Intern

Commercial Vehicle Group • Michigan City, MI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Support continuous-improvement and operational-excellence initiatives in an approximately 150-employee manufacturing facility. The intern will work with Engineering, Operations, Quality, Maintenance, and production employees to identify waste, improve processes, support Kaizen events, and implement measurable plant-floor improvements.

The intern will own at least one improvement project, such as an assembly-line time study and rebalance, 5S or Kaizen event, standardized-work development, bottleneck reduction, workstation ergonomic improvement, material-flow improvement, capacity analysis, or value-stream map. Projects should include measurable results whenever practical. Success includes completing Kaizen actions with documented and sustained results and presenting a significant improvement project that covers the problem, baseline, actions, results, and recommended next steps.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related discipline.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Comfortable working hands-on in a manufacturing environment with production employees and supervisors.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the country of the job posting location on a full-time basis; visa sponsorship is not provided.

Nice To Haves

• Industrial engineering is the preferred area of study.
• Coursework or experience in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, Standard Work, Value Stream Mapping, root cause analysis, PDCA, or A3 problem solving.
• Previous manufacturing, production, warehouse, or engineering experience.
• Experience with AutoCAD and/or modeling software such as Creo or SolidWorks.

Responsibilities

• Participate in and help facilitate Kaizen events focused on safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost.
• Conduct time studies, work measurement, cycle-time analysis, takt-time comparisons, and line-balancing activities.
• Observe manufacturing processes, identify Lean wastes and bottlenecks, and recommend practical improvements.
• Develop and update standardized work, process documentation, visual controls, and performance boards.
• Support 5S, workplace organization, workstation design, ergonomics, material flow, and layout improvements.
• Collect and analyze production data related to labor efficiency, scrap, rework, downtime, throughput, and changeovers.
• Work with cross-functional teams to implement corrective actions and sustain completed improvements.
• Document project results using clear baseline and before-and-after measurements.
• Own at least one improvement project and present a significant improvement project covering the problem, baseline, actions, results, and recommended next steps.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern