Manufacturing Intern - Summer 2026

IDEAL Industries, Inc.

Posted 2 months ago

Internship

Sycamore, Illinois

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The intern will support the tool crib coordinator by performing cycle counts, inventory relocation, and organization. They will also assist with data entry into the CMMS system to optimize maintenance activities.

Qualifications

You will support the tool crib coordinator in daily activities, performing cycle counts, inventory relocation, and organization. You will also enter, maintain, and update the CMMS system, requiring proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and strong attention to detail.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Microsoft Office Suite

CMMS

eMaint

Job Description

IDEAL Industries, Inc. has built a reputation for over a century by crafting iconic tools and practical technology required in aerospace, data communications, electrical, wire processing and construction. The global family of IDEAL brands includes IDEAL Electrical, Anderson Power, and Enatel.

A vibrant and dynamic company, IDEAL is best known for our wire connectors, the gold standard for making electrical connections around the world. Nearly every commercial jet is assembled using IDEAL wire strippers and, as part of the critical equipment on NASA missions, our tools even help NASA astronauts fly to the moon. Most important, our products benefit skilled tradespeople, who reach for IDEAL tools every day.

IDEAL is propelled by the concept of Building an IDEAL World. Our family-run business is committed to building ideal relationships with customers, employees, and communities by crafting some of our industry’s most innovative and trusted tools.

This is a summer manufacturing internship that will directly support the tool crib coordinator in daily activities. You will perform cycle counts, inventory relocation, and organization as well as enter, maintain, and update CMMS system. 

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to collect, analyze, and read data to provide insights
  • Participate in team meetings and trainings.
  • Assist with data entry into CMMS (eMaint) to optimize maintenance activities. 
  • Perform physical inventory audits, requiring organizing, packing, and relocating spare parts.

Requirements:

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or equivalent.
  • Ability to work successfully as part of a team as well as independently.
  • Move boxes through the facility weighing up to 50 pounds occasionally and boxes weighing up to 30 pounds frequently.
  • Wear the required personal protective equipment to ensure safety from exposure to hazardous materials, loud noise, heat, cold, and other conditions
  • Strong attention to detail, mechanical aptitude, and organizational skills

The expected pay rate for this position is between $15.00 and $20.00 per hour and is full time. 

IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC. is proud to be one of America’s Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. We know when you honor relationships, success for all will follow. To learn more about us, visit www.idealindustries.com

IDEAL Industries, Inc.

IDEAL INDUSTRIES is a family of brands that have made their mark by developing the products and practical technology demanded by critical industries like data communications, aerospace, electrical, wire processing, construction and more. We’re best known for our wire connectors, which have become the go-to standard for electrical connections around the world, but our innovations also touch the sky -- where nearly every commercial jet flying today was made using IDEAL wire strippers. We’ve reached the moon, as part of the critical equipment on NASA missions. From its beginnings over 100 years ago, the IDEAL success story is propelled by the core family values expressed by our founder, J. Walter Becker. Since 1916, we’ve been family-owned and singularly focused on forging ideal relationships with our customers, our employees, and our communities. Each generation of family ownership is expected to leave the company stronger for the next. Most important, the family stewardship of IDEAL ensures that our professional management team has the strategic alignment, resources, and patience to grow and strengthen the company for generations to come. We’re focused on the markets that exist today, but we’re also poised to serve the markets of tomorrow. IDEAL is a pioneer of easy-to-use innovations for a range of critical industries, striving to re-invent ourselves and the industries we serve wherever we can. It is our long-term thinking that allows us to anticipate and answer the needs of tomorrow’s tradespeople. We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished over the last century, but we’re even more ambitious about the next 100 years. That’s how you build an IDEAL company.
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