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Join the largest manufacturer of tile and natural stone in the United States and watch your career stand out with Dal-Tile, a subsidiary of Mohawk Industries.
Our close-knit team of dedicated professionals has made us the success we are today. In exchange for their hard work, we support our people with a family-friendly work environment, a commitment to promoting from within, unique benefits that go beyond just medical and dental, and a belief that every employee deserves a productive life outside of work. If this sounds outstanding to you, take the first step forward and explore a career with Dal-Tile.
The R&D Summer Intern will lead a high-impact digital transformation project focused on improving file organization and data hygiene within the R&D Test Laboratory.
The department currently maintains approximately 1 million digital files accumulated across legacy workstreams, shared drives, and project archives. Many files are unstructured, inconsistently named, or duplicative, creating operational inefficiencies and limiting long-term knowledge management. This internship is structured as a project-based experience to be completed within the 12-week program. The intern will work closely with the R&D Test Laboratory Project Manager, Supervisor, and Technician Team. This position is located at the Dallas Corporate office and is an onsite internship opportunity. This is not a remote role.
This is a project-based internship, and the selected intern will present their summer project at our annual Intern Expo Day on Wednesday, August 5, 2026 .
Program Details
The purpose of this internship project is to evaluate, design, and pilot an improved system for organizing and cleaning the departments digital file repositories.
The Intern Will
A Successful Project Will
Dal-Tile is a proud supporter of our U.S. military, veterans and their families - Thank You for Your Service!
Active military, transitioning service members and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Dont Work participant.
Job Type Professional Opportunities
Req ID 90706
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com
Join the largest manufacturer of tile and natural stone in the United States and watch your career stand out with Dal-Tile, a subsidiary of Mohawk Industries.
Our close-knit team of dedicated professionals has made us the success we are today. In exchange for their hard work, we support our people with a family-friendly work environment, a commitment to promoting from within, unique benefits that go beyond just medical and dental, and a belief that every employee deserves a productive life outside of work. If this sounds outstanding to you, take the first step forward and explore a career with Dal-Tile.
The R&D Summer Intern will lead a high-impact digital transformation project focused on improving file organization and data hygiene within the R&D Test Laboratory.
The department currently maintains approximately 1 million digital files accumulated across legacy workstreams, shared drives, and project archives. Many files are unstructured, inconsistently named, or duplicative, creating operational inefficiencies and limiting long-term knowledge management. This internship is structured as a project-based experience to be completed within the 12-week program. The intern will work closely with the R&D Test Laboratory Project Manager, Supervisor, and Technician Team. This position is located at the Dallas Corporate office and is an onsite internship opportunity. This is not a remote role.
This is a project-based internship, and the selected intern will present their summer project at our annual Intern Expo Day on Wednesday, August 5, 2026 .
Program Details
- Program Dates: Monday, May 18, 2026 Friday, August 7, 2026
- Length: 12 Weeks
- Schedule: Full-time, hourly
- Required: Must be available for the full program duration and attend/present at Intern Expo Day
The purpose of this internship project is to evaluate, design, and pilot an improved system for organizing and cleaning the departments digital file repositories.
The Intern Will
- Assess current-state file storage structure and identify inefficiencies
- Analyze file naming conventions, duplication patterns, and storage gaps
- Design an improved file organization framework
- Develop scalable batch-file cleanup methodologies
- Pilot test cleanup methods within defined repositories
- Recommend a sustainable cleanup strategy and ongoing data governance protocol
A Successful Project Will
- Improve operational efficiency
- Strengthen data integrity and accessibility
- Enable future automation initiatives
- Improve digital transformation readiness
- Support long-term knowledge management
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Computer Science, or related field
- Completed at least three years of coursework preferred
- Strong understanding of information management principles and data organization practices
- Ability to design scalable methods for large-scale file cleanup beyond basic file management
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office; familiarity with scripting tools or database systems is a plus
- Experience leading a real-world digital transformation initiative
- Exposure to enterprise-level data governance challenges
- Collaboration with technical R&D teams
- Opportunity to present measurable results to leadership
Dal-Tile is a proud supporter of our U.S. military, veterans and their families - Thank You for Your Service!
Active military, transitioning service members and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Dont Work participant.
Job Type Professional Opportunities
Req ID 90706
If you have questions about this posting, please contact support@lensa.com