As a family-owned and operated company, we feel a special obligation to the employees who comprise our Taco family. We are committed to offering employees access to the tools necessary to live long and productive lives. We strive to instill in all of our employees:
- A positive mental attitude that helps us to be a leader in the industry
- A commitment to building strong relationships, both inside and outside the organization
- A desire to learn, grow, and contribute to moving our strategy forward
- A need to create and to innovate
Employment Type: Temporary
Shift: 1st Shift
Work Status: On-site
Position Summary:
The Mechanical Engineering Summer Hire will apply their educational experience in a real world setting within Taco’s product development team. They will assist the mechanical engineering department to design and develop new products. The Mechanical Engineering Summer Hire will focus on improving products in commercial pump by reducing component count and facilitating identification and resolution of assembly and operational complaints as identified by management. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience with advanced technology products and rapid design practice.
Measures of success:
- Successfully document and test new products
- Create validation protocols from requirements
- Complete analysis of a special project
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Design/documentation of product assemblies
- Create test plans and assisting in testing of products
- Opportunity to audit processes and components on the production assembly line and oversee testing in the lab
- Perform in-depth analysis of special project, as necessary
Qualifications
Required:
- Junior or Senior enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program in Mechanical Engineering or a Graduate student enrolled in a Master’s Degree program in Mechanical Engineering
- Skills with fluid systems desirable
- Adaptable to changes in priority
- Ability to come up with new ideas for product improvement based on observation and analysis
- A team player with enthusiasm, positive outlook and professional demeanor who takes initiative and direction
- Solid organizational skills, strong attention to detail, interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships
- Excellent communication skills
- No travel required
Work Environment
This position works primarily in an office environment using computers and technology. Verbal and auditory capability are required. Occasional exposure in production plant and testing lab where large equipment and noise are prevalent. Safety gear is required in these areas.
This position reports into the site every day.
This position has no direct reports.
Benefits
With nearly 1,000 people working at Taco worldwide, each with their own story, you will discover a sense of community and diverse, intelligent colleagues who help us innovate, create and explore.
Taco employees benefit from a company that:
- Provides competitive salaries and benefits
- Offers tuition reimbursement, career development, and on-site training programs in our learning center
- Believes in sharing profits with its employees
- Is mindful about family, health and well-being
- Fosters conditions that allow people and communities to reach their full potential
- Embraces and celebrates diversity
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Skills Required
- Junior or Senior enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program in Mechanical Engineering or a Graduate student enrolled in a Master's Degree program in Mechanical Engineering
- Skills with fluid systems desirable
- Ability to come up with new ideas for product improvement based on observation and analysis
- Excellent communication skills
What We Do
Taco Comfort Solutions is a third generation, family-owned American manufacturer of high quality, high-efficiency heating, cooling, plumbing, and irrigation products. #Taco100years Headquartered in Cranston, RI, Taco is global in scope with manufacturing facilities in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Ontario, Vietnam, and Italy. Its skilled employees produce precision pumps, valves and controls, air-dirt separators. heat exchangers, tanks, domestic hot water recirculation systems, and web-based building management controls. Since its founding, Taco has been dedicated to the success of its people and its customers, bringing products to market that save energy, enhance system longevity, and provide a superior level of safety and comfort to building occupants. With nearly 100 years in the HVAC industry, Taco’s knowledge and engineering expertise is passed along to professionals through the company’s expansive factory training and online learning programs. That same depth of experience is applied every day at hundreds of job sites across the country, making Taco one of the most trusted names in controlling the flow of water. Website: www.TacoComfort.com
