Engineering Intern

Span-America Medical Systems Inc • Maryland Heights, MO

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About The Position

Savaria Patient Care designs, engineers, and builds patient-care and patient-handling products that support safe transfers and movement in hospital, long-term-care, and home-care settings. The Engineering Intern program gives students pursuing an engineering bachelor's degree exposure to the industry, products, and processes. The intern will assist with development and implementation of improvements to production, engineering, and R&D processes to support a safer environment and higher-quality, lower-cost products. The position involves hands-on interaction with electromechanical devices and frequent interaction with production, engineering, and quality team members.

Requirements

• High school diploma, or sophomore, junior, or senior standing while pursuing a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, industrial engineering/technology, or a similar discipline.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing and assembly process design and optimization.
• Ability to perform in a dynamic environment with regularly shifting priorities.
• Ability to manage projects, including developing statements of work, tracking status, working with cross-functional teams, and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to read and interpret business and professional publications, technical procedures, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedural manuals, and government regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals, and to present information and respond to questions from managers or team members.
• Ability to write clearly and informatively, follow policies and procedures, demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness, and complete work in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and implement improvement projects, Engineering Change Requests, Document Change Orders, and other assigned projects to improve quality and efficiency.
• Create and modify documents that provide shop-floor instructions for basic product assembly procedures.
• Deploy modern lean manufacturing techniques.
• Ensure products and components conform to engineering design, FDA and ISO regulatory requirements, and performance specifications.
• Perform additional responsibilities as requested or required by management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern