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Student - School to Work- Industrial Engineering/Manufacturing

Cummins
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Feb 2026

About the role

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways: 

  • Key responsibilities would include the following types of tasks that support the Manufacturing team.
  • Assist with equipment/fixture/tool setup & debug, etc.
  • Work cross functionally with Maintenance, Safety, Operations, Materials, and Quality groups to support manufacturing projects.

To be successful in this role you will need the following: 

  • Basic understanding of Industrial Engineering preferred.
  • Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
  • Action oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
  • Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
  • Successful applicant will be working onsite day shift hours supporting Manufacturing Engineering at the
  • Applicants must have good communication skills and be self-starter.
  • STW employees are restricted to working no more than 19 hours weekly
  • STW employees must be at least 16 years of age at the time of hiring

We are looking for a talented school to work to join our team specializing in Industrial Engineering for Columbus Fuel systems. 

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:    

  • Effective Communication: Deliver clear, audience specific communication that improves understanding, alignment, and decision-making across teams. 
  • Health & Safety Advocacy: Model proactive safety behaviors, identify hazards, and support initiatives that strengthen an injury-free, interdependent safety culture. 
  • Line Balancing Optimization: Student will be learning Value stream mapping and process flow charts. Analyze work activities to redistribute tasks, improve operating time, and ensure processes adapt efficiently to changing customer demands. 
  • Work Measurement and cycle time capture: Processes into measurable elements to identify waste, rebalance workloads, and improve overall process flow and productivity. School to work will be doing cycle time studies to update the machine routings for 2026.

Cummins is an equal opportunity employer. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, sex, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity, or other status protected by law.

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