Manufacturing Engineer Intern

Company Description

For nearly 70 years, MasterBrand has been shaping the places where people come together, enriching lives and creating meaningful memories for our customers. That, combined with our stylish products, expansive dealer and retail network, and dedicated associates, has helped make us the number one North American residential cabinet business. Our unique culture of continuous improvement is based on trusting the tools, empowering the team and moving forward, and is kept alive by our more than 14,000 associates across 20-plus manufacturing facilities and offices. Visit www.masterbrand.com to learn more and join us in building great experiences together!

Job Description

The Engineering Intern assist engineers and technicians to troubleshoot and to perform process engineering activities at MasterBrand Kinston (standard operating sheets, poka-yokes, process trainings, line balancing, machine reliability studies, and root cause-corrective action responsibilities).  This position focus specifically on updating the plant drawing in AutoCAD.  This position involves working in a team environment with safety, maintenance, plant production operators, supervision, and corporate engineering support departments.

Responsibilities:

• Use AutoCAD to update the facility drawing due to 250 machine moves over the past 6 months.
• Support manufacturing on daily production needs from troubleshooting equipment to program generation as needed.
• Investigate and create/design the best possible countermeasures and/or early warning indicators to prevent failures.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting on equipment during breakdowns (downtime).
• Assist operators and maintenance in machine troubleshooting, programming, and function issues.
• Assist in confirming machine repeatability.
• Assist managers in resolving non-downtime (nuisance) issues.
• Support production equipment, production needs and justifications for new equipment and processes.
• Use lean tools to troubleshoot and support production.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned at management’s discretion

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Ability to handle multiple projects with tight timelines in a fast-paced team-oriented environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability to be self-starting and self-directing with limited supervision.
• Strong communication skills – listening, verbal, written, and presentation.
• Must be able to use AutoCAD and/or Autodesk Inventor fluently.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Effective working knowledge of manufacturing processes.

EDUCATION

• Working toward a BS degree in Industrial/Process Engineering, Engineering Technology, Wood Technology or equivalent experience required.

Additional Information

Equal Employment Opportunity

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is an equal-opportunity employer. MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability/handicap status, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.  MasterBrand Cabinets LLC also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.  It is also MasterBrand Cabinets LLC’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Reasonable Accommodations

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and wish to discuss potential accommodations related to applying for employment, please contact us at staffing@masterbrand.com.