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Summer Intern - Chemical Engineer

Sc Electric Company

Summer Intern - Chemical Engineer

Chicago, IL
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Career Opportunities: Summer Intern - Chemical Engineer (28171) Req Id 28171 - Posted 04/12/2018 - The Human Energy of S&C Integrity, enthusiasm, sustained energy. These are the traits that S&C has always looked for and found when seeking people to join our 100% employee-owned team. S&C supports these qualities with a strong package of pay and benefits, excellent education and training programs, a challenging work environment, and broad opportunities for advancement. Location: Chicago Address of Location: 6601 N Ridge Blvd, IL, Chicago 60626 Education Requirements: High School Diploma/ GED Required Relevant Work Experience Requirements: Less than 1 year JOB SUMMARY S&C is a global provider of equipment and services for electric power systems. Founded in 1911, the Chicago-based company designs and manufactures switching and protection products for electric power transmission and distribution. As part of U.S. Production Operations, U.S. Fabrication is charged not only with maintaining the finishing system operations and practices to produce long-lasting quality finishes but also with operating all finishing system production and waste air and water systems in an environmentally sound manner. The Chemical Engineer Intern will work directly for the Senior Manager - Process Engineering to complete tasks such as learning/analyzing the current paint processes and investigate ways to improve upon them, help create capital equipment business cases, run trials, help with and lead engineering projects, and overall help to integrate new ideas related to continuous improvement into the finishing processes. The focus for this engineer will be on helping to implement major capital projects and lean initiatives for the areas through engineering methods and procedures. The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, the following: - Work closely with Process and Senior Engineers to develop business cases for major capital projects. - Study the finishing processes to gain understanding.

    • Investigate feasibility and costs of improvements to process - Perform engineering studies on processes to seek out improvements/solve problems. - Implement improvements to process (using KPIs to guide changes) - Perform lab analysis of test materials per ASTM standards - Create/Revise standard work documents and other documentation for the process/materials (PSPs, MSPs, IBs) per instruction of supervisor using Microsoft office tools. - Work closely with individuals within production operations. - Participate in lean activities in the area such as 5S labeling, creating visuals, improving processes. To select this job as one of interest to you, at a minimum, you must have the following: - A student in good standing at an acredited university pursuing B.S. in Chemical Engineering and be returning to school full-time at the end of the internship - Ability to think analytically, independently, and outside of the box to provide fresh ideas to improve processes - Ability to work with people in a production/plant environment - Microsoft office and PC Skills MAJOR PHYSICAL DEMANDS - Standing: Moderate - Lifting: Minimal - Walking: Frequent walking moderate distances (less than ¼ mile) - Carrying: Minimal - Pushing: Minimal - Pulling: Minimal - Bending: Minimal - Reaching: Minimal - Handling: Minimal - Environment: office and plant floor fluctuating temperatures - Other: Frequent use of PC keyboard and mouse as well as digital camera Number of Openings: 1.00 Employment Status: Non-Exempt Employment Classification: Co-Op/Intern Shift: 1 Core Working Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. COMPANY OVERVIEW: S&C Electric Company is a global provider of equipment and services for electric power systems. Founded in 1911, the Chicago-based company designs and manufactures switching and protection products for electric power transmission and distribution. S&C's products help deliver electric power efficiently and reliably. Some are used to switch circuits. Others minimize damage to equipment in the event of a fault or reduce the area of an outage by automatically rerouting power flow; S&C's sophisticated power-quality products can deliver uninterrupted power for an entire facility, for crucial process industries. In addition, S&C offers a wide range of engineering, laboratory, and testing services for electric utilities and commercial, industrial, and institutional power systems. S&C provides solutions for customers worldwide. The company has engineering offices and manufacturing facilities in Chicago, Illinois; Franklin, Wisconsin; Alameda, California; Duvall, Washington; Rockville, Maryland; and Orlando, Florida. S&C subsidiaries operate in Toronto, Canada; Curitiba, Brazil; Mexico City and Aguascalientes, Mexico; Wales, United Kingdom; South Yarra, Australia; and Suzhou, China. Thank you for your interest in S&C Electric Company. S&C has a proud and longstanding tradition of providing equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or marital status. Further, S&C is committed to taking affirmative action to ensure that qualified females, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities can pursue equal employment opportunities. For information regarding equal employment opportunity, please see http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf.
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    Utilities