Company Overview: If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone! Internship: Process optimization in the sawing department **Study:** Industrial Engineering & Management **Duration:** 5-6 months weeks **Start date:** To be determined **Location:** Flowserve, Etten-Leur **Process Optimization in the sawing department** **About Flowserve** Flowserve is a global manufacturer of pumps, mechanical seals and valves. With more than 14,000 employees in over 55 countries, we combine international experience with local expertise. In Flowserve Etten-Leur, we have multiple entities as the Seal hub, Parts Manufacture Center and Quick Response Centers for the seals and pumps. **Project description** In the sawing department, the cutting and drilling machines process raw materials into semi-finished products that will be used for to the production of seal components in the shop. The sawing area has many different types of raw materials in various diameters in the storage racks. In order to be more efficient and to reduce the inventory cost, Flowserve wants to standardize the diameters of the supplied raw materials into a smaller assortment. During this assignment, you will be responsible for mapping the current diameter variations and the physical flow within the sawing department. You will collect and analyze data on the usage of the current material diameters, production costs, and production steps. Finally you will develop a proposal for standardization of the diameters and optimization of the production of the semi-finished products. For this assignment you will work closely with the production and shop planning departments to develop and implement the improvement proposal. **Project goals** • Mapping the current situation (process mapping) • Identify waste and bottlenecks with lean methodologies • Collecting and analyzing data of the production needs and costs • Investigate possible optimizations • Create an improvement plan and implement the proposal Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve. **Req ID** : R-17744 **Job Family Group** : Other **Job Family** : OT Co-Op/Intern EOE including Disability/Protected Veterans. Flowserve will also not discriminate against an applicant or employee for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing their pay or, in certain circumstances, the pay of their co-workers. Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access flowservecareers.com as result of your disability. You can request a reasonable accommodation by sending an email to employment@flowserve.com. In order to quickly respond to your request, please use the words "Accommodation Request" as your subject line of your email. For more information, read the Accessibility Process.