Intern, Production Engineer

At Kalmar, we are moving goods in critical supply chains around the world. As the forerunner in sustainable material handling equipment and services, we set the industry benchmark for a zero-emission future. We are driven by teamwork, innovation, and taking ownership to deliver results. With our global reach and local expertise, our success starts with a strong focus on the customer, ensuring their needs guide our daily work. We are dedicated to respecting others and fostering an inclusive culture where all voices are heard, empowering us to succeed together. With us, your work has an impact. Your work moves the world!

Purpose of the position

Would you like to start your career at an international company that truly values its people?

At Kalmar we understand the importance of fostering the development of students and supporting their growth to help them gain the skills necessary for the future. We offer challenging and interesting summer internships for promising, passionate students taking the first steps on their career path. At Kalmar, you'll be assigned real work tasks from day one. You get to feel empowered, because we trust our interns and rely on their ability to take responsibility and get things done.

We are seeking a Production Engineer, Intern who will have general supervisory responsibility over a large group of employees engaged in plant production operations. Are you a natural influencer and leader who can motivate your peers to accomplish goals? In this Internship, you will be responsible to achieve production schedules using lean manufacturing principles. This role would teach you excellent leadership skills as well as manufacturing processes. Your work would involve the coordination of several assembly operations involving the ability to make decisions within the limits of general practices and policies. Work would be performed under general supervision, while exercising a high level of independent judgement.

Main Tasks And Responsibilities

• Maintain awareness of quality standards, communicate department quality goals and use resources to solve quality problems
• Build and maintain good working relationships with employees, union and management
• Understand and consistently coordinate the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Bring leadership skills that help develop teams
• Strong problem-solving skills utilizing data
• Implement/follow systems that prevent reoccurrence of known issues.
• Promote safe work practices and achieve objectives for ergonomics, health and safety and housekeeping.
• Empower, train and develop employees to effectively perform their jobs utilizing standardized methods
• Utilize human resources in accordance with corporate policies and procedures and government regulations
• Control costs and achieve productivity improvements
• Provide input to payroll and perform other administrative tasks as required
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to implement and apply lean principles to both operations and maintenance
• Apply technical knowledge with some direct guidance from supervisor
  
  

Education

What you’ll need to succeed

• College student (Junior or higher) majoring in Industrial Engineer preferred
  
  

Experience

• Prior internship in automotive, technology, or manufacturing
  
  

Competencies

• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills to effectively collaborate with varying levels of the organization as needed
• Demonstrates leadership in field of study, extra-curricular activities or service organizations
• Strong leadership skills, to guide project teams through planning, execution and insight phases
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, especially the ability to synthesize large amounts of data involving multiple variables into comprehensive, actionable insights
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, managing results and goals
• Willingness to ask questions, take initiative and be resourceful
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to distill sophisticated subjects to a wider audience
• Emerging partnership and collaboration skills and ability to learn from and share knowledge with co-workers in a rapidly moving environment
• High level of integrity, ability to deal with ambiguity, takes initiative/self-directed
• Evidence of strong character with integrity, honesty, accountability and trust
• Deliver new and creative solutions to sophisticated problems
• This role requires you to work fulltime, 40 hours per week, in a plant environment.
  
  

You will be part of

✔ Kalmar is part of a global organization- We have a very talented and diverse workforce focused on equity & inclusion.

✔ We believe in our people as it is our people who really make the difference.

✔ We always work in close collaboration with our customers, deliver on our promises and never walk away no matter how big the challenge.

✔ We succeed because we do it together.

✔ With us, you will have the opportunity to realize your potential and become an important member of our global team.

We are offering you a 10-12 week Summer Internship in an international leading company with solid values and a strong will to succeed. With us, you have excellent opportunities to gain real world experience and insight into industrial manufacturing in an international business.

Location - On site in Ottawa, KS- Housing Available!

Interested to join?

Please submit your resume/CV to be considered!

About Kalmar

Kalmar (Nasdaq Helsinki: KALMAR) is moving goods in critical supply chains around the world, with the vision to be the forerunner in sustainable material handling equipment and services. The company offers a wide range of industry shaping heavy material handling equipment and services to ports and terminals, distribution centres, manufacturing and heavy logistics. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Kalmar operates globally in over 120 countries and employs approximately 5,200 people. In 2024, the company's sales totalled approximately EUR 1.7 billion.

www.kalmarglobal.com