Intern: Mechanical Maintenance Engineer (Fall 2025)
Dublin, VA, US, 24084
Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future? If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.
About Us
The Volvo Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, and aerospace components, and is one of the world's leading producers of heavy-diesel engines. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, which employs more than 90,000 people, has production facilities in 19 countries and sells their products in more than 180 markets. In Dublin, Virginia, the Group Trucks Operations of the Americas has its corporate presence in conjunction with the New River Valley assembly plant. The Dublin facility assembles over a hundred Class 8 Heavy Duty Trucks daily.
Learning Opportunities
- Review equipment preventative maintenance checks for effectiveness and look for ways to improve the PMs and improve equipment reliability.
- Review equipment documentation and help with creating and maintaining the equipment library.
- Review recommended spare parts and help determine stocking requirements and work with our Computerized Maintenance Management System to validate parts.
- Analyze the criticality of spare parts for equipment and create spare parts ledgers for production equipment and apply Failure Effect Mode Analysis methods.
- Learn and apply lean manufacturing principals within the maintenance organization.
- Assist with and create professional and autonomous maintenance calendars.
- Involvement in creating One Point Lessons as required.
- Create power point presentations for communication of new project ideas and reports.
- The student needs to have intermediate Excel skills for Data analysis and creating graphs.
Education Requirements
- Must be enrolled and pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Electrical Engineering/ Electrical Engineering Technology/ EET/ Electronics Technology, Instrumentation or related engineering program at an accredited school and have completed 30 semester hours of undergraduate studies.
- Applicants must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75.
- Interns may work up to 30 hours per week during the fall semester.
Ready for the next move?
At the Volvo Group, we strive for a clear, transparent, and straightforward compensation approach, motivating you to contribute to the company’s growth. For all intern and co-op positions, the hourly range is set at $16.00 - $46.00. The hourly rate for these roles is determined by several factors including, but not limited to, geographic location, academic classification, and degree seeking area of study. In addition to these factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
We also offer the following benefits to interns and co-ops:
- Housing assistance
- Countless career opportunities / internal mobility across our global organization
- Training and personal development
Who we are and what we believe in
We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
Group Trucks Operations encompasses all production of the Group’s manufacturing of Volvo, Renault and Mack trucks, as well as engines and transmissions. We also orchestrate the spare parts distribution for Volvo Group’s customers globally and design, operate and optimize logistics and supply chains for all brands. We count 30,000 employees at 30 plants and 50 distribution centers across the globe. Our global footprint offers an opportunity for an international career in a state-of-the-art industrial environment, where continuous improvement is the foundation. As our planet is facing great challenges, we - one of the largest industrial organizations in the world - stand at the forefront of innovation. We are ready to rise to the challenge. Would you like to join us?
Nearest Major Market: Blacksburg
Nearest Secondary Market: Virginia