2027 Summer Intern - Manufacturing Excellence Industrial Engineering

General Motors•Warren, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Manufacturing Excellence Industrial Engineering Intern will support the development and deployment of digital tools that improve workforce planning, data usability, and standardized work across GM manufacturing operations. A primary focus is converting existing Microsoft Office files and workflows to Google Workspace while preserving data integrity and functionality, standardizing templates, and documenting effective use of Google Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Drive. The intern will also support development and deployment of a digitized version of the Global Workbook Manpower Tracking tool. Work may include gathering user needs, defining requirements, mapping processes, supporting solution development and configuration, testing data and functionality, preparing user guidance, and helping with rollout, adoption, and post-launch issue tracking. The role involves collaboration with plant operations, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, IT, and other stakeholders. The intern may contribute to data-quality checks, workforce and productivity analyses, dashboards, standardized work documentation, plant task inventories, and continuous-improvement efforts. The internship is hybrid and requires reporting to the GM Global Technical Center – Cole Engineering Center Tower in Warren, Michigan at least three times per week, with travel to manufacturing facilities as needed.

Requirements

Pursuing a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Analytics, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related field.
Must be graduating between December 2027 and June 2030.
Able to work full-time, 40 hours per week during the summer months.
Must be willing to work in a hybrid office environment and travel to GM manufacturing facilities as needed.
Must not require GM immigration-related sponsorship now or in the future, including sponsorship or immigration support for H-1B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, or J-1 status.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Excel and/or Google Sheets, including formulas, data organization, and spreadsheet troubleshooting.
Familiarity with Google Workspace tools such as Sheets, Docs, Slides, Drive, and Forms.
Experience converting, standardizing, or improving business files, templates, reports, or workflows.
Exposure to Apps Script, VBA, Python, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, or other automation and data-visualization tools.
Knowledge of lean manufacturing, industrial engineering, process improvement, standard work, workforce planning, or manufacturing operations.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, documentation, and project-management skills.
Ability to collaborate with plant operations, engineering, IT, and other cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Inventory and evaluate Microsoft-based files, templates, and workflows selected for conversion to Google Workspace.
Convert and standardize files in Google Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Drive while maintaining data integrity, usability, and appropriate access controls.
Identify opportunities to simplify spreadsheets, reduce manual work, improve consistency, and establish repeatable standards.
Assist with requirements gathering, process mapping, and user feedback for the digitized Global Workbook Manpower Tracking tool.
Support development, configuration, testing, and deployment of the new manpower tracking solution.
Create test scenarios, validate outputs, document procedures, and help prepare training materials and end-user communications.
Collaborate with plant operations, manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, IT, and other stakeholders to resolve issues and implement improvements.
Support data-quality checks, reconciliations, and issue resolution across Global Workbook inputs, workforce-planning data, and reporting outputs.
Document current-state processes, standardized work, and plant task inventories; identify opportunities to simplify, automate, consolidate, or eliminate non-value-added work.
Assist with dashboards and analyses of workforce and productivity measures, including manpower utilization, Hours per Unit, Cost per Unit, percent Value Added, and Minutes per Hour.
Participate in plant and cross-functional working sessions to gather requirements, capture decisions, track actions, and share lessons learned across sites.
Support pilot and deployment activities, including user-acceptance testing, access and role documentation, training materials, change communications, and post-launch issue tracking.
Gain exposure to plan-for-every-site reviews, launch readiness, standard-work deployment, and continuous-improvement projects.