Intern - Project Management

Johns Manville

1d • $41,600 - $51,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Furnace Technology Intern will support the Furnace Technology teams in planning, executing, and documenting furnace related initiatives across operations, maintenance, upgrades, and reliability improvements. This role blends project management fundamentals with hands on exposure to industrial furnace systems, enabling the intern to contribute to both technical execution and process standardization. The intern will help develop asset lifecycle management tools, standard operating procedures (SOPs), coordinate cross functional stakeholders, support furnace related project planning & reporting, and assist in capturing technical knowledge related to furnace design, operation, safety, and performance. This role is ideal for students interested in engineering, manufacturing, industrial technology, or project management within a heavy manufacturing industry.

Requirements

• Education: Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science, Glass Science & Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Project Management, or a related technical field.
• Foundational Skills: Strong written communication and attention to detail.
• Strong verbal communication skills with high diligence.
• Ability to translate technical and operational concepts into clear documentation.
• Analytical mindset with proficiency in Excel/Sheets and PowerPoint/Slides
• Comfort working with engineers, technicians, and project managers in an industrial environment.
• Comfortable facilitating interviews, developing documentation, and synthesizing feedback.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to continuous manufacturing, glass furnaces, high temperature environments, thermal processes, and/or heavy industrial operations.
• Familiarity with project management concepts (scope, schedule, risk, change control).
• Experience or coursework related to: Industrial equipment Safety systems Lean manufacturing or process improvement
• Experience with tools such as Microsoft Power BI, Project, Smartsheet, SharePoint, Confluence, or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

• Assist Furnace Technology engineers with documentation of furnace designs, operating parameters, equipment layouts, and process constraints.
• Support data collection related to furnace performance, availability, downtime events, electrode systems, refractory conditions, and thermal efficiency.
• Help organize and maintain technical documentation including: Furnace operating procedures Maintenance and inspection guidelines Equipment drawings and technical specifications
• Observe furnace operations, maintenance activities, and shutdown/start up planning.
• Support project managers in planning and executing furnace-related capital projects, including repairs, upgrades, retrofits, and technology trials.
• Assist with project documentation such as charters, schedules, risk and issue logs, action trackers, and status reports.
• Help standardize project workflows, templates, dashboards, and reporting cadence for furnace and thermal process projects.
• Participate in project meetings, take detailed notes, track action items, and follow up with stakeholders.
• Identify and map stakeholders involved in furnace related projects, including operations, maintenance, engineering, safety, contractors, and vendors.
• Document roles, decision rights, communication paths, and escalation processes.
• Support coordination between Furnace Technology, Capital Projects, and plant operations teams.
• Assist in collecting and analyzing operational and project data (e.g., downtime drivers, schedule adherence, cost tracking).
• Support development of KPIs and dashboards for furnace reliability, project performance, and safety metrics.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives focused on furnace uptime, safety, and execution efficiency.
• Support configuration and use of project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Power BI, SharePoint, Teams, Smartsheet, MS Project).
• Help ensure documentation aligns with version control, confidentiality, and accessibility standards.

Benefits

• Johns Manville (JM) offers a wide range of benefits to employees. Some are subsidized by the company and others are fully employee-paid.
• Health benefits include a choice of comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, vision plan, wellness program and critical illness insurance.
• JM sponsors a 401(k) plan which includes a sizeable company match.
• JM offers paid vacation and also provides paid sick and parental leave for eligible employees.
• Additionally, Johns Manville provides basic life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage.
• Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are available as well.
• The company also offers a variety of tax saving accounts; health spending account, traditional flexible spending account, and a dependent care spending account.
• JM also offers a tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern