Engineering & Supply Chain Intern

Role Summary/Purpose

The 10-week summer internship program being offered by Dresser Utility Solutions is designed to give students the opportunity for career exploration and development in chosen fields of study. This will give the intern the opportunity to use skills learned in his/her degree programs and the chance to learn new skills. The Engineering & Supply Chain Intern will focus on projects and process improvements across production and supply chain areas that increase productivity, reduce cost, and improve throughput while maintaining safety & quality standards.

Essential Responsibilities:

- Conduct, support, and lead identified improvement projects to resolve production and/or supply chain issues, eliminate waste, and minimize cost in alignment with company objectives.

- Collaboration with multiple production areas and plant resource groups about existing and potential manufacturing & transactional processes and their capabilities.

- Report generation, data mining and concept creation/proposal development.

- Expected to resolve problems through the application of acquired expertise guided by precedent.

- Works together with people from the business unit. Contacts are under guidance and/or geared towards specifying activities. This individual will plan activities towards execution of assigned projects and will gain/give explanations on technical issues.

- Communicates with direct team and supervisor.

- Presents to internal teams on metrics, project status, and research.

Qualifications/Requirements:

- Enrolled in an accredited bachelor's degree program.

- Minimum GPA requirement of 3.0.

- Must be highly collaborative and able to work in a team-based environment.

- Must have excellent problem analysis and problem resolution skills at both a strategic and functional level.

- Must have the ability to identify trends and establish proactive corrective actions.

- Exceptional computer skills are required, including extensive knowledge of spreadsheet, presentation and database software, proficiency with various e-mail, calendaring, meeting management and related communications software.

- At the conclusion of the internship, interns will showcase their core competencies in an executive presentation to present accomplishments and lessons learned through the course of the internship.