Part Time Student - Manufacturing Engineering - Davenport, IA

John Deere • Davenport, IA

96d • $15 - $40

About The Position

The Part-Time Student Program is primarily designed to augment the Company’s regular full-time staff and is for students who work in parallel to their school schedule YEAR-ROUND. As a Factory Part Time Student - Manufacturing Engineering at John Deere Davenport Works located in Davenport, IA you will support manufacturing planning and process control activities for Davenport Works fabrication production departments. This role will include a wide variety of tasks in support of our manufacturing objectives and leverage your previous job/internships/experiences building upon the skills obtained within your accredited degree program.

Requirements

• Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Technology, or related fields.
• Registered as a full-time student at an accredited college/university.
• Graduation date of December 2026 or later.
• Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above.
• Available to work during the academic year 16-20 hours/weekly.
• Available to work during the summer semester 30-40 hours/weekly.
• Must be able to commute to the work location in Davenport, Iowa on a daily basis year-round.
• Effective communicator who thrives on solving problems and working in a team environment.
• Experience demonstrating technical aptitude in an Engineering discipline.
• Experience with root cause analysis, corrective action, mistake proofing or digital process control tools.
• Self-starter with the ability to execute multiple tasks in parallel.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and summarize trend data to make sound decisions.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrable mechanical aptitude or familiarity and ability to work within a manufacturing environment.
• Familiarity with drawing and schematic interpretation, product models and/or geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
• Experience with software programming languages and/or ML familiarity.
• Experience in one or more related engineering areas: electrical, software programming, troubleshooting, design, and manufacturing.
• Manufacturing Factory hands-on experience.
• SAP experience.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Strong communication skills with experience solving technical problems.

Responsibilities

• Support daily operations by responding to tactical issues in a shop floor environment.
• Actively participate in Continuous Improvement (CI) process on the shop floor – improving and implementing departmental Safety, Quality, Efficiency, Delivery, Ergonomic, & Cost reduction projects.
• Work with electronic tools to perform engineering functions.
• Assist in investigations and corrective actions and leverage innovative ideas to best address long standing manufacturing issues.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements.
• Highly competitive base pay and performance bonuses.
• Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Benefit Pension).
• Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account.
• Adoption assistance.
• Employee Assistance Programs.
• Tuition assistance.
• Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations.
• Charitable contribution match.
• Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use.
• $15 - $40 hourly based on published rates for business function and education level.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees