Intern, Continuous Improvement

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2 Locations
In-Office
22-32 Hourly
Internship
Hardware • Software
The Role
As a Continuous Improvement Intern, you will support manufacturing operations, quality engineering, strategic sourcing, materials, logistics, and customer care while collaborating with a team to drive process improvements and ensure product quality.
Summary Generated by Built In

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Our Operations & Engineering Services (OES) function supports the overall execution of manufacturing operations. Our teams develop and implement process for productivity across plant operations, drive improved security within our plants and across our products, drive global standardization of our Connected Enterprise Operations and its commercialization while working toward improvements for our customers.

You will work in our Milwaukee office on a hybrid schedule. This position does not offer relocation and housing support. We are seeking students local to Milwaukee before considering students that live outside the Milwaukee area and are willing to fund their own relocation and summer housing.

As a Continuous Improvement Intern, you will perform a key functional role while working with a team of engineers and industry professionals in one of the following areas:

  • Manufacturing Operations is responsible for converting materials and labor into goods and services while focusing on process improvement, quality, delivery, safety, and productivity. These roles at one of our multiple manufacturing locations will focus on industrializing, maintaining methods, operation sequencing and processing in the manufacture or fabrication of parts, components, sub-assemblies and final assemblies for new and existing product.

  • Quality and Continuous Improvement Engineering roles work to ensure Rockwell designs and delivers the highest quality and most reliable products, services and solutions to our customers. Intern roles can involve creating quality documentation, metric reporting, data mining, statistical analysis of product data, performing root cause failures analysis, assisting in determination of corrective/preventive actions for non-conformances found in manufacturing and in the field, and executing Lean projects within the plant.

  • Strategic Sourcing is responsible for Rockwell Automation's 3rd party suppliers – including selection, negotiation, performance management and development. Our Strategic Sourcing Team manages both direct and indirect commodities, as well as it also encompasses our Supply Management, New Product, Factored Product, and Supplier Risk teams.

  • Materials serves as the linkage between our business unit forecasting and our global manufacturing assets – both internal or external. Our Materials team encompasses our Distributor Manufacturer Integration (DMI), Master Production Scheduling, Brand Labeled Product Planning, and Demand Planning Teams; while executing Service and Inventory Optimization initiatives.

  • Logistics is responsible for getting materials in, and finished goods out, in as effective a manner as possible. Our Logistics team encompasses our Transportation, Distribution, and Trade Compliance teams.

  • Customer Care is responsible for handling and responding to inquiries from our customer base throughout their end to end order to cash cycle. They support inquiries across many different communication channels (i.e. phone, email, chat, etc.). This department owns customer complaint management globally and manages various internal processes to ensure an extraordinary customer experience.

The Essentials - You Will Have:
  • Must be pursuing a bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited college or university.

  • Legal authorization to work in the U.S. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:
  • Preferred cumulative GPA of 3.0

  • Preference given to students met on campus, at a national recruiting event, through a Rockwell Automation-hosted event or a targeted recruiting campaign

  • Preference give to students who have had prior intern or co-op with Rockwell Automation

  • Pursuing a degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Operations Research, Logistics, General Management, Economics, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Distribution, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Systems Engineering

  • Previous experience in a manufacturing environment

  • experience in lean manufacturing / six sigma concepts

  • Basic knowledge in supply chain, previous supply chain internship experience

What We Offer:
  • Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision

  • 401k

  • Paid Time off

  • Parental and Caregiver Leave

  • Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.

  • To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www.raquickfind.com.

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.

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For this role, the Base Salary Compensation is from $22/hour - $32/hour. Our benefits for the US can be found here. Actual pay will be based on factors such as skills, knowledge, education, and experience.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans. 

If you are an individual with a disability and you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact our services team at +1 (844) 404-7247.

Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.

Top Skills

Lean Manufacturing
Six Sigma
Statistical Analysis
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The Company
Bellevue, WA
22,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1903

What We Do

At Rockwell Automation, we connect the imaginations of people with the potential of technology to expand what is humanly possible, making the world more intelligent, more connected and more productive.

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