About the role#
This internship helps specify, design, and implement complex controls systems and software programming on production equipment. You will support Project and Process Engineers along with Maintenance and Production teams to ensure machinery operates efficiently. This position is a full-time, rolling opportunity based on-site in McElhattan, Pennsylvania.
What you'll do#
- Observe OSHA and company safety rules and identify electrical hazards.
- Design, install, and start up new equipment and process controls.
- Assess and modify complex programs in DCS, PLC, HMI, and servo controller logic.
- Provide quality checks for software development.
- Diagnose equipment problems using laptops, electrical schematics, meters, and oscilloscopes.
- Interface production and lab equipment to the plant network and maintain the data historian system.
- Coordinate machine data collection and analyze performance trends.
- Initiate projects to improve production performance.
- Organize equipment documentation and assist with training new personnel.
What you'll need#
- Current enrollment in Electro-Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Automation, Robotics, or Manufacturing Engineering.
- Programming experience with one or more languages.
- Proficiency with personal computers, including controls programming software, email, word processing, spreadsheets, and project management tools.
- Strong analytical and communication skills to work with engineers, maintenance staff, and production teams.
Location & details#
- Location: McElhattan, Pennsylvania.
- Work Modality: On-site.
- Employment: Full-time.
- Compensation: Paid internship.
About First Quality
First Quality is a family-owned manufacturing company founded in 1989. It operates eight campuses across the United States and Canada, producing personal care and household items like diapers, paper towels, and laundry detergents. The company serves large retailers and healthcare organizations. It maintains corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and employs between 5,001 and 10,000 people.
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