Part Time Student - Manufacturing Engineering - Davenport, IA (115788)

As a Factory Part Time Student - Manufacturing Engineering at John Deere Davenport Works located in Davenport, IA you will support manufacturing planning and process control activities for Davenport Works fabrication production departments. This role will include a wide variety of tasks in support of our manufacturing objectives and leverage your previous job/internships/experiences building upon the skills obtained within your accredited degree program. In addition, you will:

• Support daily operations by responding to tactical issues in a shop floor environment.
• Actively participate in Continuous Improvement (CI) process on the shop floor – improving and implementing departmental Safety, Quality, Efficiency, Delivery, Ergonomic, & Cost reduction projects
• Works with electronic tools to perform engineering functions.
• Assist in investigations and corrective actions and leverage innovative ideas to best address long standing manufacturing issues

This position is not available to students on immigration visas. 

What Skills You Need

• Ideally you will be pursuing a degree in the following: Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Technology, others may apply
• Must be registered as a full-time student at an accredited college/university.
• Graduation date of December 2026 or later.
• Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above.
• Available to work during the academic year 16-20 hours/weekly.
• Available to work during the summer semester 30-40 hours/weekly.
• Must be able to commute to the work location in Davenport, Iowa on a daily basis year-round
• An effective communicator who thrives on solving problems and working in a team environment
• Experience demonstrating technical aptitude in an Engineering discipline
• Experience with root cause analysis, corrective action, mistake proofing or digital process control tools
• A self-starter with the ability to execute multiple tasks in parallel
• Ability to gather, analyze, and summarize trend data to make sound decisions 

What Makes You Stand Out

• Demonstrable mechanical aptitude or familiarity and ability work within a manufacturing environment
• Familiarity with drawing and schematic interpretation, product models and /or geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
• Experience with software programming languages and/or ML familiarity
• Experience in one or more related engineering areas: electrical, software programming, troubleshooting, design, and manufacturing
• Manufacturing Factory hands on experience
• SAP experience
• Strong organizational and planning skills
• Strong communication skills with experience solving technical problems

$15 - $40 hourly based on published rates for business function and education level.