About the role#
As a Process Engineer Intern, you will work with production supervisors, operators, and support teams to improve daily manufacturing performance. You will spend significant time on the production floor to understand equipment, process flow, and the daily challenges faced by the team. With coaching from engineering and operations leaders, you will help solve problems and lead improvement projects.
What you'll do#
- Spend time on the production floor learning how products, machines, materials, and information flow through the process.
- Work with operators, technicians, and supervisors to understand daily pain points and recognize the eight wastes of Lean manufacturing.
- Support production supervisors in tracking and achieving daily safety, quality, delivery, and productivity targets.
- Investigate missed targets, bottlenecks, recurring disruptions, quality issues, and ergonomic concerns.
- Collect and analyze production data, perform process observations, and establish performance baselines.
- Use structured problem-solving to identify root causes and recommend practical countermeasures.
- Improve standard work, visual controls, workplace organization, and process documentation.
- Coordinate with production, maintenance, quality, materials, and engineering teams.
- Take ownership of improvement projects and communicate progress, results, risks, and roadblocks.
What you'll need#
- Currently pursuing an associates degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related field.
- Interest in manufacturing operations, Lean, continuous improvement, or production leadership.
- Comfort working hands-on in a production environment.
- Basic ability to organize and analyze data using Microsoft Excel or similar tools.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
- Curiosity, initiative, and a willingness to ask questions.
- Ability to manage several responsibilities while keeping stakeholders informed.
- Previous manufacturing or Lean experience is helpful but not required.
Location & details#
- Location: Goldsboro, North Carolina.
- Work Modality: On-site.
- This is a paid, part-time internship.
About Marmon Holdings, Inc.
Marmon Holdings is a collection of more than 120 autonomous businesses. It operates within the industrial machinery manufacturing sector. The company is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. It maintains headquarters in Chicago and employs more than 10,000 people.
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