Plant Engineering Intern: Drive Lean & Automation

Rehrig Pacific Company; Petersburg (PA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Rehrig Pacific Company seeks a Plant Engineering Intern to support design, planning and implementation of equipment, machinery, and automation at our facility in Pennsylvania. You will collaborate with plant resources to develop safe, stable, and reliable manufacturing processes by analyzing data and applying engineering principles.

As an intern, you will gain hands-on experience in Lean Manufacturing, cost reduction, and continuous improvement while contributing to cross-functional projects and

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Plastics, Manufacturing or equivalent).
• Project management experience with relevant tools or software.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with ability to summarize information clearly.
• Preferred: Lean Manufacturing experience and/or Six Sigma.
• Preferred: Coding/programming experience.
• Preferred: Hand and power tools experience.

Responsibilities

• Leads or supports technical work within the plant (engineering, maintenance, tooling, troubleshooting, etc).
• Maintain in-depth understanding of plant infrastructure, systems and equipment
• Consistently reduces operational waste and costs
• Exercises and advances Lean Manufacturing practices
• Provides reliable technical support to the local plant and the organization
• Performs in-depth analyses to understand system gaps and issues
• Maintains updated and accurate plant layouts, floor plans and system schematics and specifications

Skills

Project management

Communication (verbal & written)

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Coding and programming

Hand and power tools

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Plastics, Manufacturing or equivalent)

Tools

Project management software

Hand and power tools

Job description

Rehrig Pacific Company seeks a Plant Engineering Intern to support design, planning and implementation of equipment, machinery, and automation at our facility in Pennsylvania. You will collaborate with plant resources to develop safe, stable, and reliable manufacturing processes by analyzing data and applying engineering principles.

As an intern, you will gain hands-on experience in Lean Manufacturing, cost reduction, and continuous improvement while contributing to cross-functional projects and