Production Engineer Intern - Wagner Spray Tech

We are excited to offer an internship opportunity for motivated individuals looking to gain valuable experience within manufacturing for summer of 2025! You will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced professionals, contributing to meaningful projects and gaining hands-on experience within your profession. This internship is designed to provide you with a comprehensive learning experience, helping you develop key skills and insights that will support your professional growth.

Benefits & Your Time with Wagner:

• On-site cafe - breakfast, lunch and grab & go items available. 
• On-site fitness center with locker rooms
• Volunteer opportunities
• Sick & safe time

Pay: $22hr

Position Objective:

Internship position responsible for assisting the Vice President of Maufacturing and Production Supervisors to achieve the below objective: Continuously improving production systems to ensure that daily operations are capable of meeting demand expectations. Must hold paramount achieving customer excellence and employee safety. Provide Supervisory team support in daily operations, develop and implement improvement projects in current assembly lines and machining areas.

Responsibilities:

• Lead lean initiatives including demand-driven continuous flow, 5-S, and elimination of wastes through the use of lean principles. Track progress by the use of setting goals and tracking progress to ensure goals are met.
• Work hand in hand with supervisors in supporting the daily production expectations and plan.
• Work hand in hand with Manufacturing Engineers to plan and execute standard work development.
• Work hand in hand with operations team to plan and execute shop transformation projects. i.e. full line relocations.
• Work with supervisors and operators to identify and execute cost reduction projects and/or ergonomic process improvements.
• Perform other duties and assume accountability as apparent or as delegated, including mutually agreed upon objectives.

Relationship to Others:

Supervisors:  will receive work direction. 

Vice President of Manufacturing:  provide weekly reviews.

Tool Room, Maintenance, and Outside Tool Makers: Provide work direction as needed to fabricate and install equipment, tools, jigs, and fixtures.

Operations, Engineering, Quality, Marketing, and Suppliers: Main contact points in making, qualifying, improving, and resolving processes as needed to make product.

Dimensions of Position:

Assist Production Supervisors in daily execution of manufacturing plan and development of improvement projects.

Provide work guidance to assembly and machining staff.

Education and Experience:

Education

• In pursuit or has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering Degree. Completed most or all upper division courses.

Experience

• Past work in an assembly environments desirable, not required.

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