Summer Intern - Operational Excellence Lean

Allegion • Colorado Springs, CO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

At Allegion, we help keep people safe and secure. With over 40 brands, 14,000+ employees globally, and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Allegion has been recognized with the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award for three consecutive years, earning distinction in employee engagement and strengths categories, and received Gallup’s With Distinction honor. The Summer Intern, Operational Excellence Lean will support the Colorado Springs, Colorado Plant through Lean transformation and daily management initiatives. This role is an integral part of the plant’s daily operations, growth, and transformation, ensuring principles, practices, and tools are incorporated into the Allegion culture. The intern will interact directly with all levels of plant operations and corporate leadership, playing a key role in implementing and supporting actions that will bring about improvements in safety, customer value proposition, quality, delivery, cycle, growth, margin expansion, and inventory.

Requirements

• Pursuing a bachelor's or master's program in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Effective listening, time management, communication, and creative problem-solving techniques.
• Strong willingness to learn, curiosity about processes, and openness to hands-on shop floor experience.
• GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Must be legally authorized to be employed in the United States. The company does not intend to provide sponsorship for employment visa status.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Microsoft Office Excel, Visio, and other various Project/Process Management Tools.
• Previous work experience.

Responsibilities

• Support continuous improvement projects, including collecting data, observing current state processes, and implementing future state deliverables using lean methodologies.
• Drive Operational Excellence culture change through coaching employees and leaders to foster Lean behaviors and adhere to the principles and practices of Allegion’s Operational Excellence Model.
• Support Lean initiatives as the Lean Specialist in collaboration with the value stream team through operational design, process improvements, and systems support utilizing value stream mapping techniques.
• Participate in and actively direct Gemba Walks and educate others on continuous improvement, including takt time attainment and Lean methodologies.
• Implement and maintain visual performance tools.
• Shadow floor operators, supervisors, and management to observe process steps and build rapport.

Benefits

• Generous paid time off
• Professional Growth through exposure to Allegion's leaders, professional development and skill building opportunities, and mentor/mentee relationships
• Meaningful time to network and get to know peers through Allegion sponsored activities
• Opportunities to leverage unique strengths through Clifton Strengths testing and coaching

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern