PI&E Intern: Drive OEE & Reliability on the Floor

Chobani; Town of Columbus (NY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Chobani is offering an PI&E Intern position focused on improving manufacturing performance, equipment reliability, waste reduction, and department efficiency. You will work with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Performance Improvement teams to analyze losses, strengthen PM plans, and deploy autonomous maintenance while presenting results to site leadership.

You will gain hands-on experience leading measurable improvement projects, building dashboards, and automating reports to speed

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, or related technical field.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organization, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Excel; Power BI/Power Automate or similar tools preferred; eagerness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Analyze OEE, downtime, waste, PM completion, startup, quality, and labor losses; convert findings into prioritized actions.
• Partner cross-functionally on root cause analysis and corrective actions for recurring equipment and process losses.
• Support PM optimization, PM audits, equipment assessments, rebuild and asset-restoration plans, critical-spares reviews, and reliability improvements.
• Support phased autonomous maintenance deployment, including cleaning, inspection, lubrication, defect tagging, visual controls, standard work, and operator ownership.
• Lead or support projects that reduce waste and downtime, improve OEE and reliability, strengthen material flow, or improve labor productivity.
• Complete floor observations, time studies, data collection, equipment evaluations, troubleshooting, and implementation support.
• Build dashboards, automated KPI reports, workflows, and data-collection tools that reduce manual work and improve data accuracy and decision speed.
• Provide regular updates and a final leadership presentation covering results, financial impact, lessons learned, and sustainment.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Organization

Communication

Excel proficiency

Power BI

Power Automate

On-floor collaboration

Eager to learn

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Industrial)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Power Automate

Job description

Chobani is offering an PI&E Intern position focused on improving manufacturing performance, equipment reliability, waste reduction, and department efficiency. You will work with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Performance Improvement teams to analyze losses, strengthen PM plans, and deploy autonomous maintenance while presenting results to site leadership.

You will gain hands-on experience leading measurable improvement projects, building dashboards, and automating reports to speed