12 Month Engineering Student Co-Op

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.​

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Westlake Pipe & Fittings, a Westlake company (NYSE:WLK), is the second-largest polyvinyl chloride pipe and fittings manufacturer in North America. Westlake Pipe & Fittings supplies gasketed, solvent weld and restrained joint pipes and a wide range of fittings for a diverse list of markets including municipal water and sewer, plumbing, water well, pool and spa, and agricultural and turf irrigation. Westlake Pipe & Fittings is an industry leader in product development with Certa-Lok® spline-lock technology and product systems that are focused on building A Better Foundation™. To learn more, visit the website at WestlakePipe.com

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Why choose Westlake Pipe & Fittings?

12 Month Engineering Student Co-Op

Hours 7:30 -4:00 pm

Wage $24.00

About us:

Join a dynamic and expanding team of pipe manufacturers who are committed to enhancing the lives of people in the global marketplace every day. The integrity, creativity, dedication, diversity and drive of our employees allow us to excel. The health and safety of our employees and communities and the vigilant stewardship of the environment and sustainability are of utmost importance and at the forefront of everything we do. We seek to maintain this commitment through an intensive practice of “never-ending process of improvement”.

About the job:

Working at our Woodbridge, ON Pipe manufacturing Plant, the engineering co-op allows students exposure to all aspects of process engineering and plant operations.

• Participation in company’s safety culture up to and including gap analysis and equipment introduction for hazard elimination
• Work closely Plant Superintendents, Operations Manager and Process Engineer on various design and operation improvement projects
• Liaise with NPD (New Product Development), material scientist and plant team to support new product and equipment launches
• Create and improve plant processes to promote proactive decision making
• Participate in the creation and approval of SOP's & OPL’s
• Perform data analysis for both past and future projections
• Lead cross functional teams for continuous improvement initiatives
• Interact with vendors such as machine shops for part designing and reliability improvements
• Source alternative vendors and suppliers to optimize part cost and design
• Utilize new technologies to drive plant modernization
• Programming & AutoCAD experience preferred

• 2nd year or above enrolled in an accredited Engineering program
• Transcript must be included with all resume submission.

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.

If you are an active Westlake employee (or an employee of any Westlake affiliates), please do not apply here. You will apply via the Jobs Hub application in Workday.