Intern, Industrial Engineering - Summer 2027

Corning•Town of Erwin, NY

2d•$42,510 - $82,810•Hybrid

About The Position

Corning's Manufacturing, Technology and Engineering division (MTE) is recognized as the leader in engineering excellence & innovative manufacturing technologies by providing diverse skills to Corning’s existing & emerging businesses. We anticipate & provide timely, valued, leading edge manufacturing technologies and engineering expertise. We partner with Corning’s businesses and the Science & Technology division. Together we create and sustain Corning’s manufacturing as a differential advantage. Summer internship position to identify improvements that increase engineering efficiency. In this meaningful role, you will have the opportunity to apply Industrial Engineering and Lean concepts to improve product and information flow, reduce inventory, meet customer delivery, increase capacity, reduce complexity, and reduce costs. Participate in project teams to apply Industrial Engineering tools to yield process and flow improvements with the purpose of reducing cost, growing capacity, or reducing complexity. Performs cost and capacity studies, economic comparisons, and justification analysis; evaluates systems, methods, human factors, workflow, and other opportunities for productivity improvement. Implement Lean fundamental concepts such as value stream mapping and layout concepts for flow and pull to implement continuous flow.

Requirements

Candidate is enrolled in an Industrial Engineering degree program
Interest in applying industrial engineering skills, including some of the following: capacity analysis, cost modeling, facility layout development, logistics, process simulation model development, implementation and analysis
Interest in applying Lean manufacturing concepts and principles, including some of the following: cycle time reduction, manufacturing / business processes, Value Stream Mapping, line balance/staffing, work cell design, quick change over

Nice To Haves

Conviction and real passion for the discipline
Experience in Lean transformation of a business and / or manufacturing processes
Self-motivated, independent, flexible, quick learner
Strong data analysis and statistical skills
Thoroughly carry assignments to completion
Sound decision-making and prioritization skills
Are you willing to take initiative and get results?
How are you at growing networks to get things done?
Dedication, creativity, self-starter and the passion to build and improve daily - Does this sound like you?

Responsibilities

Engage with manufacturing or innovation teams to understand workflow, problems to solve, current state, and feasibility of proposed solutions
Apply industrial engineering analysis to deliver results including observing and understanding production workflow (process flows, spaghetti maps and data collection), capacity analysis, material utilization, space utilization, Lean manufacturing, and DMAIC methodology
Complete observations and data analysis, write summaries and conclusions and make recommendations based upon the outcome of the observations and analysis
Present the results to the engineering and manufacturing teams
Use engineer principles and data to solve problems, including production issues
Ensure standard methodologies are communicated, evaluated, and implemented
Develop and execute project plans; including requirements, deliverables, resources, timing and risks
Identify areas of potential productivity improvement; generate ideas and recommend systems, programs and projects
Communicate ideas and project status clearly and professionally through graphic and written media, and oral presentations. Provide necessary documentation of activities, results, assignments.
Responsible for the accuracy of work performed; take a can-do approach to ensure quality of work