Assembly & Process Improvement Intern

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC (Charleston, SC); Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company cellphone possible

Health initiatives

Employee discounts

Employee events

Parking available

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC in Charleston, SC seeks an Assembly Intern to support factory planning and engineering. You will assist in areas like Trim, Chassis, End-of-Line or Quality Assurance, participate in process documentation, and help ensure the plant expansion runs smoothly.

The role offers exposure to lean manufacturing, KPI analysis, dashboards, and cross-functional teamwork. Start January 2027, on-site for six months; ideal for recent graduates pursuing engineering or business degrees.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate within past 12 months or currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering, Business or related degree.

Responsibilities

• Assist areas such as Trim, Chassis, End-of-Line or Quality Assurance in Production
• Process documentation
• Feasibility analysis of optimization projects
• Optimize daily processes with new ideas
• Overview and updated, detailed schedule
• Coordinate project steps with plant operations
• Read and interpret drawings when needed
• Assist and lead meetings
• Taking meeting minutes and KPI editing
• Process optimization of production line processes
• Improve quality transparency by creating dashboards
• Time studies and analysis of bottlenecks
• Process analysis and process improvement ideas and implementation
• Project planning using Microsoft Planner
• Time studies and poke yoke implementations
• Assist where needed by the department or other areas

Skills

Communication

Presentation

Power BI

MS Office

Problem solving

Lean manufacturing

OEE / KPI awareness

Information systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business or related

Pursuing/Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Planner

MS Office Suite

Job description

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC in Charleston, SC seeks an Assembly Intern to support factory planning and engineering. You will assist in areas like Trim, Chassis, End-of-Line or Quality Assurance, participate in process documentation, and help ensure the plant expansion runs smoothly.

The role offers exposure to lean manufacturing, KPI analysis, dashboards, and cross-functional teamwork. Start January 2027, on-site for six months; ideal for recent graduates pursuing engineering or business degrees.