Job Description

Red Wing Shoe Company is excited to announce our 2024 Internship Program! The program is designed to offer you meaningful work that will prepare you for your career. You’ll get to see first-hand how our corporate teams develop strategies and practices that support our retail and manufacturing partners, and customers worldwide.

This position will be fully on-site, requiring you to live within a commutable distance to Red Wing, MN. Standard hours for the internship will be Monday-Friday 8am-5pm and Friday 8am-1pm.

Compensation is $20/hour.

What to Expect as a Quality Intern:

What you will do:

• Document and establish product expectations, contributing to the foundation of the Quality Team's core initiatives.
• Play a key role in establishing the baseline Cost of Quality for the business unit, aiding in strategic decision-making.
• Utilize advanced technology and software to document procedures, collect process data, and enhance productivity for various quality tasks.
• Support the Quality department by augmenting the current team, actively contributing to ongoing projects related to product expectations and cost analysis.
• Contribute significantly to laying a strong foundation for the Quality Team through 2024, addressing essential aspects of quality management.

What you will gain:

• Global Team Collaboration - Experience working seamlessly with both domestic and international teams, fostering cross-cultural collaboration and communication.
• Develop a deep understanding of quality fundamentals and the interconnected systems, driving improvements in quality processes.
• Systems Thinking and Supply Chain Expertise - Cultivate systems thinking and gain insights into the complexities of supply chain management, with a focus on manufacturing, including valuable exposure to shoe manufacturing processes.
• Gain confidence by successfully completing and implementing projects, translating theoretical knowledge into practical, real-world applications.

In addition to the projects you’ll be assigned within your department, the 2024 intern cohort will work together on solving a real world challenge we’re facing at Red Wing Shoe Company. Over the course of the summer, you’ll meet for a few hours each week with your cohort to gather insights, conduct research, and form a recommendation which will be presented to our leadership team at the conclusion of the program.

Qualifications

We’re looking for students who meet the following requirements:

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, Supply Chain Systems, Chemical preferred)
• Enrolling as a Junior or Senior in the 2024-2025 academic year
• Strong experience within MS Excel, Office 365 Suite, Sharepoint
• Completed classes in quality management, six-sigma, process engineering or prior internship experience within a manufacturing setting is preferred

Additional Information

Red Wing Shoes is an Equal Opportunity Employer .

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
Individuals with disabilities needing assistance in completing an application may contact rwsc.recruitment@redwingshoes.com or call 651-388-8211.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP at https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm

All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory results of a background check and drug screen.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug-free workplace.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)