Second Co-Op At Innotec
Matthew
Experience Information
Employer: Innotec Corporation
Job Title: Engineering Co-Op
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Received Credit: Yes
Paid: Yes
Abroad: No
Description of the Organization
At Innotec, we believe the difference between being a good and a great company is more than just the ability to work harder than others. It's the values we demonstrate in our work - integrity, humility and trust. Knowing that the successes we achieve are all for a greater purpose drives our passion for excellence. Innotec's Vision is to: "Be a company based on Biblical Principles "Be wise STEWARDS of our God-given talents and resources to improve lives. Grow people, give generously, employ, produce beneficial products "Be a dynamic, winning CULTURE where we love to work. Innotec is a biblically based production company that deals for the most part with plastic molded parts and lighting solutions. They have other divisions that deal with things like furniture, design, shipping, etc.
Description of the Tasks/Projects Completed
The majority of my time was spent being production responsible. This entitled startup, shutdown, correcting machine stoppages, correcting machine errors, assisting manual process personnel, assembling boxes, cleaning the area, filling materials for production, reworking in process production parts, IMM tool changes, IMM cover changes, quality checks, and a whole other number of day to day issues. When not being production responsible my two other main tasks were to monitor internal scrap / rework and spare parts levels. The scrap / rework responsibilities included formulating reports for the daily, three day, weekly, and monthly numbers, doing all rework for product that was unable to pass manual inspection, and alerting team members of any spikes or changes in internal scrap / rework. The spare parts responsibilities was very straight forward. I was responsible for reordering any spare parts used in the day to day operations of the production area. I was also responsible for researching any parts needed for projects being done by fellow area members. I was responsible for getting the best price possible and keeping needed parts on hand. I would have also like to re-organize and set up a tracking system for the spare part storage areas, but this was not possible due to the large amount of production and other responsibilities. The remainder of my time was spent fixing daily problems that occurred with production machines. I worked on a number of items through out the course of the semester: - Bezel IMM Feeder - Housing IMM Feeder - Housing Circuit Pick And Place - Housing Part Feeder Bowl Improvements - Housing LED Install Improvements - Bezel Feeder - Bezel Finished Product Tote Stacker - Reflector Scrap Track - Circuit Die - Making new production and area announcement boards All of these "projects" were small items that were only addressed when production was stopped or interrupted as a result of that particular station being broken or malfunctioning. Some other small improvements dealt with wiring and fixing transfer problems. Overall, production was far more important and took priority over everything else.
Skills/Knowledge Gained Through The Experience
I already have a large amount of experience with production and maintaining production. I can only say that I gained more experience in skills that I already possess and have previous experience with. I did not gain any new skills/knowledge from this second co-op semester.
Favorite Part of the Experience
I can not say that I had a favorite part to this experience. The large majority of my time was spent running production or maintaining production. I would have liked to expand my knowledge bases, skills, and career development/experience.
How the Experience Influenced Future Career Goals
This experience has influenced me by confirming that I would prefer a future career in something that does not deal directly with production. I do not enjoy spending time running machinery and maintaining machinery.