Manufacturing and Machining Co-Op

Emerson•Marshalltown, IA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This co-op role is designed for students pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, with a focus on manufacturing. The co-op will support and promote a strong safety culture, contribute to critical success factors like safety, quality, delivery, and cost management, and assist in the development and qualification of new procedures and processes. The role involves acting as a manufacturing support interface with Engineering, Sales, and Marketing, supporting Lean implementation, and understanding principles to reduce the cost of quality. A key aspect is driving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by analyzing data, implementing root-cause solutions, and identifying/facilitating process improvements for both quality and productivity. The co-op will also coordinate and communicate with all levels of the organization, develop best practices and procedures, participate in capital plan development, and assist in coordinating production and quality activities to meet customer expectations.

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).
Analyze data and implement Root-Cause solutions to improve processes and personnel driven nonconformances.
Identify and Facilitate Implementation of process improvements to increase throughput.
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.