Process Engineer Intern

Looking to join a six-time US Best Managed Company award winner? KENT WORLDWIDE™ has a fantastic opportunity to join their team as a Process Engineer Intern working in our NEW Cat Litter facility for the summer of 2027!

~ Paid Internship ~ Paid Housing ~ Community Events ~ Family-Owned ~ Great Experience

• This position is designed and intended to be performed in Muscatine, IA.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist Technical team in increasing production, assess capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining current quality standards


• Work directly with operations team in troubleshooting and resolving process issues


• Ability to learn process flows and production specifications to help drive production efficiencies


• Monitors operations data and assists in corrective actions to drive operational excellence


• Helps develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets


• Identify opportunities to prevent waste and inefficiency in production


• Ability to learn and create required manufacturing process documentation, including process flow charts, capacity and utilization studies, time and motion studies, standard work, cycle time analysis and line balancing


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gain insight and direction


• Ensures compliance with health and safety laws, regulations, and guidelines, including EPA and OSHA requirements

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Majoring in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering preferred


• Completion of 2 or more semesters in Engineering


• Interest and general understanding of lean manufacturing principles


• Proficiency with analytical tools, workflow time study, and process balancing


• Internship or co-op experience in an operations or manufacturing environment strongly desired


• Computer literacy


• Understand, create, and update process flows, including documentation and standard operating procedures

TRAVEL:

• Up to 10% travel for meetings or training may be required.

OTHER:

• Must be able to lift 32-pound bags of litter on an infrequent basis