Continuous Improvement Intern

Blount Fine Foods • McKinney, TX

90d

About The Position

Blount's Internship Program aims to grow students from our community in a way that is mutually beneficial by providing experiential learning opportunities and connecting concepts learned in the classroom to real-world applications in order to contribute to the professional readiness of tomorrow's workforce. Interns can expect timely feedback, accessible supervisors, bi-weekly meetings with the internship program lead, assistance with career readiness, and networking opportunities. The Continuous Improvement Intern will play a vital role in supporting our organization's commitment to operational excellence and efficiency. As an intern in this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify, analyze, and implement process improvements across various departments.

Requirements

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Eagerness and willingness to learn.
• Ability to work and solve problems.
• Maintain a positive attitude to continued learning and support the overall business.
• Degree (B.A.) candidate from College or University or related experience; or equivalent combination of both education and experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally in English as it pertains to individual position.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with CI Engineer on the planning, coordination, control, and analysis of overall CI projects, including net weight and downtime analysis.
• Provide current state data and proposals for continuous improvement.
• Provide ongoing data of all selected production processes.
• Support process improvement initiatives that would include process experimentation, process design, process optimization, process control, and process definition and documentation to reduce waste.
• Support manufacturing initiatives to improve safety, reduce cycle times, improve productivity, create and find capacity, improve process reliability, and improve customer satisfaction with respect to on time delivery, yields, and quality.
• Other responsibilities with similar skill, work conditions, and responsibilities as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Food Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree