Part Time Student - Heat Treat Manufacturing - Waterloo, IA - Full-time / Part-time

The John Deere Agricultural and Turf division touches every corner of the globe. If it’s green and growing, chances are John Deere has a hand in it. Our products provide complete solutions, whether it’s to nurture seeds into a bountiful crop, beautify our parks, carpet our golf courses or taking care of the lawns and gardens that surround our homes. Join John Deere--a proven business leader--and watch your potential grow.

What You’ll Do

The Part-Time Student Program is primarily designed to augment the Company's regular full-time staff, and is for students who work in parallel to their school schedule. In this position you will assist the heat treat department by:

Processing furnace samples to verify process quality

Distributing test pieces to the factory floor that will be placed in heat treat trays

Collecting, sectioning, polishing and performing metallurgical analyses on test pieces

Determining if test pieces are within or out of specification and contacting the manufacturing engineer and/or hold the suspect material

Filling out forms for metallurgical analysis requests, submitting daily part audits, reviewing furnace process data to identify root cause of quality issues, data entry and database updates

Small project work for the manufacturing engineering staff

This position will require daily afternoon/evening work and some weekend work

What It Takes

We need excellent communicators, who thrive on solving problems and working in a team environment. Ideally, you will be pursuing a degree in Technology Management or Industrial Technology; others may qualify. In addition, we require:

Must be registered as a full-time student at a Waterloo area university

Must be able to commute to the work location on a daily basis

Grad date – May 2017 or later

Cumulative GPA of 2.8 and above

16 - 20 hours/week during the academic year

35 - 40 hours/week during the summer semester

Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word

A strong candidate will also have:

Technical knowledge of manufacturing processes

Ability to work with hand tools, polishing equipment and some laboratory equipment

Basic knowledge of spreadsheet applications and database applications

Basic knowledge of heat treatment of ferrous metals, knowledge of material properties and metallurgical analysis and basic understanding of statistical process control

What You’ll Get

At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go. Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement. Part-time employees receive competitive compensation and are eligible for many benefits, including tuition assistance.

Can you imagine the challenge of a lifetime and a rewards package that makes it all worthwhile?

The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines. John Deere is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.