Project Management Intern - Summer 2026

Franklin Electric•Fort Wayne, IN

22h

About The Position

The Project Management Intern is an engineering-focused position that will contribute to the creation, detailing, and documentation of engineering and cross-functional New Product Development or Productivity processes to improve project execution and reduce design, financial, and timeline risk.

Requirements

Highly organized with the ability to distill complex tasks down to imperative actions for others to follow
Highly detailed
Works effectively with cross functional teams including both technical and commercial resources.
Ability to collect and organize data for use and analysis by others and yourself.
Analyzes information and evaluates results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Utilizes common-sense understanding to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
Effectively communicates information and responds to questions in person-to-person and small group situations with other employees of the organization.
Reads & understands documents such as work instructions and process maps.
Completes some moderately repetitive tasks.
Working toward bachelor’s degree in an engineering field or Project Management.
Sophomore status (by date of hire) in college or higher
Intermediate: Databases, spreadsheets
Basic: Word processing/Microsoft Word and typing, presentation/Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel.

Nice To Haves

Microsoft Visio (optional)
Microsoft Outlook (optional)

Responsibilities

Create common tool and process instruction formats for New Product Developments
Update current documentation to new format
Create and update PDP Process Workflows and documentation systems to a common format.
Create lean tools and processes for creating future new documents and workflows for easy maintenance.
Work with engineering and other cross-functional teams to develop and detail sub-process process workflows specific to New Product Development activities and stage gates.
Performs other related duties as required or assigned.