Finishing Processes Engineering Intern - Youngstown - Vallourec

PROJECTS
Support process improvement initiatives, working on:

• Process improvement projects – focusing on Cost, Health and Safety, and Performance.
• Technical benchmarking with Vallourec’s experts
• Knowledge management

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Finishing Processes Engineer Intern will be part of the North America Finishing Competence Center team and will be involved in day-to-day activities to gain as much experience as possible. Intern will discover all aspects of a technical expert function, encouraged to bring new ideas and be mainly responsible for:

• Participating, or managing, process improvement projects:
  
  • Stabilizing the Quality level of a key process (straightener) in the Rolling Mill, involving to design and conduct trials, validating solutions, and training operational teams.
  • Improving the Safety level while accessing an important process (hydrotester) of a Finishing line – understanding the risks, building a solution with operators, and conducting the project up to implementation.
  • Impact the Performance of our lines through validation of an innovative technical solutions applied on our saws. Benchmark with Brazilian experts that have already implemented the solution, trials running in USA, and validation of the solution.
• Benchmarking with expert – building a network with existing experts of Vallourec around the globe, discussions technical options for your projects, and sharing results/outputs.
• Knowledge Management – aggregate and make available the technical knowledge about Finishing process – develop analysis skills, as well as synthetic thinking.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
To be successful in this internship, you should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Must be interested in project management – autonomous, well organized, skilled in transverse communication.
• Capable to design and conduct trials on the shop floor, as well as to exchange/learn from our skilled operators/tech specialists.
• Skilled in building and entertaining a network.
• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in mechanical or chemical Engineering.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.