Manufacturing Intern-1

Barksdale Control Products; United States; On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Crane Company seeks a Manufacturing Engineer Intern to support production on the shop floor, performing troubleshooting and root cause analysis to maintain safety, quality and throughput. You will design and implement tooling and process changes to improve manufacturing efficiency and cost outcomes.

The role involves leading cost-reduction projects from ideation to implementation and owning continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.

Qualifications

• In pursuit of a B.S. in Engineering or related field.
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.
• Exposure to lean manufacturing, Six Sigma and 5S practices is a plus.
• Proficient with data analysis, statistics and applied mathematics.
• Basic understanding of industrial assembly, fabrication and machining.

Responsibilities

• Supports safe, efficient, productive and economical operations.
• Develops routings, tool lists, fixtures and process instructions.
• Creates work instructions and standard work documents.
• Drives waste reduction through lean and CBS methodologies.
• Addresses production stoppages and uses 5 whys for countermeasures.
• Trains operators on manufacturing methods to boost productivity.
• Coordinates purchase of materials and tooling as needed.
• Implements tooling and fixture changes.
• Supports new process and product development implementation.
• Assists with value stream mapping and continuous improvement plans.
• Audits and improves existing processes.
• Solves daily manufacturing process problems on the floor.
• Tries out experimental commercial tooling and reduces cycle times.
• Improves area layouts and material flow.
• Assists with daily assembly problems and capital equipment installations.
• Participates actively in CI and quality projects.

Skills

Problem solving

Root cause analysis

Education

B.S. in Engineering or related degree

Job description

Position Summary:

Manufacturing Engineer Intern is responsible for supporting production through daily trouble shooting and root cause analysis to ensure processes are safe, meet quality and throughput requirements and making the work easier for the operators. This requires hands on involvement and working on the shop floor. In addition to this support, they will be responsible for design and implementation of tooling and/or process changes to improve manufacturing processes. They will also own larger cost reduction projects from ideation, feasibility and design, Capital Expenditure approval, and implementation.

Principle Duties (includes, but is not limited to):

• Provides support to obtain safe, efficient, productive and economical manufacturing operations.
• Develops and maintains routings, tool lists, fixtures, process instructions and process requirements, for manufacturing equipment and operations.
• Develops Work instructions and standard work to document processes and flow.
• Drives out waste from manufacturing operations through the deployment of lean and CBS methodology.
• Addresses production Andon stoppages and develops counter measures using 5 why methodology.
• Trains operators on proper, efficient manufacturing methods and procedures, to maximize machine and process productivity.
• Coordinates the purchase of necessary production materials and tooling.
• Implements changes to tools and fixtures.
• Supports new process and product development implementation.
• Assists with developing and implementing current and future state value stream maps and continuous Improvement plans.
• Audits and improves existing manufacturing processes.
• Solves daily manufacturing process problems.
• Tries out experimental commercial tooling.
• Simplifies the methods/tooling and therefore reduces cycle times and W.I.P.
• Improves area equipment layouts and material flow.
• Assists operators with daily assembly problems with equipment, methods and tooling.
• Assists in justifying and coordinating the installation of capital equipment.
• Participates actively in the Continuous Improvement and Quality processes including project team involvement and problem solving.

Essential Qualifications / Experience:

• In process of obtaining B.S. in Engineering or related degree.
• Problem solving and root cause analysis skills.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Exposure to lean manufacturing, six sigma, and 5S practices.
• Proficient with data analysis, statistics, and applied mathematics.
• Demonstrated ability to understand process & product specifications.
• Basic understanding of industrial assembly, fabrication, and machining processes.

EOE/Women/Minorities/Veterans/Disabled

This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work being performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Crane Company. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, general identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.