Lean & Process Improvement Intern

Dormont Manufacturing Co; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 24,796 - 37,195; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Marmon Group LLC is seeking a Lean Continuous Improvement Intern/Co-op to support deployment, evaluation, and implementation of Lean across the Marmon Transportation Group. You will promote continuous improvement tools, conduct root-cause analysis, and drive safety, quality, and cost initiatives with associates at multiple levels.

The role develops leadership skills and offers exposure to Lean projects, Kaizen events, Value Stream Mapping, and mentorship.

Qualifications

• Energy, enthusiasm, and initiative to create programs and drive outcomes.
• Ability to influence others without formal authority.
• Travel 20-50% to other facilities/shops.
• Independent, self-starter with relationship-building skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, Word, SharePoint and Smartsheets.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with local team to identify process gaps and implement process improvement activities to achieve dramatic improvement in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and employee development.
• Management of the lean transformational activities and projects at a plant.
• Collaborate with automation team to optimize process before automating and help build the justification for automation projects.
• Effective facilitation and execution of Value Stream Maps and Kaizen/Impact Events through all stages of projects.
• Facilitate conversations with local team to ensure accountability on action items.
• Provide formal and informal training, coaching, and mentoring to employees on Lean methods.
• Coach process owners on engineering and Lean methods to achieve operational excellence.
• Establish and implement performance measures; provide regular data reports to track progress.
• Work with site leadership to assess critical sites and business needs and connect Operations priorities.

Skills

Energy

Initiative

Influence others

Travel 20-50%

Independent

Prioritization

MS Office

Excel

SharePoint

Smartsheets

Tools

SolidWorks

Fusion 360

Job description

Marmon Group LLC is seeking a Lean Continuous Improvement Intern/Co-op to support deployment, evaluation, and implementation of Lean across the Marmon Transportation Group. You will promote continuous improvement tools, conduct root-cause analysis, and drive safety, quality, and cost initiatives with associates at multiple levels.

The role develops leadership skills and offers exposure to Lean projects, Kaizen events, Value Stream Mapping, and mentorship.