Engineering Intern

Responsibilities

• Support cost reduction activities.
• Lead activities or work on smaller parts of a specific cost reduction project.
• Develop ideas to generate cost savings as well.
• Support productivity and waste reduction activities.
• Assist with capital projects; create conceptual drawings, equipment specifications and bid documentation to facilitate a competitive bid environment.
• Assists in the commissioning of new plant equipment and other systems to ensure that installation into the production facility is handled efficiently and with minimal disruption to production.
• Be able to train operators and others to operate and troubleshoot equipment in their respective department(s).
• Support Ergonomic improvement activities.
• Support both short term (safety improvement recordable rate reduction) and long term (capital projects) ergonomic improvement initiatives.
• Perform OEE on equipment to reduce downtime, increase throughput and reduce scrap and/or rework.
• Participate in and/or lead kaizen events.
• Create preventative maintenance plans, operator daily maintenance checklists, and other documentation to properly maintain our equipment.
• Support Manufacturing Engineering with all error-proofing (poke-yoke) activities.
• Perform time studies as required to ensure standard time and standard cost accuracy in our SAP MRP system.
• Aid in the design of fixtures, jigs, etc in Solidworks CAD software, as required, to improve production processes.
• Support the Quality department with root cause analysis's of scrap product and corrective actions.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere with respect and communicate with others in a professional manner.
• Provide technical support for engineering projects using MS Excel and Solidworks.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent qualification.
• Be enrolled in an accredited engineering program or related study.
• Demonstrated application of engineering skills and problem-solving techniques.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with applied experience working in a cross functional team environment.
• Ability to create technical documentation with computer applications such as Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.