Process Maintenance Engineer Internship

Oceanagold Corporation - Kershaw, SC

Full-time - Intern

Kershaw, SC

1,001-5,000 employees

Mining (except Oil and Gas)

About the position

The Maintenance Engineer Internship at OceanaGold provides an opportunity for students pursuing a degree in engineering to gain hands-on experience in the maintenance department of a gold mining operation. The intern will support the Maintenance Engineer by implementing and maintaining equipment life cycle maintenance strategies, conducting analyses to improve equipment performance, and assisting with various engineering tasks related to project management and reliability analysis.

Responsibilities

• Support the Maintenance Engineer in providing technical support to the Maintenance Department.
• Participate in the review of new installations to ensure their maintainability and reliability.
• Conduct formal Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) to identify and eliminate repetitive failures.
• Perform cost/benefit analyses and assess their impact on cash flow for proposed solutions.
• Write standard Work Orders, establish job BOMs, and initiate inventory changes.
• Assist maintenance planners with reliability analysis of proposed equipment modifications.
• Make recommendations to improve machinery performance and reliability based on analysis of process and failure data.
• Assist the Reliability Engineer in creating and maintaining Failure Codes.
• Provide technical assistance to maintenance supervisors, planners, and technicians.
• Assist the project engineer with project life cycle management and monitoring processes.
• Develop project scope of work documents including technical site specifications.
• Assist planner with constructing projects and outage Gantt charts.
• Perform Earned Value Analysis and propose corrective actions for failing projects.
• Review and update equipment Bill of Materials.
• Engage in other activities as reasonably required.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, manufacturing engineering or related discipline.
• Preferred junior year or higher status in studies.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Experience with MS Project and MS PowerBi preferred.
• Comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles and their application to real-life examples.
• Financial analysis skills preferred.
• Willingness for development and ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• Minimum GPA of 3.0 or better.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
• Prior experience with CMMS or ERP systems preferred.
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to navigate and interpret engineering documentation.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with MS Project and MS PowerBi.
• Prior experience with CMMS or ERP systems.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including health, vision, and dental insurance.