Plastics Engineer Intern

Qualifications

• Pursuing BS Plastics Engineering/Technology
• Passionate about plastic injection molding
• Ability to complete individual assignments as well work as in a team environment
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• Must have transportation to and from the internship
• Goals and Learning Experiences
• Throughout this internship, the candidate will be immersed in a manufacturing organization, experiencing every operation within manufacturing (molding and assembly). The intern experience will include but is not limited to:
• Injection Molding
• Blow Molding
• Assembly
• Plastic Welding (ultrasonic, hot plate, spin, vibration, thermal insertion)
• Robotic part take-out and value add activities
• Solid modeling
• Mold Filling simulation
• 3D printing
• Physical Requirements
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and listen. The employee will frequently be required to stand and walk; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Work Environment
• This position works in an office setting, a development lab/shop area and on the production floor and works around dust, oil, electrical/ pneumatic/hydraulic devices, and mechanically moving parts. Safety glasses are required while on the plant floor. Certain areas of the plant require hearing protection.