Spare Parts Coordinator - Summer Internship in Warren, Michigan at Paslin Company

At Paslin we are all about engineering excellence, innovation and vertical manufacturing competence. Our commitment to quality and excellence is evident in every project we undertake. Our team is passionate about automation powered by innovation!

If you’re looking for a place where you can make a real impact, work with awesome people, and grow your career, you have come to the right spot. The Spare Parts Coordinator Intern will gain hands-on experience supporting the Service Project Management team in a manufacturing environment. This internship provides real-world exposure to project coordination, cross-functional communication, data analysis, and shop-floor operations. The Spare Parts Coordinator will support the Service team with planning, executing, and communicating across the service team and manufacturing floor. This role involves active participation in project and program meetings, documenting progress, preparing minutes, creating action lists, and ensuring the successful tracking of deliverables. The ideal candidate will be organized, self-motivated, and capable of working independently and managing multiple priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist Managers with day-to-day program activities and ensure all timelines are met.
• Maintain and update key project documents, including issue resolution plans, escalation plans, risk mitigation strategies, timing charts, and communication plans.
• Provide regular updates on project progress to customers and the management team.
• Develop tool tracking matrices to ensure timely delivery and fabrication of tools and components.
• Utilize complex Excel formats, pivot tables, and other data analysis tools in support of financial reviews.
• Prepare presentation materials in a clear and concise format for customer meetings and support program managers during presentations.
• Track issues across multiple Paslin sites and consolidate them into a master open issues document for the program.
• Contribute to assembly and fabrication tasks as required.
• Perform all other duties as assigned to support project success.

Experience: 1-3 years of related internship experience in a professional business environment.

Education: Undergraduate students with two years completed in a college program for Business Administration or Supply Chain preferred.

Skills for this role:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Project
• Experience or career path interest in program management, automation, assembly systems or tooling preferred.
• Knowledge of welding processes is a plus.
• Excellent organizational skills with a proven ability to execute tasks on time.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Strong communication, problem solving, and analytical skills.
• Ability to prioritize and adapt to changes.

Work Environment: This position operates in both an office and a shop/plant environment, may be required to work at multiple facilities depending on workload.

Work type & Expected hours of work: Regularly works on-site at local Paslin locations. This internship is expected to be for a duration of up to 15 weeks with 30-40 hours per week.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, bend, and twist. Occasionally required to lift/push/pull up to 25lbs. This is a safety sensitive role, which includes working around moving equipment and machinery.

Direct Reports: This position does not have direct reports.

Travel: This position may have the opportunity for some out of town and overnight travel, approximately 10%. Must have a personal vehicle for frequent local travel between Paslin sites and vendors/customers.

Paslin is an Equal Opportunity Employer: It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, sex (including pregnancy and conditions related to pregnancy), color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, weight, height, religion, age, physical or mental disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, AIDS, HIV, misdemeanor arrest record (not resulting in a conviction), military veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law. Paslin utilizes a consumer reporting agency to obtain consumer reports as defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act.