Entry Level Supply Chain and Engineering - Joshua Tree Group Process Excellence Summer Analyst - Houston - NAELFY27

Accenture; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 37,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture’s Summer Analyst (Internship) Development Programs offer a hands-on path into consulting, focusing on engineering and operations. The program starts in June and runs about 10 weeks, with opportunities to learn and grow within a fast-paced client-facing environment.

Participants collaborate across Supply Chain & Engineering, applying Lean, Six Sigma, and performance-management concepts to real client projects while traveling up to 80–90% and building practical skills for career growth.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor or Master in Engineering, Business Management, Industrial Engineering, or related field with 2027–2028 graduation.
• Prior internship or work experience is required.
• Willingness to travel 80–90% and work weekends as needed.
• Strong communication skills in verbal and written form.

Responsibilities

• Shadow client managers to observe labor standard development across Lean, Six Sigma, and ergonomics.
• Identify opportunities to improve methods, safety, and accuracy in processes.
• Support prioritization, implementation, and training of improved processes.
• Develop and test time study templates; analyze data and track tasks.
• Represent Accenture professionally in client relationships on-site.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Labor standards

Process improvement

Performance management

Client-facing

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in Engineering or related field

Business management

Industrial Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Access

Excel VBA

Job description

Accenture’s Summer Analyst (Internship) Development Programs

Kickstart your consulting career by joining one of Accenture’s Summer Analyst (Internship) Development Programs*. Leverage your skills and strengths to help our clients solve their most pressing business challenges, embracing the latest technology to become the next best version of themselves.

Not only will you have amazing opportunities to learn, develop and grow your skills, you will join a collaborative environment that unleashes innovation, allows our people to perform at their very best and supports a culture in which everyone feels they have an equal opportunity to belong and build a career.

If you have not previously considered Accenture;now is the time. Wherever your professional passions lie, there’s a home for you within one of Accenture’s Development Programs.

*Internship program starts in June and runs approximately 10 weeks.

We Are

Supply Chain & Engineering, and we move fast, think fast, and work fast. We partner with our clients to improve day-to-day operations and equip their leaders to achieve success in their supply chains. Through leadership development, associate engagement, and improved operational execution, our clients can lower operating costs, retain talented workforces, and position their supply chain as a competitive advantage.

You Are

Interested in supply chain, operations, or industrial engineering — eager to build real-world consulting experience. You have a drive to develop hands‑on skills in labor standards, lean process improvement, and performance management.

You are developing your ability to connect operational processes to measurable business outcomes. You are comfortable contributing to project workstreams under the guidance of your leaders and are motivated to deepen both your technical and consulting skills. You are curious, coachable, and excited to grow in a client‑facing consulting environment.

The Work

Engineering

• Shadow and partner with client managers and associates to observe and learn processes for labor standard development, applying disciplines including Lean, Six Sigma, human factors and ergonomics, workstation design, queuing theory, and facility and process design.
• Use observations to help identify opportunities to improve job methods, safety, or accuracy, and to remove wasted effort from operational processes.
• Support the client team in prioritizing, implementing, and training associates on improved processes.
• Participate in the labor standard development process, including:
  • Documenting preferred methods
  • Defining and writing elements
  • Creating and testing UMT time study templates
  • Educating and calibrating the time study team
  • Collecting, entering, and analyzing time study data
  • Identifying and tracking production tasks
  • Finalizing personal and fatigue allowances

Training & Communication

• Assist in educating associates related to their successful participation in a Performance Management program, covering:
  • Time and production tracking
  • Calculating performance and incentive
  • How standards are developed
  • How to be successful on-standard
  • Mentoring

• Help conduct associate brainstorming and training sessions effectively and clearly.

Client Relationship

• Represent Accenture professionally in all consultant/client relationships.
• Engage in on‑site, client‑facing relationships with various levels in the organization, from associates to operations leaders, under the guidance of your project team.

Please note that the role entails 80‑90% travel.

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Basic Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor or Masters in Engineering, Business Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related field, with an anticipated graduation date of December 2027 to August 2028
• Prior internship or work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Available to travel 80‑90% of the time
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Available to travel as needed for project assignments
• Available to work weekends, as needed by project schedules
• Experience or coursework related to LEAN Six Sigma process improvement principles and practices
• Demonstrated problem‑solving skills
• Additional applicable software skills including AutoCAD, Microsoft Access, and Excel VBA coding
• Fluency in at least one foreign language — Spanish preferred

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