Materials Intern

Job Description

Material Handling Intern Fall 2026 | PACCAR Engine Company

The Tone:
This is a full-time intern role at PACCAR Engine Company, located in Columbus, MS. PACCAR is a global Fortune 500 leader in commercial vehicles, renowned for brands like Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF trucks, and also provides customized financial services, information technology, and truck parts. PACCAR Engine Company specifically designs and manufactures best-in-class MX engines that power these premium trucks, bringing a new level of innovation, reliability, and performance. This Material Handling Intern role is crucial for supporting the on-time completion of projects by helping to identify, analyze, and document project requirements, ensuring that initiatives stay within planned scope, schedule, and budget, and acting as a key liaison across various project teams.

The TL;DR
• Role: Material Handling Intern Fall 2026
• Type: Full-time role
• Location: In-person, Columbus, MS

• Mission: Support on-time project completion by managing requirements, scope, schedule, and budget, while also serving as a liaison across project teams.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), SAP/MRP, Excel VBA, MS SQL, Tableau

What You’ll Actually Do
• Project Lifecycle Management: Identify, analyze, suggest, review, and document project requirements throughout their entire lifecycle, ensuring projects remain within their planned scope, schedule, and budget to support on-time completion.
• Reporting and Performance Monitoring: Create, manage, and disburse detailed reports related to ongoing projects, evaluating and monitoring overall project status, and performing routine analysis to ensure adherence to defined scope.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as a critical liaison for the project’s technical, functional, and non-functional teams, maintaining project assets, communications, and related data, and promptly notifying the team and stakeholders of project status or any deviations.
• Operational Support: Support daily responsibilities and contribute to meeting production and project deadlines by assisting with various tasks as needed.
• Cross-functional Engagement: Participate in and contribute to projects spanning key material handling functions such as Engine Demand Planning, Production Scheduling, Shipping/Customer Service, Material Procurement, Change Management, Inventory Control, Warehouse Management, Material Delivery and Logistics, and Transportation.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Currently enrolled in a BS/BA or MS program, having completed at least the sophomore year, with a focus on Business, Supply Chain Management, Data Science/Analytics, or Industrial Engineering.
• Experience: Experience working on projects or in a team environment.
• Skills: Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), problem-solving/critical thinking, organizational/communication skills.
• Bonus: Data mining/cleaning/management/manipulation/visualization, Supply Chain knowledge, Logistics knowledge, experience with SAP/MRP, Excel VBA, MS SQL, Tableau.