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Primary Location: United States (US)- Iowa - Waterloo
Function: Manufacturing Engineering
Title: Part-Time Student-Factory Automation-Waterloo IA- 72698

The Part-Time Student Program is primarily designed to augment the Company's regular full-time staff and is for students who work in parallel to their school schedule.

Your Responsibilities

• Maintain and evolve existingtools and processes
• Assists team in identifying issues and proposing resolutions
• Gather, review and analyze information
• Respond to critical production down situations affecting manufacturing and maintenance activities across the factory site
• Support integration (installation and networking) of shop floor machines, equipment, and tooling into site MES (Manufacturing Execution System) and PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers)
• Produces a variety of correspondence and reports in support of department processes
• Learns and applies company engineering policies and practices; learns company products

What Skills You Need

• Ideally you will be pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or Industrial Automation & Control Engineering; others may apply
• Must be registered as a full-time student at a local accredited university (Hawkeye, UNI, Wartburg, etc)
• Graduation date of April 2022 or later
• Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above
• Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis
• 16-20 hours/week during the academic year
• 35-40 hours/week during the summer semester

What Makes You Stand Out

• Good interpersonal, communicationand conflict resolution skills
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Knowledge in PLC and computer programming, Structured Query Language (SQL), Python, databases and the engineering tools associated
• Knowledge of electrical design and the codes, common practicesand engineering tools required
• Knowledge of MES solutions (SAP-MES, AMES, JDAAT, Wonderware, SepaSoft, etc) process control, process scheduling, mistake proofing of manufacturing processesand shop floor device connectivity
• Strong drive to deliver results and solve complex business problems

What You'll Get

At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go. Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement. We offer comprehensive relocation and reward packages to help you get started on your new career path. Click hereto find out more about our Total Rewards Package.

The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.

John Deere is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

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