Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Intern             

Pratt Industries Specialties Division seeking internships or interests in a formal co-op program to develop your skills and abilities for your career to include learning, applying your knowledge to projects that will include reporting out to the Pratt Leadership team your results.. Areas of the business interns would be rotated through would be, Engineering and Capital projects, Design to learn Paper Fundamentals, Research and Commercialization, Plant Operations in sustainable plastics, paper bag and packaging and other retail products.

Duties:

The Manufacturing Intern will be responsible for:

• Assessing, managing and making corrections to machine areas to identify opportunities for automation.
• Suggest and Implement improvements to production processes to reduce downtime or improvements to production process on the manufacturing line.
• Maintain and promote a safe environment per Pratt Industries Safety Requirements
• Maintain and promote a high quality standard (no damaged product to the customer, maintaining and in house QA process, timely disposition of damaged goods.
• Display high level of energy, must be able to multitask while learning multiple projects with the group daily in a fast paced environment.
• Our interns are highly motivated with great communication skills that contribute to packaging products, design, manufacturing automation, production and manufacturing processes for components and assemblies to improve efficiencies. 
• Must be highly organized and have superior time management skills
• Must demonstrate Superior Attention to detail for the External and Internal Customer and ensure the Customer’s expectations regarding delivery time, quality of the product and cleanliness of the Product is met on a daily basis.

 EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Pursuing Bachelor’s Degree in Manufacturing and Automation Engineering.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Able to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. 

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Working knowledge in MS office (incl. Word, Excel and PowerPoint)  Able to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurement, volume and rate. 

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Employee is regularly required to walk and talk and hear.  The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to sit.  Vision requirements include:  close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.