Placement Student - Quality

Cummins Inc; Bolingbrook (IL); On-site; USD 24,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Cummins Inc. in Bolingbrook, IL offers a Summer 2027 Quality placement within the Operational Excellence team. The role is onsite with travel or relocation required for the location, with 3 days on-site per week.

You will gain hands-on experience in quality investigations, interact with OEMs and distributors, and help coordinate the return of failed parts for analysis. This placement develops analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills in a real engine environment.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering or business fields.
• Strong MS Office skills including Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Excellent communication and time-management abilities; detail-oriented and organized.
• Analytical mindset with problem-solving skills and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Support customer engine’s failure investigations on defined projects.
• Communicate with OEM and Distributor account teams to share failure information.
• Coordinate return of failed parts to suppliers for analysis and containment actions.
• Assist in tracking project status and sharing learnings with teams.
• Maintain project notes and records, and help PM monitor progress.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Communication

Time management

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering or Business

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Placement Student - Quality

We are looking for an enthusiastic Quality student to join our team specializing in Quality for our Operational Excellence department in Wellingborough. During your placement with us, you will learn how a major global organization operates, gaining the tools and exposure you will need to become an expert in the industry and power your potential!

Starting Summer 2027. The requirements are to be onsite for 3 days per week so you will need to be able to travel or relocate to the location on your own behalf.

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Develop skills to manage small portions of well-defined and challenging projects and actively support customer engine’s failure investigations.
• Communicate with internal Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) & Distributors Account Teams regarding information supporting failures.
• Working with external suppliers and coordinate the return of failed parts back to the supplier for analysis detailing findings and containment activity to internal OEM & Distributors Account Teams.
• Serve as a support resource on projects and work assignments and assists in identifying, tracking, and working with others to resolve project issues.
• Helps monitor and communicate project status to project team, documenting and sharing team learnings with other teams.
• Maintain project notes, databases, and other records; monitors measures and communicates with Project Manager on status of specific projects and assignments.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• We are looking for a wide range of applicants studying towards a Bachelor or Master's degree from across all Engineering & Business-related subjects
• Good Knowledge of Microsoft Office software (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Good communication & time management skills, attention to detail, ability to multi-task and stay organized.
• Be a team player as well as be able to work proactively and independently with good analytical and problem-solving skills.

CLOSING DATE: 12th November 11:59PM

Job Quality

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Student - Cooperative/12 Month Placement

ReqID 2436514

Relocation Package No

100% On-Site No