What kind of internship would an industrial engineer get?

BanjoHitter
Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:56:28 +0000

There are plenty of companies that hire IE majors for internships, but it depends on the school / your focus. For a school focused on Supply Chain operations, the major retail stores (especially Walmart, Staples, Home Depot, and Disney) hire many interns. For logistics, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, FedEx, UPS hire many interns. For Operations Research, airlines (Delta and Continental especially), revenue management companies (hotels, contractors, etc), and analytic companies. For more business/economics, consulting firms (Accenture and IBM in particular) and banks (Bank of America in particular). If your focus is ergonomics, good luck.

I don’t know if I can generalize the “best” positions, because I’m sure it differs from school to school and person to person, but typically the most sought after positions are in business consulting, Disney, and Walmart.

That’s just off the top of my head, though. Manufacturing companies like Intel still hire IE students, but it’s either in a supply chain or manufacturing support role.