Process Engineer Intern
Job in
Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, 52761, USA
Listed on 2026-09-18
Listing for:
Socket.dev
Apprenticeship/Internship
position Listed on 2026-09-18
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Process Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma -
Manufacturing / Production
Manufacturing Engineer, Lean Manufacturing / Six Sigma
Job Description & How to Apply Below
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 2026!
~ Paid Internship ~ Paid Housing ~ Community Events ~ Family-Owned ~ Great Experience
- This position is designed and intended to be performed in Muscatine, IA.
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
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
- Up to 10% travel for meetings or training may be required.
- Must be able to lift 32-pound bags of litter on an infrequent basis
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