Summer 2027 Manufacturing Engineer Intern – Real Projects

Kawneer; Cranberry Township (Butler County); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Kawneer is seeking a highly motivated Manufacturing Engineer Intern for Summer 2027 at our Cranberry Township, PA facility. The intern will join a heavy industrial manufacturing environment, work on a real project, and collaborate with the Senior Process Engineer to analyze data and propose actionable solutions.

The role involves collecting floor data, performing data analytics, researching technical topics, and clearly stating problems, targets, and required actions.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated outstanding academic achievement.
• Strong record of team/project/people leadership.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
• Willingness to understand the business.
• Aptitude for problem solving and data analytics.
• Strong writing and verbal communication skills.
• Experience as an active team member.
• Commitment to excellence and growth.
• Independent work ethic: resourceful, responsible, tenacious, curious, confident, energetic.

Responsibilities

• Support a summer project led by the Intern Engineer and supervised by the Senior Process Engineer.
• Collect information on the shop floor and analyze process data.
• Conduct literature research, state the real problem, and evaluate the current vs. target scenario.
• Create an action plan with steps to solve or mitigate the issue in coordination with the Senior Process Engineer.

Skills

Data analytics

Leadership

Communication

Job description

We’re currently seeking a highly motivated and energetic student to join our team as aManufacturing Engineer Internfor Summer 2027. We are a heavy industrial manufacturing facility that transforms aluminum and other metals into various products. This position will be based at our manufacturing facility in Cranberry Township, PA.

This internship entails a summer project that will be led by the Intern Engineer and supervised by the current Senior Process Engineer. During the project, the Intern will deal with a real manufacturing problem, need to collect information on the shop floor, process data analytics, conduct research in a technical library, state the real problem, evaluate the current scenario, state a target scenario, and create a list of actions that needs to be taken in order to solve or mitigate the issue. This will be in coordination with the Senior Process Engineer.

Why join us? Our interns have the opportunity to be part of real-worldbusiness scenarios. Their skills are sharpened as full members of a project team, working alongside leaders in partnership with business unit clients. Interns are assigned projects based on their business unit specifications which will vary depending on location. Some of the highlights as a member of the team are business insights sessions with the Senior Leadership team, professional development opportunities, plant tours, and social activities with other interns and colleagues.

We look for interns with:

• Demonstrated outstanding academicachievement.
• A strong record of team, project and/or people leadership in a work setting and/or extracurricularactivities.
• The ability to thrive in fast-paced, deadline-orientedenvironment.
• Willingness to take initiative to understand thebusiness.
• An aptitude for problemsolving and data analytics.
• Strong writing and verbal communicationskills.
• Previous successful experience as an active member of ateam.
• A strong commitment to excellence and personal and professionalgrowth.
• An independent work ethic: resourceful, responsible, tenacious, curious, confident, and high energy.

Come be a part of our team at the Cranberry facility! We are just 30 minutes north of Pittsburgh and only a short drive for hiking, shopping, and recreational activities!