Quality Engineering Internship (Co-op)

Job summary

Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC) invites a co-op student in engineering to apply principles learned in school to hands-on manufacturing challenges.

The assignment emphasizes learning with increasing responsibility and a strong focus on quality and process improvement. The student will spend 50–60% of time in the manufacturing plant, interact with PCC customers and vendors, and participate in project teams to develop requirements and specifications for new and existing processes.

Qualifications

• Full-time student pursuing a bachelor's degree in Materials, Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering.
• This position requires 20 hours per week minimum.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel; good writing and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Apply engineering principles learned in school to hands-on situations and quality evaluations.
• Progressively assume responsibility in quality engineering during the co-op.
• Interact with PCC customers and vendors to help improve processes.

Skills

• Engineering knowledge
• Must have excellent mathematical, analytical, problem solving and organizations skills
• Possess a strong technical aptitude along with the ability to work independently
• Ability to interact with all levels of personnel in cross-functional

Education

• Minimum second year in Bachelor's in Materials, Mechanical or Aeronautical Engineering
• Hours may be slightly modified to accommodate for school schedule. Intern position will be flexible to work around breaks, weekly school schedule, etc.

With more than 120 operations and approximately 20,000 employees worldwide, Precision Castparts Corp. is the market leader in manufacturing large, complex structural investment castings, airfoil castings, forged components, aerostructures and highly engineered, critical fasteners for aerospace applications. In addition, we are the leading producer of airfoil castings for the industrial gas turbine market. We also manufacture extruded seamless pipe, fittings, and forgings for power generation and oil & gas applications; commercial and military airframe aerostructures; and metal alloys and other materials for the casting and forging industries. With such critical applications, we insist on quality and dependability – not just in the materials and products we make, but in the people we recruit.

PCC is relentless in its dedication to being a high-quality, low-cost and on-time producer; delivering the highest value to its customers while continually pursuing strategic, profitable growth.

In 2016, Berkshire Hathaway, led by Chairman and CEO Warren E. Buffett, acquired Precision Castparts Corp.