Quality Intern
Minneapolis, MNInternship$21–22.5/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Quality Intern supports Quality and Continuous Improvement initiatives at Electric Machinery Company, a division of WEG Electric Corp. The role provides hands-on experience analyzing and improving manufacturing processes and quality systems. The intern works with quality and manufacturing leaders, engages shop floor employees, participates in Kaizen events, and leads small improvement projects. The internship concludes with a final project demonstrating the intern’s contribution.
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Full job description
Quality Intern
Minneapolis, MN (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=800+Central+Ave+NE+Minneapolis+MN+USA+55413)
Job Type
Internship
Description
Electric Machinery Company. a division of WEG Electric Corp.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Position: Quality Intern
Department: Quality and Continuous Improvement
Primary Objective of Position:
Assist and support Quality and Continuous Improvement initiatives. Gain valuable hands-on experience with analysis and improvement of manufacturing processes and quality systems. Projects and activities include workplace organization, bottleneck analysis, Kaizen, process mapping and continuous flow/layout improvements. The Quality Intern will identify and present a final project at the end of their internship to illustrate how the Intern contributed value to Electric Machinery Company.
Major Areas of Accountability:
Work with the Lean Continuous Improvement Program Manager, Quality Department and manufacturing leaders to identify and address process inefficiencies, improve productivity and decrease non value-added activity.
Engage directly with shop floor employees to identify problems/gaps and continuous improvement opportunities.
Participate in Kaizen events and lead small projects with key players to develop and implement solutions.
Perform other activities related to the ones above as required by the Quality and Continuous Improvement Manager and/or Lean Continuous Improvement Program Manager.
Qualifications/Knowledge/Skills/Abilities :
3.0 cumulative overall GPA or better (on a 4.0 scale).
Currently a full-time student pursuing a BS (junior status or higher) or MS degree for Industrial or Quality Engineering/Management, from an accredited college or university. Coursework in Total Quality Management, Lean Manufacturing/Enterprise, Value Stream Mapping, Manufacturing Flow Analysis & Layout, and Operations Planning and Control is preferred.
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification is a plus.
Proficient with using Microsoft Office products (plus Power BI).
Experience with CAD software for creating 2D layouts or 3D drawings (AutoCAD, Creo or SolidWorks).
Energetic, enthusiastic self-starter; able to organize and pursue broad objectives under the guidance of a mentor; ability to manage multiple and changing priorities.
Solid written and verbal communication skills.
Strong people skills and the ability to engage with both shop floor and office personnel.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
Resourceful and innovative in finding solutions to ambiguous problems.
Salary
Starting at $21.00 to $22.50 per hour
Company cannot provide sponsorship for this position
Salary Description
starting at $21.00
How this job compares
Set against the 888 open Quality Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$21–22.5/hr
- US median$28–40/hr97 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $21.75/hr, is 40% below the US median midpoint ($36/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Quality Engineering hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 41 open Quality Engineering jobs in Minnesota and 888 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Quality Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 9 years (630 postings).
- Education
- 403 of the 888 open Quality Engineering jobs (45%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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