Engineering Intern

About the role

Penn Aluminum International LLC is a part of Marmon Holdings, backed by Berkshire Hathaway. We focus on making a positive impact, providing diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone can be their best.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with local team to identify process gaps and implement process improvement activities to achieve dramatic improvement in key business metrics.
• Manage lean transformational activities and projects at a plant.
• Collaborate with automation team to optimize processes before automating and help build the justification for automation projects.
• Facilitate conversations with local team to ensure they stay focused and accountable on action items.
• Provide formal and informal training, coaching, and mentoring to employees.
• Coach process owners on using engineering and Lean methods to achieve operational excellence.
• Establish and implement performance measures.
• Provide regular reports of data and actions to measure progress against plant objectives.
• Work with site leadership to conduct assessments of critical sites and business needs.
• Partner with process owners to ensure results are delivered and future states are achieved.
• Manage personal business travel plans, prioritize current projects, and communicate efforts to direct leadership.
• Develop personal and plant competency plans in the application of continuous improvement methods and Lean tools.

Requirements

• Energy, enthusiasm, and initiative to create programs and drive outcomes, balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to lead and influence others without formal control to achieve desired results.
• Ability to travel 20-50% to other facilities/shops.
• Independent, self-starter, ability to build relationships and earn trust.
• Ability to prioritize work based on factors such as potential impact, business, personal schedule, and coworkers’ schedules.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, Word, SharePoint, and Smartsheets.

Preferred Assets

• Previous experience with Lean/Automation – including jobs, internships, co-op assignments, class projects, and extracurricular groups.
• Working knowledge of SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or other CAD packages.
• Preference to work multiple semesters as previous interns have completed.
• Desire/motivation to work 4-12 hours a week during the school year pre and post internship/Co-op.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, and more!

Pay

The pay range for this role is $19.80 - $24.20 per hour.

Schedule

Hours are flexible and can vary based on project needs and personal availability.