Management Trainee

PROGRAM STRUCTURE: The program consists of fixed sequential rotations across operational and support departments.

• Support Rotation
  • Quality 
    • Objectives: Learn the product and its application while being able to identify and recognize quality defects.  Additionally understand the quality system.
    • Deliverables: should include the ability to clearly identify products and defects effectively track and report defects using the established quality reporting and escalation systems and also participate actively in root cause analysis and corrective actions.
  • EHS 
    • Objectives: Learn environmental compliance sustainability practices regulatory requirements hazard identification and incident investigation.
    • Deliverables: Demonstrated ability to track and report incidents using the EHS reporting and escalation system and participate in root cause analysis and corrective actions..
• Core Operations 
  • Foundry Production (Off Shift Supervision Assignment) 
    • Objectives: Understand production processes equipment workflow and efficiency metrics. Learn cost drivers understand downtime causes and implement continuous improvement practices.  Lead and oversee production team members.
    • Deliverables: Operator cross-training (labor utilization) participation in improvement initiatives (KPI Tracking) and a production improvement proposal.
  • Maintenance/Engineering 
    • Objectives:
      • Understand preventive predictive and corrective maintenance
      • Understand how engineering decisions affect safety efficiency quality and long-term asset performance.
      • Gain a foundational knowledge of engineering support functions related to equipment process improvements and capital projects.
    • Deliverables:
      • Participate in preventive maintenance planning under department supervision.
      • Demonstrated understanding of KPIs
      • Completion of complete at least six root cause analysis and corrective actions.
      • Participation in engineering reviews equipment upgrades or process improvement initiatives where a management of change (MOC) is applicable.
  • Tyler Union Facility (Finishing/Shipping/Sales/Planning) 
    • Objectives:
      • Understand finishing operations including quality standards and labor utilization while learning how activities impact customer satisfaction inventory and shipment readiness.
      • Gain working knowledge of outbound shipping processes carrier coordination and documentation.
      • Learn the relationship between production capacity customer commitments and revenue.
      • Understand the impact of planning on shipping and customer service.
    • Deliverables:
      • Completion of at least one process improvement recommendation from finishing or shipping.
      • Demonstrated understanding of order-to-delivery process from a customer perspective.
      • Demonstrated ability to review and interpret schedules forecasts and backlog reports.
      • Customer engagement market analysis and sales process improvement recommendation.
• Final Support Rotation 
  • Human Resources 
    • Objectives: Learn employee relations and HR compliance.
    • Deliverables: Participation in an HR process improvement suggestion.
  • Accounting / Finance 
    • Objectives: understanding cost structures such as bill of materials and process routers learning about cost accounting processes and becoming familiar with financial reporting.
    • Deliverables: Demonstrate a clear understanding of product cost manufacturing cost cost reporting and budget variance reporting.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in engineering required
  • Mechanical metallurgical - preferred
  • Foundry - desired
• Strong written & verbal communication skills
• Strong computer skills (MS Office)

Additional Information :

Physical Demands

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 frequently required to stand walk sit use hands and fingers to handle or feel reach with hands and arms talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb balance stoop kneel crouch or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

Work Environment

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 occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race color religion sex national origin age sexual orientation disability veteran or service member status marital status citizenship status (In IL - sex including same sex ancestry order of protection status physical or mental disability military status pregnancy unfavorable discharge status genetic information) (In IA - gender identity) (In CA- gender identity or expression and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal state or local law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time