Engineering Intern

MD Logistics Inc•Plainfield, IN

19h

About The Position

The Engineering Intern is responsible for helping take engineering projects from concept to implementation for warehousing and transportation solutions. Projects include process refinement and optimization, building infrastructure assessment and improvement, and capacity expansion projects. Primary focus for this role will be updating building layouts and ensuring active documentation is appropriately up to date and functional.

Requirements

2 years of job experience
Knowledge of analytical tools, workflow time studies, and process balancing
Ability to collaborate with project managers, manufacturing leads, customers, and to provide daily direction and guidance to project team.
Knowledge of WMS concepts (Receiving, Put away, Replenishment, Slotting) Allocation, Picking, Packing, Task Management, Shipping, and Invoicing.)
Experience with CAD, Microsoft Access, Excel, and PowerPoint
High School Diploma or GED Equivalent required.
Be enrolled in an accredited university pursuing a degree in a field of engineering.
Must have excellent written and verbal communication/comprehension skills.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and correspondence.
Ability to physically count, add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Ability to define problems establishes facts and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.

Responsibilities

Identify opportunities for preventing waste and inefficiency during production.
Research and test design ideas to determine feasibility, utilizing lean manufacturing, kaizen, Six Sigma, and root-cause analysis to formulate and support innovation, corrective actions, and improvements.
Space planning and layout design with ability to extensively use CAD.
Maintain and update all building layout documentation including CAD updates.
Uphold the company’s reputation by delivering innovative solutions while adhering to local and national regulations (fire suppression systems, security, building codes).
Partner with cross-functional and external teams (e.g. real estate, information technology, operations, transportation, human resources, accounting, etc.) on broadscale projects and customer pricing.
Present information to internal leadership, external clients, and vendors in a clear and confident manner.
Create viable solutions for a variety of challenges to improve production or to reduce waste, the ability to develop a plan to overcome the problem is important.
Use basic and advanced calculations to determine the current and potential productivity of a process.
Use analytical skills to evaluate progress of projects and interpret data to create reporting to the company decision-makers.
Assist in companywide activities associated with the department.