Engineering Rotations: Fast-Track Your Career

Reynolds Consumer Products; Lake Forest (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real-world manufacturing exposure

Formal training and mentoring

Leadership development

Job summary

Reynolds Consumer Products in the Chicagoland area invites new graduates to join its Corporate Engineering Development Program for 2027. Over two years, you’ll rotate through four six‑month assignments in industrial, mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering, gaining hands‑on experience across manufacturing processes and plant environments.

You’ll work with seasoned engineers, tackle real operational challenges, and develop leadership capabilities through formal training, coaching, and

Qualifications

• Education: BS in Engineering completed by June next year.
• Preferred: Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Chemical Engineering by June next year.
• Exposure to automation, controls, quality, CI, reliability, maintenance, process engineering, or project management.
• Engineering internship, co-op, research, lab, or manufacturing experience.
• Experience leading a student org, team project, competition, volunteer init.
• Data analysis exposure; familiarity with statistics tools like Minitab/Power BI is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Apply RBS principles via Kaizen events, value stream mapping, standard work, and visual management to eliminate waste and improve processes.
• Use A3 thinking and structured problem solving to define problems, validate root causes, implement countermeasures, and sustain improvements.
• Own a business improvement project in each rotation with objectives, timelines, budgets, and measurable results.
• Analyze operational data and KPIs to prioritize opportunities and improve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and reliability.
• Apply industrial engineering principles to improve process flow, capacity, labor productivity, material flow, standard work, ergonomics, and overall performance.
• Deliver rotation objectives safely, on schedule, within budget, and against performance measures.
• Partner with operators and technicians to understand floor challenges and support adoption of standard work.
• Use manufacturing performance metrics to identify and eliminate losses.
• Leverage digital manufacturing technologies to analyze real-time production performance.

Skills

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Written communication

Verbal communication

Presentation skills

Adaptability

Willingness to travel

Education

BS in Engineering (by June next year)

BS in Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial/Chemical Engineering (by June next year)

Tools

Minitab

Power BI

Job description

Reynolds Consumer Products in the Chicagoland area invites new graduates to join its Corporate Engineering Development Program for 2027. Over two years, you’ll rotate through four six‑month assignments in industrial, mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering, gaining hands‑on experience across manufacturing processes and plant environments.

You’ll work with seasoned engineers, tackle real operational challenges, and develop leadership capabilities through formal training, coaching, and