Intern - Quality Engineer - $20.00 Hour - Tekni-plex

Summary:

The COI team is seeking a paid summer intern who is prepared to assist with multiple quality engineering projects. The TekniPlex City of Industry plant specializes in plastic medical tubing manufacturing. The intern will assist with identifying processes within the manufacturing process, provide summaries and make corrections to current manufacturing instructions.   

Responsibilities and Learning Opportunities:

• Assessment of the manufacturing and quality process and provide a SWOT analysis.
• Assist with quality department documentation with task such as filing, follow-up and reporting
• Work on multiple quality department projects: reviewing processes, streamlining processes.
• Work closely with operations department to assess and gather data; includes walking the production floor and gathering data from operators.
• Create presentations for management and supervisor teams summarizing strategic and corrective action opportunities

Minimum Skills, Knowledge and Ability Requirements:

• Current pursuit of a full-time undergraduate degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Medical Devices Engineering, Material Sciences, Quality Engineering, or similar.
• Demonstrated initiative, uncompromised integrity, and a results-oriented mindset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Acute attention to detail with strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Strong motivation and work ethic and the ability to work independently, ability to balance multiple projects and competing deadlines
• Third year students or above with prior internship experience preferred 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, sit, stand, walk, talk, and hear. The employee must be able to frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and infrequently lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Duties will be primarily based in a production environment.  Most of the job will be performed in a manufacturing environment. A frequent amount of time may be required on the production floor interfacing with key stakeholders to identify/resolve issues and/or develop solutions.  Travel may include tours, observations and/or troubleshooting in the company’s and/or customer’s production environments.

The job duties, physical demands and work environment characteristics described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Where possible, reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions where it does not cause undue hardship or safety risks to the company and/or the employee.

TekniPlex is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.  TekniPlex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.