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Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer Intern

Work Type: Student / Co-Op

Status: Temporary Full-Time

Reports to: Engineering Manager

Job Summary: The Engineering Intern will assist the Engineering department on various projects and initiatives at Living Essentials in Wabash, IN.

Essential Functions:

• Partner with manufacturing teams and supervisors to observe production processes, identify bottlenecks, and support efforts to meet daily production targets.
• Assist Value Stream leaders on project tasks that advance the future-state vision (data collection, layout sketches, standard work documentation, meeting follow-up).
• Participate in continuous improvement activities and apply basic lean concepts learned in coursework.
• Help collect and analyze production and equipment data to support OEE tracking and identify improvement opportunities.
• Assist in developing and updating process work instructions, routings, and shop floor documentation.

Qualifications:

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline; Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering.
• Demonstrated leadership ability and initiative e.g. school club officer, sports team captain, resident advisor, leadership on school or work projects, etc.
• Strong interest in manufacturing and continuous improvement
• Basic familiarity with lean manufacturing concepts (5s, standard work, value stream mapping)
• Solid analytical skills and comfort with data
• Good mechanical aptitude and attention to detail
• Effective listening, time management and creative problem-solving techniques
• Basic CAD (SolidWorks, AutoCAD) or familiarity with manufacturing processes
• A desire to learn, grow and develop by working on projects that will impact production

Disclaimer: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the current job or to require that other or different tasks are performed when circumstances change, (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).