Associate Engineering and Program Management Summer Intern

SUMMARY

Assist in developing, evaluating, and improving manufacturing and manufacturing support activities to improve unit cost, cycle time or general manufacturability. Assist in coordination and communication of PCCI Summits and other project related activities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Use project management tools to work directly with factory and sourcing teams to identify, develop, and lead projects to drive a culture of continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with teams across business entities, including globally, to drive projects to successful completion.
• Assist in the coordination and communication of PCCI Summit activities and other cross collaboration leadership meetings
• Assist in maintaining tracking and reporting systems including defining key metrics and providing clear/concise dashboards to report progress.
• Assist with the development of business cases to justify investment of resources for developing current or new product lines to meet business targets.
• Support development of procedures and documentation of new products and expansion projects.
• Perform other such duties as may be required.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures reporting all unsafe activities to Management and/or Human Resources.
• Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
• Contribute to building a positive team spirit.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of employees.
• Protect confidential information by not communicating, disclosing to, or using for benefit of 3rd parties.
• Maintain the highest degree of honesty and integrity at all times.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & EDUCATION

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Education and/or Experience: Student in a B.S. Engineering or similar program at a University.
• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence.  Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.  
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.  Logically summarize inspection and work scope information for on-going projects. 
• Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet software; Spreadsheet software, PowerPoint software and Word Processing software.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, bend, talk and hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee’s working environment maybe loud.  The employee may be required to adhere to MHPSA and customer safety procedures including but not limited to, the use of personal protection equipment (hardhat, safety glasses, goggles, hearing and fall protection).