Manufacturing Engineer Intern

Company Overview:

BTD is a fast growing metalworking company. We provide custom metalwork services for some of the world’s top brands. Our 1400 employees work from four sites throughout the country. We invest in our people, our equipment, and our facilities to offer our clients the best value possible. We are also a wholly-owned subsidiary of Otter Tail Corporation, a publicly traded company on NASDAQ.

Summary:

Serves as a resource for the Site Director of Operations and the Site Continuous Improvement Leader in achieving site objectives for safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and continuous improvement. Resolves questions or concerns regarding individual part processes. Improves current processes and conducts investigations to reduce inefficiencies.

Safety is #1 at BTD: Our expectation is that every employee: 1) strictly follows safety policies, rules and safe work methods. 2) Promptly corrects or reports safety hazards or unsafe conditions. Promptly reports injuries for prompt diagnosis and treatment. 3) Makes regular suggestions for safety process improvements to support continuous improvement in safety.

Essential Functions:

The co-op or intern supports operations by working with the Manufacturing Engineering team to:

1. Identify and eliminate safety and quality risks and root causes.

2. Utilize time studies or pre-determined timing methods such as MTM or MOST to validate setup and run times.

3. Assist with lean manufacturing initiatives and product flow improvements.

4. Evaluate historical data on run rates to determine accuracy.

5. Assist in creation and evaluation of cost reductions.

6. Assist in investigating best tools, machining, fabrication, welding methods to ensure a quality product at an appropriate cost.

7. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

High school diploma or equivalent required. Must be enrolled in a Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering, or Operations Management program at a two or four year college or university, progressing toward a bachelor’s degree.

Experience and Skills Required:

1. Strong problem-solving, root cause analysis, and cause prevention (error proofing) skills.

2. Ability to work independently and show strong initiative and ownership of ideas and projects.

3. Strong computer skills and excellent written and oral communication skills.

4. CAD (Solid Works) experience is beneficial.

5. Prior manufacturing, especially fabrication and welding, experience is beneficial.

The qualifications listed above are guidelines. Other combinations of education and experience could provide necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to perform this job.

Physical Demands: 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 the job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The position has good working conditions in general, but is a diversified job requiring sustained mental effort related to organizational issues, planning and technical areas. The individual may encounter moderate

emotional strain or tension. There is sustained exposure to sitting. There is also moderate exposure to Video Data Terminals (VDTs) and moderate lifting (up to 50 pounds).