Manufacturing Engineer Intern

Company Overview:

Schafer Industries is a premier supplier of off-highway axles and differentiated precision gearing solutions.   Established in 1934, Schafer Industries has locations in South Bend, IN, Roscoe, IL, Fredericktown, OH, and Blacklick, OH. Schafer Industries is one of the few manufacturers of integrated axle solutions in the off-highway electric vehicle market. Schafer serves customers in a variety of end markets including off-highway vehicles, recreational vehicles, aerospace, defense, oil & gas, material handling, powertrain, electric mobility, heavy-duty trucking, agriculture, and construction. Our mission is to leverage world-class capabilities to deliver superior products and services to maximize the value for our customers, employees, shareholders, and communities.

Why Work at Schafer Industries?

• We are a growth-oriented company with a diversified customer base.
• We are committed to a culture of safety and continuous improvement.
• You will enjoy a collaborative work environment where your talents and opinions matter.
• We provide training as well as opportunities to work on projects in support of your career development.
• You will quickly see your impact when working with the team.
• We live our values of Safety, Integrity, Responsibility to Others, Customer Focus, Continuous Improvement and Accountability in all that we do.
• We have competitive pay and benefits to include 401(k) match and tuition reimbursement.

Job Summary:

Schafer Industries is seeking an Engineering Intern to support the engineering department in daily tasks such as cycle time studies, process capability studies, process development assistance and development of engineering documentation.

Essential Functions:

Cycle time studies

• Utilize provided documentation and tools to study a given processes cycle time and throughput expectations.
• Work with manufacturing engineering and process operators to understand process requirements and expectations and make suggestions for improvement.
• Upon completion of study, update rate and file supporting documentation.

Capability studies

• Work with appropriate gauging for a given process and develop process capabilities on critical features.
• Work with manufacturing engineering, quality, and operations to understand the man, material, and methods influence of a given process/feature and make recommendations on improvements where needed.

Process development assistance

• Assist manufacturing engineering with process development of new product or product improvements.  
• Assist process engineering with tool design and operation drawings as needed.
• Assist in restructuring of file management and form layouts of documents.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Must be pursuing an associate or bachelor’s degree in a technical field of study after high school graduation.
• Experience in metal cutting and finishing operations is a plus
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be detail oriented and ability to multi-task.
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, Word, Outlook or similar.
• Must exhibit motivation and drive to succeed.

Working Conditions:

Air conditioned/heated manufacturing facility with possible exposure to noise; dust; fumes; physical, chemical, and biohazards; solvents, oils, and detergents.   This job will be working in a fast paced, exciting environment, that will provide exposure to the many facets of production engineering.