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The rotational assignments will occur in 4 separate four month rotations and each rotation end with completing and presenting an assigned project objective. This position will ultimately report to the Operations Manager but will be directed daily by the assigned functional champion while in each four month rotations. Each rotation will require the completion of a pre-determine functional project during the final 30 days of the rotational assignment.\n\nPRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES\nRotational assignments will occur in the following functional areas for specific development: First Line Supervision - Standard Work, Performance Management, Daily Communications (using GEMBA methodologies), Visual Metrics, Performance Expectations and Takt boards Review, Maintenance of 6S, KanBan, and contamination control Programs, Safety/JHA reviews.\nManufacturing Engineering - Capital project - development, approval, implementation; Equipment Maintenance & Upgrades; Time Studies and Capacity Planning Support; Production & BOM Routing Support; Cost Savings Projects; Process Optimization; Work Cell Layouts; Manufacturing Practice Updates, JHA evaluations Lean/CI - Visual Factory Development; Program audits and improvements - Pull System, 6S Program, OEE Program Standard Work Development, CI team support & Pareto Analysis, Kaizen Board Review; Kaizen Event - Preparation, Facilitation, and Implementation; Cycle Time Reduction & VSM Projects; Problem Solving Facilitation - 5 Why and 8D Sessions \n\nQuality/Test Engineering - DPM reduction; Statistical Process Control, Supplier Quality and Material Specification; Value Engineering projects, DFM Projects; FMEA reviews, Failure Analysis, Test process optimization, Technical Troubleshooting\nPlanning - Production scheduling - Understanding master scheduling through department planning as dictated by department capacity planning. Material purchasing and sourcing based on master schedule and planning cycles to ensure on-time material availability.\n\nKNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES\nExcellent computer skills using Microsoft Office products (Word, Outlook, and Excel) are required. MS Project and Access is preferred. \nIndividual should be self-motivated and able to work independently or with a team. \nMust be able to work multiple projects concurrently, using strong organizational and planning skills. \nRequires strong ability to stay focused and resourcefulness to know where/how to get the information needed for the projects assigned. \nGood interpersonal skills, as well as excellent communication skills, are necessary to present project information to the management staff and to sale the recommendation for change or improvement. \nGood judgement and discretion is necessary when working with confidential information. \nMust be able to work well with all levels of employees using fair and non-discriminating attitudes and practices\nMust be willing to work off-shift, if required.\nEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE\nRequired Education /Experience:\nBS degree in a technically focused degree program (i.e. Engineering, Operations Management) \nPreferred Education / Experience:\nBS Degree in an Engineering discipline \nThis role is focused on a post college graduate, early career candidate \nPrevious Co-op or Internship experience in an industrial manufacturing environment\n\nKey Working Relationships\nEntire Operations leadership team.\nPhysical Demands\nMust be able to sit or stand for extended periods of time\nWorking Conditions\nOffice environment and external customer sites\nProlec-GE Waukesha, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4022,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Science & Engineering","Power Grid","Supply Chain"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T03:11:46Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":51,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.674,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":36,"expected_fill_days":47,"reasons":["conf:1","win:late"],"computed_at":"2026-10-21T05:46:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/prolec-operations-development-associate","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/prolec-operations-development-associate.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-21T15:09:56Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":21602,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1871870},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1871870"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fprolec-operations-development-associate"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fprolec-operations-development-associate"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fprolec-operations-development-associate"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/prolec-operations-development-associate\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fprolec-operations-development-associate"}]}