Lean Operations Support Co-op

Position Summary

This position will support continuous improvement efforts by gathering, analyzing, and presenting data, and by assisting with the implementation of Lean initiatives across operations. This role provides hands‑on exposure to Lean manufacturing principles while contributing to measurable operational improvements.

• Collect and organize operational data related to safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity
• Perform basic data analysis to identify trends, gaps, and improvement opportunities
• Support Lean initiatives such as standard work, one point lessons hour by hour, daily management, visual management, and waste identification
• Assist with process mapping, gap analysis, and time studies
• Prepare reports, charts, and presentations to communicate findings and progress
• Support implementation follow‑up by tracking action items and results
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, quality, maintenance, and leadership teams to support improvement efforts
• Work with site or functional leadership to develop current and future Value Streams, standard work, sustained stability to achieve operating goals.
• Follow Regal Rexnord Ethics and Safety programs
• Follow State and Federal Environmental Compliance Programs.
• Perform other assignments as assigned.

• Gain practical experience applying Lean methodology in a manufacturing environment
• Develop analytical and problem‑solving skills using real operational data
• Learn how data supports decision‑making and continuous improvement
• Build professional communication skills through presentations and cross‑functional teamwork

• Education:
  
  Currently enrolled in college in Engineering Technology, Operations, Business, or related program.
• Skills:
  • Strong interest in Lean, continuous improvement, CNC machining or manufacturing operations
  • Basic proficiency in Excel and data analysis tools
  • Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Travel:
  None

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications.

The company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools. The company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments:
Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit

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