Manufacturing Engineering Internship (Summer 2025)

Schneider Electric has a great opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer Intern in our Mount Juliet, TN facility for Summer 2025. This position is on-site, so the ideal candidate must be located in the general area.

If you have any interest Sustainability, Operations, Supply Chain and the Manufacturing World, come work with our North American Supply Chain Team!

Schneider Electric creates connected technologies that reshape industries, transform cities, and enrich lives. Our 135,000 employees thrive in more than 100 countries. From the simplest of switches to complex operational systems, our technology, software, and services improve the way our customers manage and automate their operations. Help us deliver solutions that ensure Life Is On everywhere, for everyone, and at every moment.

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What do you get to do in this position? 

• Team member for problem solving regarding internal and external customer concerns utilizing tools including 8D, Kaizen, Six Sigma... all driving to understanding Root Cause - implementing corrective and preventative actions and driving continuous improvement. 
• Works with the Quality Engineer on the review, development, and implementation of PFMEA, process control plans and poka-yoke & Jidoka opportunities.
• Interfaces heavily with Technical Antennas, manufacturing hourly and salaried support personnel, and external corporate engineering, quality, and supplier quality resources.
• Supports new product introductions, supplier development activities relating to Columbia components, and is a key contributor to those overall successes.
• Benchmark with other Schneider entities, align, and deploy projects to utilize digital technology in the process robustness.
• Review the implementation and efficiency of Quality Controls such as Poka Yokes and Jidokas.
• Support capability studies and Perform Gage R&R Studies.
• Provide tooling and process recommendations to optimize product and in process inspections.

This job might be for you if you have:

• Undergraduate degree/Higher education (Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Electronic)
• Experience within manufacturing Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent
• Experience with 8D problem solving methodology, tool utilization (ie. 5Why, fishbone (cause and effect), etc)
• Six Sigma knowledge, experience, certification highly desired
• Demonstrated analytical skills with data, problem resolution, project management
• Excellent skills in leadership, communication both verbal and written, and attention to detail
• Strong desire to work with people, on the manufacturing floor and with customer interface, excellent follow-up, and execution skills.
• Candidate should be a quick learner able to apply themselves across multiple roles both internal to Columbia and supporting corporate initiatives related to customer satisfaction and quality.

Who will you report to?

An experienced Manufacturing Engineering & Maintenance Manager 

We seek out and reward people for putting the customer first, being disruptive to the status quo, embracing different perspectives, continuously learning, and acting like owners. We’re recognized around the world for welcoming people as they are. We create an inclusive culture where all forms of diversity are seen as a real value for the company. 

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Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our  IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

€36 billion global revenue
13% organic growth
150 000 employees in 100 countries
#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here
 
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