Operational Excellence Co-op Student
- Red Deer, AB, Canada
Full-time
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At Interpro Pipe & Steel Inc., our strength starts with our people! As a team we collaborate to solve problems, contribute ideas and challenge each other to ensure growth and ultimately success for the business and our employees.
At Interpro Pipe & Steel Inc., our strength starts with our people. As a team, we collaborate to solve problems, contribute ideas, and challenge each other to grow.
We are hiring a co-op student to find out where our tubular lines lose throughput and where they generate waste, and to put numbers on both. You will spend most of your term on the shop floor and in our production data, measuring cycle times, finding the constraint on each line, and quantifying the waste that sits around it.
Your findings feed directly into our Enterprise Business System (EBS), the stage-gate process through which every continuous improvement initiative at Interpro runs. Good analysis from this role becomes funded projects that operations teams act on.
What You’ll Work On
Equal Opportunity Employer
Orion Steel Group LLC is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
Orion Steel Group LLC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.
If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please e-mail careers@orionsteel.com or call: (312) 533-3577. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.
Join a team that manufactures excellence, drives success and builds careers!
At Interpro Pipe & Steel Inc., our strength starts with our people. As a team, we collaborate to solve problems, contribute ideas, and challenge each other to grow.
We are hiring a co-op student to find out where our tubular lines lose throughput and where they generate waste, and to put numbers on both. You will spend most of your term on the shop floor and in our production data, measuring cycle times, finding the constraint on each line, and quantifying the waste that sits around it.
Your findings feed directly into our Enterprise Business System (EBS), the stage-gate process through which every continuous improvement initiative at Interpro runs. Good analysis from this role becomes funded projects that operations teams act on.
What You’ll Work On
- Bottleneck Analysis
- Waste Analysis
- EBS Support
- A current-state value stream map for each tubular line in scope
- A constraint analysis per line: where the bottleneck is, the data behind it, and what it costs in lost throughput
- A waste register that lists each waste found, where it occurs, and its estimated annual impact
- At least three improvement opportunities entered into EBS with baseline data and estimated value
- A repeatable data collection method (time study sheets, queries, templates) so the analysis can be refreshed after you leave
- A final presentation to operations leadership
- Currently enrolled in an engineering or engineering technology co-op program (industrial, manufacturing, mechanical, process systems or related), with at least second year completed
- Strong Excel skills: pivot tables, lookups and basic charting
- Working knowledge of statistics (averages, variation, distributions)
- Comfortable working on the shop floor in PPE around heavy industrial equipment
- Clear written and verbal communication, and the confidence to ask operators how the work is really done
- Able to manage your own time and work with limited supervision
- Coursework or training in Lean, Six Sigma (Yellow or Green Belt), or operations management preferred
- Exposure to Power BI, SQL, Python or Minitab preferred
- Previous co-op or work experience in manufacturing, heavy industry or oil and gas preferred
- Valid driver’s license for occasional travel between sites preferred
- Competitive wages and bonus opportunities
- Family medical, dental, and prescription coverage at minimal employee cost
- Short and long-term disability programs
- Competitive retirement plans
- Employer-provided and Voluntary Life Insurance options
- Paid vacation and recognized statutory holidays
- Apprenticeship and career advancement within the company
- Tuition reimbursement
Equal Opportunity Employer
Orion Steel Group LLC is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
Orion Steel Group LLC is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.
If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please e-mail careers@orionsteel.com or call: (312) 533-3577. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.
Join a team that manufactures excellence, drives success and builds careers!
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Responsibilities
Analyze tubular production lines to identify bottlenecks, measure cycle times, and quantify waste and its impact on throughput. Document findings in value stream maps and the waste register, enter improvement opportunities into EBS, develop repeatable data collection methods, and present results to operations leadership.
Requirements
Applicants must be enrolled in an engineering or engineering technology co-op program and have completed at least second year, with strong Excel skills and working knowledge of statistics. They should be comfortable on an industrial shop floor, communicate clearly, and work independently; Lean or Six Sigma training and experience with analytics tools or manufacturing are preferred.
Skills
- Bottleneck Analysis
- Waste Analysis
- Value Stream Mapping
- Cycle Time Measurement
- Production Data Analysis
- Excel
- Pivot Tables
- Statistical Analysis
- Lean
- Six Sigma
- Enterprise Business System (EBS)
- Power BI
- SQL
- Python
- Minitab
- Communication
Benefits
- Competitive Wages
- Bonus Opportunities
- Family Medical Coverage
- Dental Coverage
- Prescription Coverage
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- Retirement Plans
- Employer-Provided Life Insurance
- Voluntary Life Insurance
- Paid Vacation
- Statutory Holidays
- Apprenticeship and Career Advancement
- Tuition Reimbursement
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Categories
- Manufacturing
- Engineering
- Data & Analytics
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Operational Excellence
- Continuous Improvement
- Tubular Production Lines
- Bottleneck Analysis
- Waste Analysis
- Throughput
- Cycle Time Studies
- Constraint Analysis
- Value Stream Mapping
- Waste Register
- Enterprise Business System (EBS)
- Stage-Gate Process
- Baseline Data
- Excel
- Pivot Tables
- Statistical Analysis
- Lean
- Six Sigma
- Yellow Belt
- Green Belt
- Power BI
- SQL
- Python
- Minitab
- Manufacturing
- Industrial Engineering
- Production Data
- Shop Floor
- PPE
- Operations Management