Packaging Engineering Co-Op

We are hiring a Spring 2027 Packaging Engineering 6 month Co-op student to join us from January - June to learn and grow alongside seasoned packaging professionals and have the ability to network with fellow packaging engineers globally. As an industrial packaging engineer in furniture manufacturing, you will be presented with the opportunity to develop solutions to unique challenges in corporate and manufacturing plant settings and develop skills that will be easily transferable to most other packaging settings for your future career.

• Preparing furniture for ship testing and working with our test lab to test and review the results
• Assisting in issues that arise to help run the business
• Connecting with suppliers and working in manufacturing plants to obtain packaging samples
• Packaging design projects
• Working on cost savings projects
• Investigating quality issues
• Packaging material analysis and comparisons
• Working on various department spreadsheets to report progress, savings, etc…
• Calculating volumes (cube) manually and using CAPE and SAP
• Issuing packaging BOM and specification changes

Our packaging team is a good mix of young professionals and top-tier industry veterans with decades of experience. This tight-knit group of nine is committed to working hard, yet still finds time to have fun. In your free time, leaders will urge you to explore the city where you’ll enjoy a variety of after-hours events.

We are committed to offering an in-depth training program. We offer freedom and trust for you to lead your projects and develop projects. We believe you will thrive with support from our mentorship program.

If you are interested, we will connect you with previous interns to learn about the experience.

• Do you love to stay busy with important work?
• Are you passionate about meeting new people?
• Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where multitasking and organization are the keys to success?
• Are you capable of adapting to change quickly?
• Are you tenacious?
• Can you balance multiple stakeholders to find a solution that works for all?

• Pursuing an undergraduate or graduate degree at a nationally accredited program.
• Actively enrolled in a degree seeking program at the time of application and throughout the duration of the internship or co-op position.
• Packaging or Applied Engineering Sciences with a Packaging concentration
• Preferred academic standing for this position:
  Junior or rising Senior students (December 2027 graduation dates and beyond)

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The company will not offer sponsor ships or work visas now or in the future for this role.

• Completed materials and basic testing courses
• You must own or have daily access to a car and have a valid U.S. driver’s license
• Limited travel may be required
• Able to work standing constantly and with frequent bending and twisting.
• Able to occasionally lift 35 lbs. from floor to waist; lift 50 lbs from waist to shoulders; and push / pull up to 15 lbs.
• Able to occasionally carry 35-55 lbs.
• Able to occasionally grasp with moderate force.

• Leadership experience inside and/or outside the classroom

Steelcase is a global design and thought leader in the world of work. Along with our expansive community of brands, we design and manufacture innovative furnishings and solutions to help people do their best work in the many places where work happens.

At Steelcase, we put people at the center of everything we do. We understand the role of work and believe that it can bring meaning and purpose to the lives of our…