Co-Op: Manufacturing Engineer - Equipment Maintenance (Spring 2027)

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match. 

What you will do

In this role, you will play a key part in the initiative to build an industrial maintenance organization and make an impact on equipment uptime to enable production to support our customers. You will learn best practices, identify root causes of equipment failures, and implement process and equipment design changes to reduce unplanned downtime. 

THIS IS US, YOUR NEW COLLEAGUES

We are a team that works to ensure our production equipment is available to produce good quality parts at the necessary rate to achieve production goals. This is accomplished by implementing and executing equipment restoration, reactive and proactive maintenance strategies, and by optimizing equipment design. Maintenance is more than responding to when equipment fails – we strive to take the necessary steps so that failures are prevented before they can occur.

The maintenance team is on a journey to become a world-class organization by implementing best practices and investing in our human resources.

This position will be based at our Kings Mountain Operations manufacturing site in Kings Mountain, NC

Role description/Responsibilities:

• Develop precision job plans for routine, complex, and proactive maintenance tasks specifying tasks, tools, resources, parts required to complete, and time estimates 
• Implement systems & processes to drive continuous improvement such as management of change and computerized maintenance management systems

• Proactive maintenance strategy development to reduce unplanned downtime – including preventative and predictive techniques and autonomous (operator-driven) maintenance activities 

• Determine opportunities for design changes to improve equipment reliability, design/collaborate with engineering to implement and using data to measure improvement 

• Review, prioritize, plan, and coordinate with maintenance supervisors for ad-hoc and routine maintenance activities to ensure safe work and minimal production interruptions 

• Lead root cause analysis activities for downtime/quality/rate deviations – identify problem and impact, determine root cause utilizing 5 why/fishbone techniques and implement necessary preventative actions 

• Reduce costs through optimization of maintenance tasks and equipment reliability enhancements 

Who are you?

We are looking for candidates with the following skills, knowledge, and experience:

• • Working towards a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering or Mechanical Engineering at an accredited school, and have completed 30 semester hours of undergraduate studies prior to the start of the internship. 
  • Applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75. 
  • Co-ops are not enrolled in academic courses during their co-op rotation and may work up to 40 hours per week.
  • Office 365, Power Automate, Power BI skills preferred
  • Experience with AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or other CAD programs
  • Analytics skills or experience a plus
  • Ability to design basic electrical circuits and experience with PLC a plus

At the Volvo Group, we strive for a clear, transparent, and straightforward compensation approach, motivating you to contribute to the company’s growth. For all intern and co-op positions, the hourly range is set at $17.00 - $46.00. The hourly rate for these roles is determined by several factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, academic classification, and degree seeking area of study. In addition to these factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.

We also offer the following benefits to interns and co-ops: 
• Housing assistance, when applicable
• Countless career opportunities / internal mobility across our global organization     
• Training and personal development

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

We value your data privacy and therefore do not accept applications via mail. 

Who we are and what we believe in 
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. ​We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. ​We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment. 

Mack Trucks is part of Volvo Group. Founded in 1900, Mack Trucks is an iconic brand that embodies the American spirit: pioneering, hard-working, authentic and ambitious. Mack trucks are recognized around the world as “The American Truck You Can Count On,” thanks to our durable, reliable and application-driven vehicles that get the job done. With Mack Trucks you will be part of a global and diverse team. We work with passion, we trust each other and we embrace change to stay ahead. We make our customers win.