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Job Description
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Job Overview:
We are seeking a Manufacturing Engineering Co-op for a temporary 8-month co-op assignment from January 2026-August 2026. Only students currently attending college or university will be considered.
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
- Support and promote a strong safety culture
- Support the achievement of the following critical success factors: Safety, Quality, Delivery/Lead-time Cost/Inventory Management and Cost of Quality
- Support the development and qualification of new procedures and processes
- Provide a manufacturing support interface with Engineering, Sales, and Marketing to address potential manufacturability issues
- Lean Implementation –Supporting the implementation of Lean in processes as appropriate
- Understand the principles and support the reduction in the cost of quality (COQ)
- Drive Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE):
- Quality
- Analyze data and implement Root-Cause solutions to improve processes and personnel driven nonconformance’s.
- Productivity
- Identify and Facilitate Implementation of process improvements
- Quality
- Coordinate and communicate with all levels of the organization (formal and informal presentations)
- Develop Best Practices and Procedures and communicate these to employees through Visual Workplace, Formal Training, and Area meetings
- Participate in the development of capital plans, support Appropriation Requests and the implementation of new capital technology to improve manufacturing processes and the reduction of nonconformance’s
- Delivery – Assist in coordination of production and quality activities to support Customer expectations
- Productivity - Identify and Facilitate Implementation of process improvement opportunities to increase throughput
Who You Are:
- You prepare content for communication that is impactful. You convert ideas into actions and produce results with new initiatives. You engage frontline employees for input and evaluate their best ideas. You are open to change and continue to learn and experience new opportunities.
For This Role, You Will Need:
- Major(s): Agricultural Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Technology, Machine Technology/Machine Trades/Tool & Die or similar field of study.
- Minimum year in school: Junior or Senior
Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:
- On the job training will happen, we are looking for you to have strong, hands-on experience from a previous job or internship related to manufacturing, or a project-based academic assignment.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Our Culture & Commitment to You:
- At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.
We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.
