Operational Excellence Engineering Intern

As an operational excellence (OpEx) engineering intern, you will support the processes required to ensure safe, quality, and cost-effective aerospace maintenance activities. You will have the opportunity to interface with repair and methods engineering, manufacturing leadership, and support teams to help meet our business unit goals. If you are passionate about the aerospace industry and looking for an opportunity to apply your talents working with innovative nacelles technology, this could be the position for you!

• Support site efforts for implementing and sustaining operational excellence initiatives including:
  • Productivity, Overall Labor Effectiveness (OLE)
  • Electronic Performance Dashboards
  • QRQC
  • Hoshin Kanri and One Safran projects support
  • Value Stream Maps
  • Visual shop management
  • AI enhanced tools to decrease non-valued added task time
• Contribute to the company goals of safety improvement, process flow improvements, floor space optimization, lead-time reduction, elimination of non-conformities, and on-time delivery by levering Lean Six Sigma methodologies including 5S
• Support implementation of visual cues and communication tools in both the shop and office environment to provide “status at a glance” and allow quick and simple detection of abnormal operating conditions.
• Optimize workflow capacity and budget models to support key business unit decisions
• Actively participating in a continuous improvement culture providing recommendations and implementing enhancements to current methods and procedures. Continually improving the workspace through 5S.
• Perform other related duties as required by the General Manager to support production

Safran Nacelles Services Americas is looking for service-oriented team players with strong interpersonal skills, the right attitude, and adaptability to an innovative and evolving environment.

• Enjoy working in a dynamic, high-stakes environment.
• Interest in Lean-Sigma and its application in real world environments
• Efficiently manage multiple tasks and maintain perspective.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel)
• Experience with AI related tools to improve efficiency is a plus.
• Demonstrate strong organizational, analytical, and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to build strategic working relationships at all levels of the organization
• Excellent people skills, good communicator, empathy, active listener
• Possess a can-do attitude and sense of urgency when completing projects and tasks Education/Certifications Minimum:
  Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Industrial/Manufacturing/Mechanical/Aerospace Engineering or another related engineering field

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