Utilities and Environmental Engineering Intern

Internship Program:

Blount’s Internship Program aims to grow students from our community in a way that is mutually beneficial by providing experiential learning opportunities and connecting concepts learned in the classroom to real-world applications in order to contribute to the professional readiness of tomorrow’s workforce. Interns can expect timely feedback, accessible supervisors, bi-weekly meetings with the internship program lead, assistance with career readiness, and networking opportunities.

Job Summary

Collaborate with engineering personnel to improve equipment and processes. Establish and monitor performance metrics through data mining, analysis, and report summation(s) to generate improvement recommendations. Review existing equipment and research new technology.

Spend time in boiler rooms, engine rooms, electric rooms, and Wastewater treatment to monitor daily operations. Evaluation of key equipment components to identify areas of improvement. Real time project support for projects of varying size at two different food manufacturing facilities. Collaborate with engineering personnel for regulatory review of systems and permitting.

In the event of an absence, position will be filled by trained personnel.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Conduct a thermal efficiency audit and present recommendations for maximizing efficiency
• Work side-by-side with the management staff to discover inefficiencies in business processes and then determine the best ways to bring our business methods in line with our financial goals.
• Evaluate and develop manufacturing processes by studying products, process requirements, applying knowledge of the
• product, process, design, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors; soliciting observations from operators.
• Improves manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning workflow, space requirements, and equipment layout.
• Assure process efficiencies are being monitored by establishing performance metrics based on equipment and process
• capabilities, establishing standards and confirming manufacturing’s current state processes.
• Provide manufacturing decision-making information by data mining, analysis, and summarizing performance metrics trends.
• Gather, analyze, and report business data and inputs to identify issues, trends, or solutions.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by participating in continual professional development
• Working with Safety dept. on job safety analysis (JSAs).
• Maintaining, analyzing, managing, and improving metrics, aggregating, creating dashboards, and internal reporting.
• Providing technical assistance in identifying, analyzing, evaluating, and developing quality systems and procedures.
• Reporting issues at set frequencies to all appropriate departments to drive continuous improvement and corrective and preventive actions.
• Developing, implementing, and maintaining performance metrics. These performance metrics will include all trends for complaints, product right first time, product holds, yields, raw material supplier performance inspections, internal/ external audit results.
• Improving and defining data editing and standardizing processes.
• Provide follow-up monitoring, documenting and feedback of completed initiative controls.
• Act as a liaison between the departments and a variety of business partners.
• Assisting in development and implementation of data capture systems.
• Monitor standards and controls in relation to the manufacturing of high-quality soup and seafood products to include activities in the following areas: receiving, staging, prep, processing, packaging, storage, and shipping
• Carry out various batch control tests and product sampling to ensure process is in control, i.e. statistical process control, (SPC).
• Ensure a smooth process flow, maximizing volume and efficiency while committing to exacting specs and uncompromised quality. Work with other key departments to ensure proper technique, staffing, training and
• methods are in place and are effectively resulting in consistent and high-quality end products.
• Confer with engineers or other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, or provide technical information.
• Interact with vendors or customers on technical or design issues
• Use sample data to create control charts to identify process shifts.
• Other responsibilities with similar skill, work conditions, and responsibilities as assigned.
  
  

Responsibilities For Food Safety

• Responsible for completing required paperwork accurately and honestly, where applicable.
• Must adhere to posted GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices) when working within the production facility
• Responsible for reporting suspicious packages, activities and individuals, where applicable.
  
  

Required Skills/Abilities

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Proficiency with Minitab, Smart Draw, and Sim scale a plus
• Lean Six Sigma Certification a plus
• Eagerness and willingness to learn
• Ability to work and solve problems.
• Maintain a positive attitude to continue learning and support the overall business.
  
  

Level II: the ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally in English as it pertains to individual position.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentage and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Candidate must have above average mathematics skills, as well as familiarity with statistics, e.g., (SPC) and control charts.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Microsoft Office software, competent with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
  
  

Education And/or Experience

• Degree (B.A.) candidate from College or University in Engineering or other related fields (e.g. Environmental Sciences, or Environmental Engineering); or equivalent combination of both education and experience.
  
  

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• No specified requirements.
  
  

Physical Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
  
  

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually high.