Manufacturing and Machining Co-Op

Emerson•Marshalltown, IA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This co-op role involves supporting and promoting a strong safety culture within the manufacturing environment. The position focuses on achieving critical success factors such as safety, quality, delivery, lead-time, cost/inventory management, and cost of quality. Responsibilities include supporting the development and qualification of new procedures and processes, acting as a manufacturing support interface with Engineering, Sales, and Marketing to address manufacturability issues, and participating in Lean implementation. The role also involves driving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by analyzing data, implementing root-cause solutions for non-conformances, identifying and facilitating process improvements to increase throughput, and coordinating production and quality activities to meet customer expectations. The co-op will also participate in the development of capital plans and the implementation of new capital technology.

Requirements

Enrollment in a Bachelor's degree program in Engineering
Mechanical Aptitude
Interest in manufacturing

Nice To Haves

Enrollment in a Bachelor's degree program in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or Industrial Technology
Junior or Senior class standing
Hands-on manufacturing experience from a previous job or internship, or a project-based academic assignment
Excellent oral and written communication skills

Responsibilities

Support and promote a strong safety culture.
Support the achievement of critical success factors: Safety, Quality, Delivery/Lead-time, Cost/Inventory Management, and Cost of Quality.
Support the development and qualification of new procedures and processes.
Provide a manufacturing support interface with Engineering, Sales, and Marketing to address potential manufacturability issues.
Support the implementation of Lean in processes as appropriate.
Understand the principles and support the reduction in the cost of quality (COQ).
Drive Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE): Quality - Analyze data and implement Root-Cause solutions to improve processes and personnel driven nonconformances.
Drive Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE): Productivity - Identify and Facilitate Implementation of process improvements.
Coordinate and communicate with all levels of the organization (formal and informal presentations).
Develop Best Practices and Procedures; communicate these to employees through Visual Workplace, Formal Training, and Area meetings.
Participate in the development of capital plans, support Appropriation Requests and the implementation of new capital technology to improve manufacturing processes and the reduction of nonconformances.
Assist in coordination of production and quality activities to support Customer expectations.
Identify and Facilitate Implementation of process improvement opportunities to increase throughput.