Lean Manufacturing Co-Op (Spring/Summer 2026)(Onsite)

Raytheon Technologies • Rockford, IL

125d • $37,000 - $82,000

About The Position

The CI Co-Op will play a pivotal role in enhancing operations at the Rockford, IL plant by planning, coordinating, and executing continuous improvement initiatives. This position involves recommending process and procedural changes to meet company goals in cost, efficiency, and quality. The Co-Op will compile and analyze key process indicators to ensure these objectives are achieved, develop and manage quality programs to support internal and external stakeholders, and facilitate various improvement activities, including time observations, value stream mapping, process certification, PFMEA, and root cause problem-solving events. Immerse yourself in a full-time, Monday-Friday co-op session, that will run January-August (including the Spring semester; it is expected students will take a semester off from coursework to fully engage with this working mentorship opportunity).

Requirements

• Requires a High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Student must be pursuing a Bachelor's or advanced degree in an applicable discipline.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Responsibilities

• Support the Rockford, IL plant site in the planning, coordinating and execution of continuous improvement initiatives and engagements.
• Recommend process and procedural changes to ensure that company objectives in the areas of cost, efficiency, and quality are met.
• Compile and analyze key process indicators that focus on organization objectives in the areas of cost, efficiency, and quality.
• Develop and manage quality programs to assist internal staff, suppliers, customers, and partners with initiatives to reengineer processes and methods that adequately assure quality of an organization's products.
• Facilitate time observations, value stream and or process mapping, manufacturing standard work, process certification, PFMEA, & Root Cause Problem Solving event facilitation and manage pre & post event execution.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Flexible work schedules
• Employee assistance program
• Employee Scholar Program
• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree