About the role#
The Maintenance Planning Intern will join our team in Carleton, Michigan, for the Summer 2027 term. This is a 12-week, full-time, on-site internship running from late May to mid-August. You will work directly with maintenance technicians, planners, supervisors, and operations personnel to support the safe and reliable operation of plant equipment. This role focuses on capturing equipment knowledge and converting it into practical, repeatable job plans within our computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
What you'll do#
- Gather information from technicians, equipment manuals, drawings, and field observations to develop detailed maintenance job plans.
- Write clear job steps that include safety requirements, tools, parts, labor skills, estimated hours, and equipment conditions.
- Enter and maintain job plans, task lists, preventive maintenance procedures, and related equipment information in the CMMS.
- Review existing work orders and job plans for accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
- Help standardize job-plan formats, naming conventions, and documentation practices across the maintenance department.
- Validate job plans in the field with maintenance personnel and revise them based on feedback and actual work performed.
- Support CMMS data cleanup, including asset records, bills of materials, spare-parts information, and preventive maintenance frequencies.
- Assist with measuring job-plan effectiveness through schedule compliance, work-order feedback, estimated-versus-actual hours, and repeat maintenance issues.
- Participate in continuous-improvement projects that improve maintenance efficiency, equipment reliability, and safe work execution.
What you'll need#
- Enrollment in a degree, 2-year technical program, certificate program, or other training related to engineering, engineering technology, industrial maintenance, manufacturing, reliability, information systems, or a similar field.
- Experience communicating technical information clearly in written and verbal formats.
- Experience organizing and documenting technical information, procedures, or work activities.
- Experience collaborating with others in hands-on environments.
- Experience using standard computer applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.
- Legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship.
- Experience with a CMMS, work instructions, maintenance, or technical writing is preferred.
Location & details#
- Location: Carleton, Michigan.
- Term: Summer 2027 (12 weeks, late May to mid-August).
- Modality: On-site.
- This is a paid, full-time internship.
About Koch
Koch is a private holding company based in Wichita, Kansas. It operates businesses across more than 50 countries in sectors including energy, chemicals, manufacturing, and technology. The company employs approximately 120,000 people globally. Its operations focus on products related to food, water, transportation, and consumer goods.
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