Process Engineer Intern

Looking to join a six-time US Best Managed Company award winner? KENT WORLDWIDE has a fantastic opportunity to join their team as a Process Engineer Intern working in our NEW Cat Litter facility for the summer of 2027!

~ Paid Internship ~ Paid Housing ~ Community Events ~ Family-Owned ~ Great Experience

• This position is designed and intended to be performed in Muscatine, IA.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist Technical team in increasing production, assess capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards
• Work directly with operations team in troubleshooting and resolving process issues
• Ability to learn process flows and production specifications to help drive production efficiencies
• Monitors operations data and assists in corrective actions to drive operational excellence
• Helps develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets
• Identify opportunities to prevent waste and inefficiency in production
• Ability to learn and create required manufacturing process documentation, including process flow charts, capacity and utilization studies, time and motion studies, standard work, cycle time analysis and line balancing
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gain insight and direction
• Ensures compliance with health and safety laws, regulations, and guidelines, including EPA and OSHA requirements

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Majoring in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering preferred
• Completion of 2 or more semesters in Engineering
• Interest and general understanding of lean manufacturing principles
• Proficiency with analytical tools, workflow time study, and process balancing
• Internship or co-op experience in an operations or manufacturing environment strongly desired
• Computer literacy
• Understand, create, and update process flows, including documentation and standard operating procedures

TRAVEL:

• Up to 10% travel for meetings or training may be required.

OTHER:

• Must be able to lift 32-pound bags of litter on an infrequent basis