Manufacturing Engineer Intern (Summer 2024)

Company Description

Founded in 1912, Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a diversified, Fortune 200 manufacturing company that delivers specialized expertise, innovative thinking and value-added products to meet critical customer needs in a variety of industries. Ranked among Fortune’s Magazine’s most admired companies, the company focuses on solid growth, improving profitability and strong returns across its worldwide platforms and divisions. These divisions serve customers and markets around the globe, with a significant presence in developed as well as emerging markets. ITW’s revenues totaled $15.9 billion in 2022.

ITW Medical is comprised of two strong medical product brands, Coeur and Filtertek, situated to proactively meet the needs of customers in the marketplace. The Filtertek product line is comprised of custom plastic insert molded filtration and flow control components for global OEM medical device customers. Coeur is a leading provider of disposable medical products used in diagnostic imaging and other medical procedures.

Job Description

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY:

The Manufacturing Engineer Intern provides support in the implementation of projects that maximize up-time, minimize scrap and drive continuous improvements and quality standards. This position reports to the Operations Manager and is based in Washington, NC.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBIITIES:

• Participate in the design, development and testing of new and existing products and equipment.
• Assist in the preventive and predictive maintenance systems, reliability centered maintenance and computerized maintenance management systems.
• Perform reliability support, investigations, studies of molding, automation, robotic systems and operations.
• Participate in timely completion of engineer projects within the budget provided.
• Measure and track key process information used to direct resources (O.E.E., downtime, etc).
• Ensure the transfer of information to appropriate shift and plant wide personnel.
• Provide analysis and recommendations for equipment repair and maintenance projects.
• Contribute to team effort by performing related tasks as needed to assist in financial goals.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:

• Working towards a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or related field of study preferred.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledgeable or willing to learn and apply the ITW Toolbox.

COMPETENCIES:

• Managing work: Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Analytical skills: Sorting and analyzing data sets to identify data trends or clusters and extract meaningful assessments in support of established goals and strategies.
• Work standards: Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.
• Initiating action: Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
• Communication: Strong written and oral communication skills.  Ability to coordinate and communicate activities between internal departments as well as with external suppliers.
• Planning and Organizing: Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands 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 reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.  The employee is required to stand; walk; sit and use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Color vision, Distance vision, Depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ITW offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including competitively priced medical and dental coverage the first of the month following hire, free life insurance, paid vacation and holidays, and immediate 401k matching. Additional retirement savings contribution (above and beyond 401k) is awarded at no cost after one year.

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