You may not know our name, but you know our products. What we make is part the places where we live, work and play – all day, everyday.
Zekelman is a family of companies — 100% domestic manufacturers — with a legacy dating back to 1877. We’re proud to be the largest independent steel pipe and tube manufacturer in North America and the leading innovator in multi-family housing development.
We believe in what we build and what we build, builds the world around us. Hospitals, hotels, schools, bridges, airports and more.
Come build a career you believe in.
What you'd do
- Engage with mill operators to understand process improvement and efficiency strategies
- Assist in quality control by preparing checklists, tracking results, and identifying recurring issues
- Attend daily production meetings to gain insight into operational priorities and coordination
- Support creation of production logs to document mill performance and causes of delay
- Observe bundling processes and analyze impacts of non-standard bundles on throughput
- Shadow shipping team members to identify process and communication improvements
- Collaborate on steel ordering and navigate sales/production coordination challenges
- Support communication around priority orders and scheduling conflicts
- Summarize rolling reports and identify production discrepancies
- Help organize slitting orders to align with plant capacity and planning
What they want
- Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
- Strong analytical and decision-making skills; able to troubleshoot operational issues
- Effective communicator with strong interpersonal and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Highly organized and able to manage confidential information
- Available to travel for the Internship Summit, hosted at a Zekelman Industries location
- This role is open to candidates who are authorized to work in the United States.
What you get
- Hands-on operations experience in a high-volume manufacturing facility
- Exposure to mill operations, quality, logistics, and production planning
- Access to company-wide networking events, team-building activities, and learning sessions
- Regular coaching and feedback to support growth and developmentParticipation in a company-wide Intern Summit
About Zekelman Industries
As an Operations Intern at Sharon Tube (a division of Zekelman Industries), you’ll gain hands-on experience across critical areas of plant operations, with a long-term focus on developing leadership skills for future roles in plant management. Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will explore mill operations, quality control, production planning, and more—developing a broad understanding of how our facilities run efficiently and safely.
This is a full-time, on-site internship located at our Nile…
- Starts
- 2026-10-01