Materials Support Engineer Intern

At Gentex, you’ll help create innovative technologies that improve how people live, travel, and stay connected. Join a company driven by quality products across an evolving range of industries.

Job Description

The Materials Support Engineer (MSE) is part of the supply chain operations team and focuses on maintaining safe, accurate, and efficient operations across the organizational value stream. In addition to supporting daily operations, MSE’s help identify continuous improvement opportunities in the areas of warehousing, transportation, material handling, inventory control, and material flow. They are involved in a variety of projects and use creativity and problem solving skills to improve various aspects of safety, accuracy, material and information flow, and operational efficiency. MSE’s gain valuable experience working in cross-functional teams and are also given opportunities to lead projects and small teams.

The goal of the MSE program is to provide a unique experience where individuals can explore different areas of supply chain, develop leadership skills, and build a foundation for launching a successful supply chain career path at Gentex.

Key Competencies, Behaviors, & Values

• Must be an effective communicator and a team player
• Enthusiastic individual with exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills
• Brings a positive attitude which promotes teamwork and continuous improvement
• Proven analytical ability to understand and solve technical issues in a team environment
• High organizational skills and attention to quality and accuracy
• Creative problem-solver who embraces continuous improvement
• Values integrity, honesty and hard work

Qualifications

• Minimum 3.0 GPA
• Actively pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or related Engineering program
• Graduates in Dec 2018 or May 2019
• Experience in supply chain or manufacturing operations is preferred but not required

Gentex is an equal opportunity employer

Gentex extends equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants and employees regardless of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), disability, marital status, military service, height, weight, genetic information, or any other reason protected by law.

Assistance

Gentex is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at [email protected]. Gentex will not discriminate against any qualified individual who can perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

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