Production Engineering Co-op

About the role

As a member of the production department at the West Deptford plant, the successful candidate will be involved in supporting production at a polymer manufacturing facility. This work will include data gathering and analysis as well as assisting the plant staff in troubleshooting process problems. The co-op will have a variety of opportunities to actively participate in team activities and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Generating or updating standard operating procedures for improvements / best practices
• Streamlining and digitalizing production records, round sheets etc. to increase efficiency and improve data collection and analysis
• Investigating trends in quality and production parameters
• Analysis of production process data
• Developing Statistical Process Control tools to improve quality control of processes
• Optimizing and troubleshooting production processes
• Basic data generation to support the transition of new products and processes from the lab scale to the industrial scale

The primary processes supported are poly(vinylidene fluoride) and fluoroelastomers produced at the West Deptford plant.

Qualifications

• Willingness to work both independently and as part of a team
• Majors: Eng. - Chemical Engineering, Eng. - Mechanical Engineering
• 2024 Winter-Spring-Summer

Skills

• Working knowledge of spreadsheet and word processing software
• Basic understanding of material balances, chemistry, and thermodynamics

Pay

Competitive hourly salary

Schedule

• Job Duration: Winter/Spring (March 2026-September 2026)
• Job Length: 7 months
• Location: Onsite in West Deptford, NJ