Internship in the field of Lean Manufacturing

Robert Bosch Produktie N.V., located in Tienen, Belgium, is within the Bosch Group the lead plant and worldwide center of competence for development, engineering and manufacturing of wiper arms. Customers are both original equipment automotive car manufactures and aftermarket customers. As part of the Bosch strategy, we offer students the opportunity to participate in an internship at our location. Safety, Cost efficiency and quality are our main focus points, and to maintain the excellent position we are at, we strive for: continuous improvement of our equipment efficiency, proactive work on process understanding and root cause analysis, introduction of new process and process automatisation to reduce manufacturing cost and introduction of new products to improve customer satisfaction.

If you look for a position where you can take initiative, learn and bring added value in an industrial environment, you’re the student we are looking for. The internship will ideally last 3-6 months and can be either full-time or part-time (let us know your availability, and we’ll work something out). At present, you can work remotely.

Depending on your study program the internship may contain the following main points:

• Support the design of new production machines and processes.
• Participation in Bosch Production System projects: continuous improvement work on existing production and/or logistic processes the fields of Safety, Quality, Cost & Delivery.
• Standardization and improvement of production and/or logistics processes.
• Definition & implementation of lean standards: value stream planning, standardized work, pull production, leveling, quick changeover, …
• I4.0 and digitalization.

You must be enrolled as a student.

• Language: good knowledge of English is required. German and possibly Dutch is a plus.
• Fields of study: mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, production engineering, technical business economics.
• Completed basic study period.
• Good knowledge of MS-Office.
• You are able to communicate efficient & effective, you can work on your own and as a team player.
• Responsible, independent and reliable worker.
• Intercultural interest and understanding.
• An internship will be successful if you are inquisitive, active and ask for work.

The main condition is that you are a European citizen and if not, you can only do an internship through a European exchange program.

The internship requires that you have the nationality of a EU-country or that you are taking part in the Erasmus program.

The personal experience of the interns is usually the following: The company employs 10-15 interns all year round from various countries. Therefore this is also a great opportunity to enhance your social and language skills. The interns live mostly in Tienen or in Leuven, known as a multicultural university city. You receive 800 € as expense reimbursement per month.