Engineering Intern, Manufacturing Operations

Title: Engineering Intern, Manufacturing Operations

               

Location: American Falls, ID

               

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950’s, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it’s our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you’d expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

               

Participate in a a paid internship program built around your career goals and hands-on projects that impact the organization. As part of the Lamb Weston University Recruiting Internship Program, Interns work towards completing a Capstone project and are assigned a mentor who will guide and evaluate performance. Whether you are interested in Agricultural Science, Data Science, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, Manufacturing, Food Science, Marketing, or Engineering, our highly selective summer intern program has projects that will help you build the next stage in your career.

- Paid internship, May – August (actual dates may vary)
- Gain real-world working experience through dynamic projects assigned by your mentor and assigned department
- Network and learn from executives, department leaders, high performers, and fellow interns across the business
- Receive guidance and feedback from your assigned mentor throughout the program
- Professional development events providing tools that will help after the internship and after graduation

Job Description

Support the Lamb Weston Engineering team with several projects related to engineering in the manufacturing industry. A skilled mentor will be assigned to the intern for the duration of the internship. This mentor will provide training and complete weekly reviews to assess progress and answer questions.

Manufacturing Operations Engineering Intern: 

• Assist in the development and implementation of improved equipment reliability in a manufacturing environment through the identification and analysis of top losses, evaluation of work processes/new capital equipment, and management of repair and maintenance activities

• Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, loss and root-cause analysis, daily/weekly preventative maintenance, and asset health reviews of existing equipment for the maintenance and production department

• Responsibilities may also include Project Front End Loading (FEL), Project execution, Project cost controls, and engineering documentation.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled or a recent graduate of an Engineering or related program

• Juniors, Seniors, or Master’s degree students preferred but also accepting recent grads

• Minimum GPA 3.0 preferred

• Valid U.S. driver’s license and ability to meet the Lamb Weston Authorized Driver standards 

• Excellent verbal and oral communication skills 

• Ability and willingness to work independently 

• Strong analytical skills

• Strong computer competency and experience using a tablet and/or iPhone 

• Experience with MS suite of products desirable

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off