Manufacturing Intern - Miami

niagarawater; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Medical benefits

401(k) with company match

Health Savings Account

Job summary

Niagara is seeking a Manufacturing Intern for a Miami-based summer program. You will rotate through the plant, support production teams, and tackle real projects with a continuous improvement mindset.

During 10-12 weeks, you will gain hands-on experience aligned with your field of study and present outcomes to department leadership, while learning safety practices and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Currently a junior or rising senior.

Responsibilities

• Rotate through multiple manufacturing areas to understand processes.
• Support plant team members with production methods and equipment.
• Assist with research on new and existing projects and propose solutions.
• Create and present a summary of internship projects to leadership.

Education

Bachelor's degree (pursuing)

Current Junior / Rising Senior

Job description

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

Manufacturing Intern - Miami

Interns spend the summer working directly on high impact projects within one of our manufacturing departments. Interns work in a fast-paced, innovative environment where they will be asked to be a key part of our operations. During this 10-12 week internship, participants are encouraged to think outside the box and use a continuous improvement mindset to approach projects and come up with solutions. Interns gain hands on experience in work related to their field of study.

Essential Functions

• Rotate through multiple areas of the manufacturing plant to gain an overall understanding of the manufacturing process.
• Provide support to plant team members to gain hands on experience with production methods, machines, and processes.
• Assist with research on new and existing projects and support major decision making.
• Receive intellectual and creative opportunities to tackle a problem and develop proposed solutions.
• Attend department meetings and action plan based on feedback.
• Learn to collaborate and communicate across all levels of the organization.
• Create a presentation on internship experience, projects, and outcomes and present to department leadership.

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• 0 Years - Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 0 Years - Experience in Position
• 0 Years - Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 Years- Experience in Field or similar manufacturing environment
• 2 Years - Experience working in Position
• 2 Years - Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Competencies

Lead Like an Owner Makes safety the number one priority

• Keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately
• Effectively prioritizes tasks based on department goals
• Shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues directly
• Prioritizes resolution of customer issues effectively
• Responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and external customers

InnovACT Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products

• Demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes in situations or circumstances
• Increases performance through greater efficiency

Find a Way Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from other experts

• Understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions and actions
• Seeks solutions rather than placing blame

Empowered to be Great Consistently looks for ways to improve one's self through growth and development opportunities

• Communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across
• Communicates effectively to manage expectations

Education

Minimum Required: Current Junior/Rising Senior pursuing a Bachelor's Degree

Certification/License

Required: N/A

Preferred: N/A

Foreign Language

Required: None Required

Preferred: None Required

Benefits

Our Total Rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:

Regular full-time team members are offered a comprehensive benefits package, while part-time, intern, and seasonal team members are offered a limited benefits package.

• Paid Time Off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves
• Medical, including virtual care options
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) with company match
• Health Savings Account with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members
• Family Building Benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and Doula reimbursements
• Income protection including Life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan
• Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
• Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities
• And more!

* *Los Angeles County applicant