Job opportunity
Operational Excellence Co-op Student
InterPro Pipe + Steel
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
Bottleneck Analysis
Waste Analysis
EBS Support
What you’ll deliver by the end of your term
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
Requirements
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
Our total compensation package includes amazing benefits!
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
While we thank all those who apply, only those being actively considered for employment will be contacted.
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 [email protected] 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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Apply on source site 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
What you’ll deliver by the end of your term
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
Requirements
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
Our total compensation package includes amazing benefits!
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
While we thank all those who apply, only those being actively considered for employment will be contacted.
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 [email protected] 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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