The company also runs the FORWARD Program, a three-year post-graduation rotational programme.
Where do Crown Holdings internships actually get posted?
On Crown’s Workday board at crownholdings.wd501.myworkdayjobs.com/CrownHoldings. The marketing careers site at us-jobs.crowncork.com is a Radancy front end whose every apply button routes to that board. The Radancy site also runs a job-alert sign-up form, which is the practical way to catch a US internship the day it posts.
How much do Crown Holdings interns get paid?
Crown does not publish an intern pay rate anywhere, and no usable intern figure exists on Indeed, Glassdoor or levels.fyi. What is confirmed is that Crown internships are paid where the requisition specifies: its live Mexico Controlling Intern posting lists an internship stipend and life insurance under benefits. Crown’s pay ratings are its strongest employee scores at 3.9 out of 5 on Glassdoor and 3.6 out of 5 on Indeed.
What is the FORWARD Program at Crown?
Crown describes it as “Crown’s premier development initiative designed to provide maximum exposure to our business and accelerated career growth in operations, engineering and commercial roles.” Participants rotate between functions over a three-year period. Crown’s HR Director called it “unlike any other fast-track scheme I have encountered.” It is the named graduate destination for strong interns.
Is Crown Holdings the same as Crown Equipment?
No. Crown Holdings (NYSE: CCK) makes metal packaging: aluminium beverage cans, food cans and aerosol containers. Crown Equipment makes forklifts and runs its own separate co-op and internship program at us-careers.crown.com. A third entity, DK Crown Holdings Inc., is DraftKings. All three appear in searches for “Crown internship.”
What do interns say about working at Crown?
Every intern-labelled review found, across 2017 to 2026 and across both plant and corporate placements, is positive about the people and the learning. Two Glassdoor intern reviews are 5.0 out of 5, and an Indeed engineering intern described daily Gemba walks and kind management. Crown’s overall company scores are lower at 3.2 on Indeed, but those reviews come overwhelmingly from plant-floor production roles, not internships.
What skills does Crown look for in interns?
From Crown’s three live non-US intern requisitions: Excel proficiency appears in every one, along with active student enrolment, English proficiency and an accounting or finance background. Crown’s student page adds: self-motivation, the ability to function in both team and individual environments, persistence, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects.
Crown’s US internship door is currently closed, but its campus pipeline is named, its conversion language is unusually direct, and its FORWARD Program is a genuine post-graduation asset. Spend the runway building proof: a remote Externship turns “interested in manufacturing and packaging” into a finished project a future Crown application can point at.
About the Author
Bifei Wang has spent 17 years focused on human flow and the growth of young professionals, spanning international education, career training and coaching, and recruitment process outsourcing. Over 7 years at Extern, he has had one-on-one sessions with thousands of students exploring careers in consulting, finance, tech, marketing, and data, giving him a firsthand view of how the job market has shifted for early-career professionals and what it actually takes to break in.
