Job TitleIntern - Quality Assurance
Job Description
The Vanderlande Internship Program aims to provide interns with an opportunity to acquire a hands-on experience on real life projects and learn from subject matter experts while helping Vanderlande in improving business practices.
During the program the intern will learn and put to practice the following:
- Quality Management Systems: Internal processes and supplier qualification based on ISO 9001:2015 principles.
- Customer and field issues: address quality escapes at Vanderlande project sites and investigation based on 8D problem solving methodology.
- Supplier performance management from onboarding to part qualification and issue resolution.
Primary responsibilities:
- Contribute and provide input to assess new and existing suppliers and evaluate quality performance of suppliers.
- Help coordinate Supplier Corrective Action Requests (SCARs) to correctly identify and address root cause and implement permanent solutions.
- Help drive root internal cause investigations and process improvement efforts (Pareto Analysis, Histograms, Cause & Effect Diagrams, )
- Monitor QA action items and ensure progress for green KPIs
Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in at least the 3rd year of an engineering program at an accredited university pursuing a bachelor’s degree.
- Industrial, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering majors preferred.
- Good academic standing within the University’s Engineering program.
Knowledge-Skills-Abilities:
- Intermediate experience creating Excel pivot tables, data analysis, Visio process maps, and PowerPoint presentations
- Power-BI data analytics is a plus
- Effective statistical analysis skills
- Enthusiasm, creativity and dedication to getting results.
- Ability to work collaboratively and independently.
- Ability to interact effectively with others, interpersonal skills to manage stakeholders and get buy-in on decisions
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, able to articulate ideas and make recommendations clearly
- Available to work 40 hours per week in office or at site/supplier location.
Top Skills
What We Do
Vanderlande is the global market leader for future-proof logistic process automation at airports. The company is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions for warehouses and in the parcel market.
Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. Its systems are active in more than 600 airports including 12 of the world’s top 20. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world’s leading parcel companies. In addition, many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers have confidence in Vanderlande’s efficient and reliable solutions.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers’ business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements. Vanderlande’s extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 7,500 employees, all committed to moving its customers’ businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, it has established a global reputation over the past seven decades as a highly reliable partner for future-proof logistic process automation.
Vanderlande was acquired in 2017 by Toyota Industries Corporation, which will help it to continue its sustainable profitable growth. The two companies have a strong strategic match, and the synergies include cross-selling, product innovations, and research and development.
