Continuous Improvement Engineer - Co-op Student

Indiana Packers Corporation • Delphi, IN

41d • Onsite

About The Position

Continuous Improvement Engineer (Co-op Student) Indiana Packers Corporation (IPC) - Operations Department Location: Delphi, Indiana Indiana Packers are pork producers and processors of fresh and frozen meats. We are a division of Mitsubishi Corporation (Food Industry Group) with annual revenues of $1.6 billion yearly. Our plants process a variety of meat products (pork, turkey, beef) here at Delphi and through our company affiliates. We are best known for our national brand Kentucky Legend (the best-selling boneless ham brand in the United States) as well as several well-known regional brands, including Indiana Kitchen, Fischer's, Field, Mickelberry's, Kentuckian Gold, and Scott Pete. We now have processing facilities in Frankfort, Indiana; Holland, Michigan; and Owensboro, Kentucky. Summary This is a Cooperative Education position that will be 3 - 4 semesters (rotations) of onsite working and learning all areas of the continuous improvement process and methodologies leading towards a permanent position upon graduation. This position will report to the Continuous Improvement Manager and be expected to collaborate and work with all departments at IPC. The perspective student will be learning/conducting/working with the following day to day or in a project format. Traditional IE - time study's, work cell design, developing routings. LEAN Manufacturing - 5S, VSM, Process Mapping, Kaizen Events Process Improvement - line balancing, activity list development, conducting observations to ID value added and non-value-added tasks. Problem Solving (RCA) - root cause analysis, CAPA event. Procedure Development - developing/writing SOP, training, etc. Management Operating Systems

Requirements

• Full-time college student currently enrolled in the school of industrial engineering.
• Must have completed their freshman year at a college or university.
• Must be able to work in cold (around 35 degrees) or ambient (whatever it is outside) temperatures.
• No prior experience required.
• Solid student and willing to learn.
• Good communication and written skills.
• Solid math and analytical skills.
• Highly motivated and hardworking, wanting to make an impact.

Nice To Haves

• The student comes from an agriculture background or is interested in working in the meat food industry.
• IPC is a growing company with a great deal of opportunity for individuals that want to excel.

Responsibilities

• Start of each Co-op semester there will be an outline of what you will focus on over the 16-week period. Expectations and goals will be set at that time. At the end of each 16-week period you will be required to present what you have been working on, goals that were met, and what you learned. Your audience will be a group consisting of C-level executives at IPC and Mitsubishi.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees