Manufacturing Engineering Intern - Summer 2025 (Houston, TX 77041) (Engineering)

About the Role:

Travis Body & Trailer, Inc. is seeking motivated and driven students to join our team as Manufacturing Engineer Interns for Summer 2025. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals pursuing a career in manufacturing or industrial engineering to gain valuable, hands-on experience in a fast-paced production environment.

As an Engineer Intern, you will work alongside our experienced engineering and operations teams to learn about manufacturing processes, quality control, production flow, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in analyzing and improving manufacturing processes to enhance safety, efficiency, and product quality.

• Support production teams in troubleshooting process-related issues.

• Participate in time studies, workflow analysis, and process documentation.

• Collaborate with engineers and supervisors to identify opportunities for cost reduction and process optimization.

• Assist in implementing Lean Manufacturing principles and other continuous improvement projects.

• Engage with production staff to learn daily operational challenges and support solutions.

• Prepare and present a final project/report summarizing key learnings and contributions.

Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.

• Strong interest in manufacturing processes and operations.

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

• Basic understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles is a plus.

Internship Benefits:

• Hands-on, real-world manufacturing experience.

• Direct mentorship from experienced engineers and operations leaders.

• Exposure to a dynamic and supportive work environment.

• Opportunity to develop technical and soft skills relevant to a career in engineering.

• Competitive internship compensation.

Schedule:

• Monday thru Friday 7:00A – 04:00P or Monday thru Friday 8:00A – 05:30P
• Additional overtime as needed

 

 

Key Competencies:

Consistently Achieves Results - Effectively manages budgets; meets planned financial targets; achieves both top and bottom line growth objectives; readily produces strategies for reducing or avoiding costs without compromising quality; meets the Customer's satisfaction level; meets or exceeds the standards set for the position specific responsibilities.

Analytical Abilities - Makes recommendations based on solid assumptions when solving complex problems; analyzes data to obtain meaningful information; identifies conflicting or inaccurate information.

Problem Solving - Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at first answers.

 

Interpersonal Skills - Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the company; builds appropriate rapport; listens; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; truly values people; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.

Customer Focus - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external Customers; gets Customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; considers Customers in all business practices; establishes and maintains effective relationships with Customers.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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)

See job description