PROCESS ENGINEER INTERN

Company:  Kent Corporation
Location: Muscatine
Closing Date: 03/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

Looking to join a five-time US Best Managed Company award winner? Kent Pet Group (KPG), a member of the KENT® Corporation family of companies, has a fantastic opportunity to join their team as a Process Engineer Intern for the summer of 2025!
~ Paid Internship ~ Paid Housing ~ Community Events ~ Family-Owned ~ Great Experience
PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Assist Technical team in increasing production, assess capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards
  • Work directly with operations team in troubleshooting and resolving process issues
  • Ability to learn process flows and production specifications to help drive production efficiencies
  • Monitors operations data and assists in corrective actions to drive operational excellence
  • Helps develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets
  • Identify opportunities to prevent waste and inefficiency in production
  • Ability to learn and create required manufacturing process documentation, including process flow charts, capacity and utilization studies, time and motion studies, standard work, cycle time analysis and line balancing
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gain insight and direction
  • Ensures compliance with health and safety laws, regulations, and guidelines, including EPA and OSHA requirements
EDUCATION:
  • Majoring in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering preferred
EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Completion of 2 or more semesters in Engineering
  • Interest and general understanding of lean manufacturing principles
  • Proficiency with analytical tools, workflow time study, and process balancing
  • Internship or co-op experience in an operations or manufacturing environment strongly desired
  • Computer literacy
  • Understand, create, and update process flows; including documentation and standard operating procedures
TRAVEL:
  • Up to 10% travel for meetings or training may be required.
OTHER:
  • Must be able to lift 32-pound bags of litter on an infrequent basis
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