Industrial Engineering Student/Co-op - Fall 2026
Job Description
Are you ready to engineer real change in one of Canada’s most advanced shipyards?
Join the team driving smarter shipbuilding! As an Industrial Engineering Co-op Student, you'll help design and improve tools, workstations, and processes that boost quality and efficiency in ship construction and repair. You’ll gain hands-on experience through training, coaching, and real-world projects—applying scientific methods to solve problems, test solutions, and implement lasting improvements. With support from experienced mentors, you’ll contribute to impactful projects and learn to influence change using proven methodologies like Six Sigma and the Irving Way of Shipbuilding.
At Irving Shipbuilding, our Industrial Engineering Co-op students don’t just observe —they design, plan, and improve the tools, processes, and workstations that power the construction and repair of world-class naval vessels.
Why Irving Shipbuilding?
- Be part of a team building Canada’s future naval fleet.
- Work in a dynamic, supportive environment that values student contributions.
- We’ll cover up to $1000 of your co-op fees—because your success matters to us.
- Actively manage scope of work, which could include developing standards, performance metrics, capacity analysis, overall equipment effectiveness, material flow, visual management, industry benchmarking, research and development, and/or project planning.
- Assist with authoring processes and procedures, documenting how to stabilize and control processes in ship design, repair, and construction.
- Identify and action opportunities for Continuous Improvement within Industrial Engineering’s scope of work.
- Assist to identify and manage mitigation plans for risks associated with Industrial Engineering activities and initiatives.
- Assist with improvement, standardization, and/or mitigation plans and projects, including creative technical problem solving and effective stakeholder management with support where required.
- Utilize leading change principles to effectively engage stakeholders and institutionalize change.
- Enrolled in Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng.) 4-year degree program or equivalent.
- 0-2 years' experience.
- Analytical problem solving and data analysis skills.
- Verbal and written communication with internal and external stakeholders, with the ability to engage employees at most levels of the organization.
- Cross-functional problem solving from technical & business perspective.
- Able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
- Support facilitation of workshops and business updates.
Due to the nature of work Irving Shipbuilding does, all successful applicants must meet requirements for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP), Canadian Government Security clearance, and U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
Please note this position requires a full-time, in-office presence.