Program/Project Management Summer Intern

Regal Rexnord; Downers Grove (IL); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Regal Rexnord is offering a Program/Project Management Internship at our Downers Grove, IL site. The role focuses on managing customer and market specific projects in aerospace, working with Program Managers and the Director of Business Development to grow the business.

The position emphasizes detail orientation, analytical thinking, and an hands-on approach to drive improvements within a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, manufacturing engineering, business, or a related field.
• Acts with strong sense of urgency with keen attention to detail.
• Creative thinker; strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Process Oriented and able to manage to metrics.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and work effectively under time constraints in a fast-paced environment.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: demonstrating initiative, ownership and a proactive approach to solving problems.
• Ability to work approximately 40 hours per week during the internship period.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Responsibilities

• Support complex aerospace projects and markets.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive growth, efficiency, and profitability.
• Exposure to strategic planning, CRM, customer relationship management, and value analysis.
• Support decision making and process improvement in a dynamic environment.
• Support New Product Launch processes for aerospace-related products.
• Collaborate with commercial, manufacturing, technical and quality teams to expand product line market presence.
• Assist Program and Product Line Managers on various projects.
• Track and report product and project performance trends; report SWOT analyses.
• Support the new product launch proposal process to maximize applications wins.

Job description

Work Model

This is a fully onsite role, with work performed at your designated Regal Rexnord office.

Program Duration

June 2, 2027 - August 13, 2027 (~11 weeks)

Reports To

Director, Business Development

Location

Downers Grove, IL

Position Overview

The Program/Project Management Intern, who will be based at our Downers Grove, IL, site works closely with our Program Managers and Director of Business Development to manage various customer and market specific projects focusing on developing and growing our business in Aerospace. The successful candidate is detail oriented, interested in aerospace applications, and able to drive improvements by using an analytical, hands‑on approach. This position will report to the Director of Business Development and will play a key role in the New Product Launch process.

Key Responsibilities

• Support complex projects with a focus on Aerospace markets.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive growth, efficiency, and profitability.
• Exposure to strategic planning, customer relationship management, and value analysis.
• Opportunity to support key decisions and drive process improvements in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Support the New Product Launch process for products related to the Aerospace market.
• Collaborate with commercial, manufacturing, technical and quality teams to expand associated product line market presence and drive execution.
• Support various projects as directed by Program and Product Line Managers.
• Tracks / reports product and project performance trends and conducts / reports SWOT analysis of associated product line.
• Supports the new product launch proposal process to maximize applications wins.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, electrical, manufacturing engineering, business, or a related field
• Acts with strong sense of urgency with keen attention to detail
• Creative thinker; strong analytical and decision-making skills
• Process Oriented and able to manage to metrics
• Ability to handle multiple projects and work effectively under time constraints in a fast-paced environment
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: demonstrating initiative, ownership and a proactive approach to solving problems.
• Ability to work approximately 40 hours per week during the internship period.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Exposure to or familiarity with CRM tools.
• Demonstrated leadership within student organizations, volunteer activities, or work experience.

Travel

Limited travel (up to 10%)

Compensation Details

$19 - $27.50 per hour

The hourly rate provided is intended to display the value of the company's base rate compensation for all statewide locations across the United States. Hourly rate is dependent on a multitude of factors, including but not limited to the physical worksite location, candidate's skill set, level of experience, education and internal peer compensation comparisons. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without requiring company sponsorship to obtain or keep U.S. work authorization.

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools. The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture. Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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