Manufacturing Engineering Intern - Industrial Engineering / Continuous Improvement Focus

Manufacturing Engineering Intern

Industrial Engineering / Continuous Improvement Focus

Department

Manufacturing Engineering / Operations

Location

Michigan City, Indiana

Reports To

Manufacturing Engineering Manager / Plant Leadership

Type

Internship

Position Summary

Support continuous-improvement and operational-excellence initiatives in an approximately 150-employee manufacturing facility. The intern will work with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and production employees to identify waste, improve processes, support Kaizen events, and implement measurable plant-floor improvements.

Key Responsibilities

·   Participate in and help facilitate Kaizen events focused on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost.

·   Conduct time studies, work measurement, cycle-time analysis, takt-time comparisons, and line-balancing activities.

·   Observe manufacturing processes, identify Lean wastes and bottlenecks, and recommend practical improvements.

·   Develop and update standardized work, process documentation, visual controls, and performance boards.

·   Support 5S, workplace organization, workstation design, ergonomics, material flow, and layout improvements.

·   Collect and analyze production data related to labor efficiency, scrap, rework, downtime, throughput, and changeovers.

·   Work with cross-functional teams to implement corrective actions and sustain completed improvements.

·   Document project results using clear baseline and before-and-after measurements.

Internship Project Expectations

The intern will own at least one improvement project, such as an assembly-line time study and rebalance, 5S or Kaizen event, standardized-work development, bottleneck reduction, workstation ergonomic improvement, material-flow improvement, capacity analysis, or value-stream map. Projects should include measurable results whenever they are practical.

Qualifications

·   Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering (preferred), Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related discipline.

·   Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.

·   Comfortable working hands-on in a manufacturing environment with production employees and supervisors.

·   Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office applications.

·   Coursework or experience in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, Standard Work, Value Stream Mapping, root cause analysis, PDCA, or A3 problem solving is preferred.

·   Previous manufacturing, production, warehouse, or engineering experience is helpful but not required.

Experience with AutoCAD and/or any modeling software would be beneficial, but not required. (Creo, Solid works, etc)

Measures of Success

·   Demonstrated improvement in productivity, line balance, cycle time, material movement, ergonomics, standard work, or workplace organization.

·   Completed Kaizen actions with documented and sustained results.

·   Final presentation of a significant improvement project covering the problem, baseline, actions, results, and recommended next steps.