Fall Lean & Quality Co-Op - Eaton, OH

Fall 2026 Lean & Quality Co-Op - Eaton, OH

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Drive continuous improvement by leading audits and 5S, supporting problem-solving, safety analyses, time studies, and layout planning, while assisting with capability studies and vision inspection troubleshooting.

• Lead layered process audit system including daily communication & monthly metric reporting
• Lead plant-wide 5S program, managing projects & coordinating resources to help other teams complete their goals.
• Learn problem solving techniques and participate in problem solving sessions to identify root causes
• Perform Job Safety Analyses to identify potential risks to team member safety
• Participate in kaizen events
• Assist with 2P events to brainstorm potential new manufacturing cell layouts
• Generate standard work instructions
• Conduct time studies
• Participate on, facilitate, and/or lead HPT's. (High Performance Teams)
• Complete equipment/process capability studies and analyze data
• Learn basic gauging techniques and lead gage R&Rs studies
• Complete Process Audits
• Ability to learn and troubleshoot cameras for vision inspection
• Ability to problem solve manufacturing processes and implement corrective actions
• Implement other projects as necessary

• Minimum GPA of 3.0
• Currently enrolled Sophomore, Junior, Senior or master’s program student
• Majors:
  Most engineering majors, including mechanical, mechanical technology, electrical, general, packaging, chemical, industrial, materials science, and general
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and work efficiently
• Microsoft Office proficiency

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.
With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.
Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.
Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.
By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance,…