Additive Manufacturing Co-op (Spring 2027)

About the role

Leverage mechanical / electromechanical skillset to support innovation activities in the Central Maintenance department.

Support ongoing initiatives in expanding the Additive Manufacturing applications across the body shop.

Support Predictive Maintenance projects and initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Opportunity to learn about additive manufacturing in depth through design and testing of designs in real-life applications.
• Opportunity to contribute to the roll-out of a predictive maintenance system at an early stage.
• Exposure to industrial automation and the maintenance of the equipment involved therein.
• Opportunity to present in the weekly team meeting as well as updates on projects in other management rounds as milestones in projects are reached.
• Project Plan for rollout of vibration sensors across body shop.
• Investigate additional sensors / data collection methods that could be used to move to a condition-based maintenance strategy.
• Design and test concepts for utilizing additive manufacturing to build key replacement components (weld gun shanks, weld gun arms).

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Possess a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 (not just in major).
• Enrolled student status at an accredited four-year college or university in the United States.
• Completed at least 30 credit hours at time of application.
• Ability to work full-time on-site (40 hours / week).
• Transfer students must have a GPA from current university.
• MUST ATTACH A COPY OF UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT.
• Complete and pass a substance abuse test before the work term.

Benefits

• The work term dates are January 11th – May 14th, 2027.

Schedule

• Must be an enrolled student during all three rotations.