Published: Oct 23, 2025 - The Operations Intern promotes manufacturing safety and efficiency by supporting production processes, monitoring prototype builds, and ensuring the timely execution of schedules and plans. This role involves collaborating with engineering teams to implement design changes, write technical work instructions, and manage data accuracy using quality tracking systems. The intern also contributes to continuous improvement by making data-driven decisions, reacting promptly to production issues, and demonstrating adaptability, accountability, and effective communication.

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1. Operations Intern, GreenTech Manufacturing Inc., Springfield, IL
Job Summary:
- Produce and issue operational reports to stakeholders across the business
- Assist with operational tasks across the Logistics, Demand Planning, Purchasing, and Customer Operations teams
- Enter purchase orders into the internal system in line with the business process
- Monitor shared Logistics inboxes and respond to queries
- Be responsible for the organization and distribution of original preference documentation for customs clearance
- Monitor and ownership of container consolidation requests from the origin
- Support with ensuring import documentation is compliant
- Support with communication on tracking incoming purchase orders and the status of customs clearance to plan delivery into the warehouses
- Provide administrative support to the Operations function
- Involved in relevant Operations Projects
Skills on Resume:
- Data Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Operational Support (Soft Skills)
- Purchase Order (Hard Skills)
- Email Management (Soft Skills)
- Document Handling (Hard Skills)
- Logistics Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Import Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Team Communication (Soft Skills)
2. Operations Intern, Apex Components Solutions, Dayton, OH
Job Summary:
- Monitor closely the conversion KPIs on the Cartier websites and recommend and implement dedicated action plans for conversion rate optimization.
- Control and ensure a strong and permanent site stability
- Troubleshooting and resolution of critical issues and their correction, setting up tools and processes for quality and performance control.
- Run twice-weekly site reviews and audits across desktop and mobile, ensuring the highest standards across the site, enabling optimized product performance across all categories.
- Work with and report all bugs to the external web developer agency.
- Based on a data-driven and customer-oriented approach, proactively drive the A/B testing process for Europe through hypothesis, design, brief, sign-off, results, and manage the results into development.
- Coordinate, test and support the final implementation of website optimizations and set-up of new functionalities to maximize conversion rate.
- Maintain and enrich the help section as well as post-purchase automated emails to optimize client communication and ensure a smooth and easy customer journey
- Review, consolidate, prioritize and follow up on customer feedback to identify customer friction points, website optimizations and new growth opportunities.
Skills on Resume:
- Conversion Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Site Stability (Hard Skills)
- Issue Resolution (Hard Skills)
- Quality Control (Hard Skills)
- Bug Reporting (Hard Skills)
- AB Testing (Hard Skills)
- Customer Communication (Soft Skills)
- Feedback Management (Soft Skills)
3. Operations Intern, Horizon Plastics Works, Fort Worth, TX
Job Summary:
- Promotes manufacturing safety while maximizing efficiency and productivity and driving continuous improvement
- Understand cost objectives, schedule, machine parameters and criteria by use of layouts and installation drawings
- Collaborates with manufacturing/industrial engineering teams in facilitating timely changes and ensuring the accuracy of material information and engineering
- Writes work instructions for prototype and test technicians.
- Monitor prototype builds and ensure proper assembly
- Effectively utilizes all systems available to include quality deficiency tracking to manage and schedule final preparation, repair and testing.
- Communicate to the assignment leader any recommendations to meet schedules and plans.
- Monitoring adherence to standards and actively checking for accuracy of data received or generated before passing it on, and data-driven decision-making
- Listening effectively, transmitting information accurately and understandably, and actively seeking feedback non-defensively, desire for professional/personal growth
- Following through on commitments, producing timely work to required or higher standards, and pitching in to get the job done
- Performing a wide range of tasks, responding to changes in direction and priorities, and accepting new challenges, responsibilities, and assignments
- React to issues impacting production with a sense of urgency, promptly assessing the issue and developing a feasible action plan based on the available data, or generating the data to assess, implement changes, and follow it through to successful completion
Skills on Resume:
- Safety Management (Hard Skills)
- Process Optimization (Hard Skills)
- Technical Documentation (Hard Skills)
- Prototype Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Data Accuracy (Hard Skills)
- Effective Communication (Soft Skills)
- Adaptability Skills (Soft Skills)
- Problem Solving (Soft Skills)
4. Operations Intern, Zenith Food Systems, Madison, WI
Job Summary:
- Recruitment, training and overall on-the-ground performance
- Improvement of current processes and standard operating procedures using data analytics
- Collaboration across different departments to handle any logistical or administrative needs
- Stocktaking in collaboration with the Logistics team
- Scheduling of work for Patrollers to ensure a steady collection volume of bikes
- Ensuring the reliability of bicycle services across operational towns in Singapore
- Analyzing and collecting data to create deployment plans for bicycles
- Identifying, measuring and tracking deployment sites
- Collaboration with the Patrolling team for deployment and collection
- Formulating, tracking and altering KPI
- Ensuring the towns operate in have a steady supply of bicycles to maintain the convenience of services
- Analyzing daily warehouse targets and output using data analytics and modeling tools
- Formulating solutions to improve current warehouse SOPs
- Forecasting warehouse turnover numbers based on past data to plan for future operations
- Developing and overseeing the onboarding and training of the warehouse team
Skills on Resume:
- Team Management (Soft Skills)
- Process Improvement (Hard Skills)
- Cross Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Inventory Control (Hard Skills)
- Work Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- KPI Tracking (Hard Skills)
- Warehouse Optimization (Hard Skills)
5. Operations Intern, Meridian Machine & Tool, Greenville, SC
Job Summary:
- Complete Safety and MSHA training and any other site/job-specific required training
- Carry out and practice all safety practices per MSHA/company rules and regulations
- Learn about all aspects of the operation, including mining, processing, quality control, and heavy equipment repair
- Assist in routine housekeeping and maintenance of the facilities
- Complete summer-long projects, to possibly involve research, involvement with plant personnel, interface with other CalPortland departments, outside government agencies, task training, data collection, reporting, etc.
- Learn about other CalPortland departments and the interface
- Attend the summer intern orientation event at the corporate headquarters in Glendora, CA
- Present project summary to management staff
Skills on Resume:
- Safety Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Operational Knowledge (Hard Skills)
- Equipment Maintenance (Hard Skills)
- Data Collection (Hard Skills)
- Research Skills (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Presentation Skills (Soft Skills)
- Communication Skills (Soft Skills)
6. Operations Intern, Orion Packaging Group, Lansing, MI
Job Summary:
- Maintaining sheets for various operations
- Working on vendor follow-ups
- Handling customer follow-ups and relations
- Staying in charge of the stock, recording, and updating it
- Working in the coordination of parcels (from receipt to delivery)
- Finding new vendors/clients to boost sales
- Making invoices and shipping labels
- Processing and managing orders, handling portals, and coordinating with them
Skills on Resume:
- Data Management (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Customer Relations (Soft Skills)
- Inventory Control (Hard Skills)
- Parcel Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Client Acquisition (Soft Skills)
- Invoice Processing (Hard Skills)
- Order Management (Hard Skills)
7. Operations Intern, Cascade Electronics Assembly, Tacoma, WA
Job Summary:
- Create, monitor, analyze and improve business with a focus on product, sourcing, manufacturing and packaging
- Design and launch products end-to-end, keeping key business goals as objectives
- Work with vendors to build and implement solutions for product, packaging, or manufacturing
- Analyze and simplify manufacturing processes for improved scale and quality
- Work cross-functionally to monitor and enforce timely launches and compliance with standards and best practices
- Identify key process gaps and devise solutions to improve business matrices
- Monitor and analyze data to drive business growth and improvements
- Responding to queries from social media and online
Skills on Resume:
- Product Development (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Management (Hard Skills)
- Process Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Data Monitoring (Hard Skills)
- Cross Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Compliance Management (Hard Skills)
- Problem Solving (Soft Skills)
- Customer Engagement (Soft Skills)
8. Operations Intern, Summit Industrial Fabrication, Denver, CO
Job Summary:
- Cultivating and strengthening relationships with internal partners and stakeholders
- Continuous improvement of the information and work/process flow across the Operations organization
- Testing new innovative ideas and analyzing trends
- Identifying new trends and opportunities through targeting and segmentation
- Using creative strategy and data to communicate efficiently
- Developing strategies for priority initiatives and leading implementations
- Utilizing analytics tools to analyze and optimize performance
- Handle day-to-day grievances of channel partners and other agents related to metrics and payment.
- Helping the design team in creating creatives
Skills on Resume:
- Stakeholder Management (Soft Skills)
- Process Improvement (Hard Skills)
- Trend Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Market Segmentation (Hard Skills)
- Creative Communication (Soft Skills)
- Strategic Planning (Hard Skills)
- Data Analytics (Hard Skills)
- Conflict Resolution (Soft Skills)
9. Operations Intern, Pioneer Rubber & Seal Ltd., Rochester, NY
Job Summary:
- Be the first point of contact for customer and partner relationships
- Operate and solve daily problems with partners
- Collaborate with the sales team to ensure the highest level of service possible.
- Build models to evaluate the impact of merchant operations initiatives to improve service levels and merchant engagement/retention
- Implement strategies to support customer growth and efficiency objectives.
- Execute and further develop the store network by researching new location partners and helping with partner compliance and onboarding.
- Provide ad hoc support to co-founders and the business development team.
- Help to review and analyze user sentiments and comments harvested from public sources and surveys
Skills on Resume:
- Customer Relations (Soft Skills)
- Problem Solving (Soft Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Data Modeling (Hard Skills)
- Growth Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Partner Onboarding (Hard Skills)
- Business Support (Soft Skills)
- Sentiment Analysis (Hard Skills)
10. Operations Intern, Vertex Metalworks Co., Charlotte, NC
Job Summary:
- Ensure the successful coordination and staging of sports events
- Work on data extraction and refining prospects daily
- Liaise with other contractors or suppliers
- Oversee client liaison once an event is confirmed to establish all the necessary details of the event, including costs for services provided
- Upsell services with a view to maximizing event revenue
- Contribute to the success of the team in meeting aims and objectives
- Work on real-time on-field execution and other day-to-day operations of conducting a sports event
- Conduct meetings with the subject matter experts for reporting purposes
- Gain understanding of industry trends and company initiatives
Skills on Resume:
- Event Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Data Management (Hard Skills)
- Supplier Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Client Management (Soft Skills)
- Sales Optimization (Soft Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Operational Execution (Hard Skills)
- Industry Awareness (Hard Skills)
11. Operations Intern, Beacon Textile Productions, Portland, ME
Job Summary:
- Interact on the Distribution Center floor with associates, area supervisors and management, learning the department functions of all areas of the DC.
- Participate in daily production goals.
- Work with the team to evaluate existing operating methods and champion continuous improvement
- Establish and maintain an open path of communication with DC Senior Leadership and associates
- Gain broad exposure to the supply chain network and the leadership team through daily partnerships with operational leaders
- Shadow and eventually run shift start-up meetings.
- Work alongside industry professionals to learn internal business processes and supply chain best practices
- Build strong relationships internally across teams and externally with customers, carriers, and suppliers
- Learn and effectively use best-in-class technology systems, including the proprietary global supply chain platform, Navisphere
- Learn and apply skills across multiple areas of the transportation and logistics industry, including sales and negotiation, operations management, and transportation information systems
- Support daily management of department duties, including allocating tasks, leading meetings, and communicating with internal and external stakeholders
- Update the database for SME contacts and engagements
Skills on Resume:
- Operational Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Production Goals (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Hard Skills)
- Leadership Communication (Soft Skills)
- Supply Chain (Hard Skills)
- Meeting Facilitation (Soft Skills)
- Relationship Building (Soft Skills)
- Database Management (Hard Skills)
12. Operations Intern, Liberty Aerospace Components, Wichita, KS
Job Summary:
- Ensure daily compliance audit as per the requirement
- Ensure the accurate reporting of compliance incidents and discrepancies daily
- Ensuring follow-up from the day-to-day shift coverages and coordinating with the scribes for timely arrival/log-in.
- Transport arrangement coordination for the scribes with the help of the facilities team
- Conducting and coordinating scribe engagement and team-building events
- Door access management for production by keeping track of the scribes who work from the office on the day
- Onboarding and/or training new drivers to Bolt's platform.
- Verifying, maintaining, organizing, and auditing driver and vehicle documentation.
- Responding to driver issues over email and via Zendesk.
- Finding resolutions to driver issues and questions.
- Working closely with the local operations teams to streamline relevant processes.
- Supporting the local operations teams in local initiatives that contribute to supply growth, quality, and compliance.
Skills on Resume:
- Compliance Auditing (Hard Skills)
- Incident Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Shift Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Transport Management (Hard Skills)
- Team Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Access Control (Hard Skills)
- Driver Onboarding (Hard Skills)
- Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)
13. Operations Intern, Paramount Renewable Energy, Akron, OH
Job Summary:
- Assist the operations department on show days to successfully host concerts, shows, and special events
- Gain insight into all guest touch points at the venue, including parking, line management, VIP, concessions, guest service and more
- Immerse with front-line employees to identify ways to incorporate service principles of safety, care, encore and efficiency
- Create and deliver post-show reports on event activities, insights, and recommendations
- Gain understanding of all venue teams and departments (Box Office, Sales, Marketing, etc.)
- Shadow various members of the venue’s Core Team, including the General Manager, to understand what it takes to operate and manage a successful venue
- Gain a full understanding of how compliance methodology works, including partner document requirements and real-time on-trip fraud detection processes.
- Work with national and international stakeholders to pinpoint areas of improvement and size the opportunities to ensure effective prioritization of those with the highest impact on the business.
- Define, project manage, and roll out new processes to address the most relevant opportunities with full ownership to take compliance standards to the next level.
- Work closely with the Fraud Team to do end-to-end manual investigation and fraud monitoring
- Help to analyze new customer processes and policies, also help to review documentation for new customer accounts
- Work with the Customer Support teams and Business Development teams to handle listing inquiries and troubleshooting of listing-related issues
- Assist with the return/refund activities
Skills on Resume:
- Event Operations (Hard Skills)
- Customer Service (Soft Skills)
- Process Improvement (Hard Skills)
- Report Writing (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Management (Soft Skills)
- Compliance Management (Hard Skills)
- Fraud Detection (Hard Skills)
- Issue Resolution (Soft Skills)
14. Operations Intern, Nova Automotive Interiors, Nashville, TN
Job Summary:
- Daily operational function, water treatment, closure execution, and performance monitoring of a closed mine site
- Working with a diverse 5-person operations team of environmental professionals, including an engineer, scientists, and technicians, as well as collaboratively with other areas of BHP
- Environmental water sampling, in-house water sample analysis, regulatory sampling, assisting with water management treatment system equipment maintenance, assisting with health and safety inspections, and reporting
- Participation in workshops and training seminars provided by BHP and/or external stakeholders.
- Exposure to working around mobile equipment, chemical treatment infrastructure (hydrated lime), and remote working conditions (e.g., minimal cellular reception, possible wildlife encounters)
- Operate a computer, including supporting software packages in Microsoft Office Suite and particularly Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Be responsible for ensuring the best product and service out there.
- Work closely together with stakeholders on all levels, instrumental in increasing efficiency and quality in Milan and Turin.
- Forecast and report staffing needs.
- Actively support the operations team in their day-to-day activities.
- Evaluate data using different software and present findings to the team.
- Liaise with a variety of stakeholders internally and externally.
- Oversee processes, maintain dashboards in close coordination with the growth team.
- Daily reporting of all metrics to be shared internally as well as with the required partners.
Skills on Resume:
- Operational Management (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Environmental Sampling (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Data Evaluation (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Process Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Performance Monitoring (Hard Skills)
15. Operations Intern, Atlas Medical Device Manufacturing, Salt Lake City, UT
Job Summary:
- Develop a deeper understanding of logistics and supply chain management.
- Familiarise local couriers and the shipping process.
- Inventory management and quality control.
- Research global cosmetics import regulations.
- Pack orders in a variety of presentation bags and prepare shipping paperwork.
- Handle various supply chain projects under the supervision of the director.
- Working with vendor teams and ensuring all deliverables are on time and as per specifications
- Managing office logistics by managing packaging, shipping, and tracking orders
- Cataloging images for internal reference and new listing of products on the website
- Managing the inflow and outflow of the inventory
- Day-to-day office running and management
- Dealing with customer inquiries and queries
- Assist management in other strategy research and projects
- Assist in global competitor analysis and user research
- Assist in user research and user interviews.
- Assist in writing product requirements documents.
Skills on Resume:
- Supply Chain (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Regulatory Research (Hard Skills)
- Order Fulfillment (Hard Skills)
- Customer Service (Soft Skills)
- Market Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Product Documentation (Hard Skills)