Undergraduate Intern

Meyer Utility Structures is seeking an intern for our Gadsden, AL facility. In this role, you will analyze performance data to identify improvement opportunities, assist with continuous improvement projects that will help improve overall quality, efficiency, and safety performance throughout the plant, partner with plant personnel in the use of continuous improvement methodologies and follow-up to ensure measurement and sustainment of Lean activities.

At Meyer Utility Structures, we commit to and pride ourselves on providing reliable structures, superior service, and product solutions. Meyer Utility Structures is an industry leader in the engineering design and fabrication of concrete and tubular steel structures for transmission, distribution, and substation applications.

Required Skills:

• Full use and application of standard principles, theories, concepts and techniques
• Build knowledge of the organization, processes, and customers
• Solve a range of straightforward problems; analyze possible solutions using standard procedures
• Receive a moderate level of guidance and direction
• Requires knowledge and experience in own discipline; still acquiring higher-level knowledge and skills

Ability to successfully:

• Provide assistance to the plant to achieve maximum performance
• Assist with Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement throughout the organization using Lean Six Sigma principles
• Partner with plant personnel on improvement opportunities
• Participate in Kaizen lean practices and principles
• Assist with troubleshoot manufacturing, quality and assembly issues using data analysis
• Define, refine, and improve existing processes including : Manufacturing processes/procedures, new process development, creation of process documentation, product design for manufacturability and assembly capacity, efficiency, and floor design, production processing and problem solving
• Assist in design, install, and debug tooling and capital equipment
• Work with team to manage CAPEX of equipment
• Handle other duties as assigned

Required Experience :

• Bachelors or Associates degree in progress in an engineering-related or manufacturing technical field
• Should be more focused in the areas of Operational Excellence, DMAIC, and Lean tools