Engineering Intern – Facility Layout and Process Improvement
Enventure Global Technology
16 days ago
Internship
On-site
Katy, Texas, United States
Process Improvement/Quality Improvement
Engineering Intern – Facility Layout and Process Improvement
Location: Katy, Texas (Energy Corridor)
Summer 2026
Part-time, ~20 hrs/week
Major in Industrial Engineering required
About the opportunity
Our production shop located in Katy, Texas — roughly 15 minutes west of Houston in the Energy Corridor — needs a motivated Industrial Engineer (IE) student to spend part of their summer doing meaningful, hands-on industrial engineering work.This is a classic IE assignment: walk the floor, analyze our current facility layout, identify inefficiencies, and help us build a roadmap to improve throughput and reduce waste. You will leave with a real deliverable in your portfolio and direct exposure to production operations.
We understand you want to enjoy your summer too. The schedule is flexible — roughly 20 hours per week — and we will work around your availability.
Ideal candidate: An LSU IE junior or senior heading home to the Houston area for the summer who wants to put the skills they learned during Play Layout (IE 4516) to work in a real production environment. No relocation assistance or housing stipend is provided — this role is designed for students already based in the greater Houston area.
What you will do
- Conduct a current-state analysis of our production floor layout using systematic layout planning (SLP) methodology
- Develop flow diagrams, relationship charts, and space requirement analyses
- Identify bottlenecks, wasted motion, and suboptimal material flow patterns
- Propose and document alternative layout configurations with supporting rationale
- Apply basic process improvement techniques (5S, time studies, flow analysis) to targeted work areas
- Present findings and recommendations to shop leadership at the end of the internship
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering program
- Preference to have Completed IE 4516 – Plant Layout
- Based in the greater Houston / Katy area for the summer (no relocation support provided)
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, SketchUp, or similar layout/drafting tools (or willingness to learn)
- Familiarity with Excel for data collection and analysis
- Strong observational skills and ability to work independently on the shop floor
- Effective written and verbal communication
- Coursework or project experience in methods engineering, lean manufacturing, or ergonomics
- Prior exposure to a manufacturing or production environment (co-op, job shadow, personal background)
- Familiarity with SLP (Systematic Layout Planning) methodology
- Pay: 20 USD per hour
- Approximately 20 hours per week, flexible scheduling
- Duration: Summer 2026 (start/end dates negotiable)
- Location: Katy, TX — Energy Corridor area, ~15 min west of Houston Metro
- On-site / remote work hybrid position
- No housing stipend or relocation assistance provided