Intern, Manufacturing Engineering

at  Seaspan ULC

Through the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), the Government of Canada has embarked on one of the largest procurement projects since the Second World War. The NSS is a nation-building effort to create a sustainable Canadian shipbuilding industry, secure long-term job opportunities and build the next generation of ships for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy. Through its NSS–related work, Seaspan Shipyards is leading the redevelopment of our domestic shipbuilding industry on the West Coast and delivering on the promise of ships built in Canada, by Canadians.
The Intern, Ship Construction and Manufacturing, will be responsible for supporting Naval Architects and Mechanical Engineers in the successful completion of engineering tasks. This is a unique opportunity that will provide you with exposure to ship construction, plasma cutting, fitting and welding, fabrication, and sub-assembly from the design and concept preparation phases through to production engineering and the construction of the vessels.

• Supports ship construction and manufacturing across two ships.
• Supports the manufacturing processes in plasma cutting, fitting and welding, fabrication and sub assembly.
• Performs time studies, and data collection to confirm manufacturing norms.
• Calculates the workspace requirements and design strategies to utilize the workspace more effectively.
• Creates standard operating procedures (SOP) and maintain manufacturing instructions used by the workforce.
• Identifies waste in the manufacturing processes using lean methodologies.
• Works directly on production line with the front line workers.
• Other duties as assigned.