Project Scheduler Internship, Manufacturing
GKN Aerospace
Date: 1 day ago
City: Garden Grove, CA
Contract type: Intern

Project Title
Project Scheduling Intern – Capital & Infrastructure Projects
Project Overview
This internship offers a unique opportunity for a motivated individual to lead and support the scheduling and planning of capital and infrastructure projects within a high-performance aerospace manufacturing facility. Working closely with the Industrial Engineering (IE) and Facilities teams, the intern will play a key role in building and maintaining project schedules, identifying risks, and supporting executive-level reporting. This role is ideal for someone with strong project scheduling skills and a passion for driving operational and infrastructure improvement.
Benefits of the Internship
Learning Outcomes
Project Scheduling Intern – Capital & Infrastructure Projects
Project Overview
This internship offers a unique opportunity for a motivated individual to lead and support the scheduling and planning of capital and infrastructure projects within a high-performance aerospace manufacturing facility. Working closely with the Industrial Engineering (IE) and Facilities teams, the intern will play a key role in building and maintaining project schedules, identifying risks, and supporting executive-level reporting. This role is ideal for someone with strong project scheduling skills and a passion for driving operational and infrastructure improvement.
Benefits of the Internship
- Lead scheduling efforts for high-impact capital projects.
- Collaborate with experienced engineers and facilities professionals.
- Gain exposure to executive-level project planning and reporting.
- Potential for full-time opportunities based on performance and business needs.
- Comprehensive Project Scheduling: Develop detailed schedules for all capital and infrastructure projects, incorporating task dependencies, resource requirements, and critical path analysis.
- Schedule Maintenance & Collaboration: Partner with IE and Facilities teams to ensure schedules are accurate, up-to-date, and reflect real-time project status.
- Schedule Risk & Opportunity Management: Monitor project timelines and identify potential delays; propose creative recovery strategies to maintain schedule integrity. Take a holistic view of concurrent projects to identify risks and opportunities arising from schedule conflicts or resource constraints.
- Executive-Level Milestone Reporting:
- High-Level Metrics & Performance Tracking:
Learning Outcomes
- Hands-on experience with project scheduling tools and methodologies in a regulated manufacturing environment.
- Exposure to capital planning, infrastructure development, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Development of executive reporting skills and strategic communication.
- Opportunity to lead a high-impact initiative contributing to operational efficiency and project success.
- Currently in final year of school or within 1 year of graduating with Bachelor's degree or greater in Engineering(Mechanical, Industrial, Systems), Data Analytics, or a related technical field.
- Currently holds 3.0 GPA or higher.
- Available to work 30+ hours per week.
- Strong organizational and analytical skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and capable of handling large datasets.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage cross-functional teams.
- US Person per ITAR regulations and able to comply with export compliance requirements.
- Familiarity with capital project planning or infrastructure development.
- Experience with project performance metrics (e.g., CPI/SPI).
- Exposure to aerospace or manufacturing environments.
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