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Operational Excellence Co-Op

Ottawa, ON
$20 - $32/hourly
Mid Level
internship

Top Benefits

Hourly pay $20-$32
Paid time off for interns

About the role

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.

At Siemens Healthineers, we offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with opportunities to go beyond your comfort zone in order to grow personally and professionally. Sound interesting? Then come and join our global team as an Operational Excellence Co-Op.

The Operational Excellence Co-op position offers students the opportunity to gain practical experience in process improvement, operational excellence, and

transformation within a leading healthcare technology organization. You will contribute to initiatives focused on optimizing workflows, enhancing quality, supporting lean methodologies, and driving continuous improvement across multiple departments.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support Operational Excellence initiatives through data collection, analysis, and visualization to identify process improvement opportunities.
  • Assist in mapping and documenting workflow processes, highlighting inefficiencies and proposing solutions.
  • Participate in kaizen events, workshops, and cross-functional team meetings to facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices.
  • Help develop and present reports, dashboards, and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders.
  • Contribute to the implementation and monitoring of improvement projects, tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and outcomes.
  • Perform additional tasks to support the HPS team and broader organizational goals.

Qualifications:

  • Currently enrolled in a bachelor's program in engineering, with preference to industrial engineering students.

  • Must be available for a 12-16 month position.

  • Keen interest in process improvement and operational excellence.

  • Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.

  • Effective written and verbal communication skills

  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced team

    environment.

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and data analysis tools (Excel, Power BI,

    etc.); familiarity with lean or Six Sigma methodologies is an asset.

  • Strong organizational skills with attention to detail.

  • Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The pay range for this position is $20-$32 hourly; however, base pay offered may vary depending on education, skills, and experience. Siemens Healthineers offers interns paid time off. This is a functional posting – apply here for consideration for ALL our Intern opportunities for this functional area across the company. We will follow up directly to discuss specific intern roles/projects if there is a fit your skills and qualifications.

Application/Response timing:

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, starting in early Fall through approximately March, on an as-needed basis. Please note you may or may not hear back about opportunities immediately and will remain in consideration against opportunities as they arise unless otherwise contacted or you choose to withdraw your candidacy.

Who we are: We are a team of more than 72,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

How we work: When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

To find out more about Siemens Healthineers businesses, please visit our company page here.

Employment Opportunity Statement: Siemens Healthineers is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. While we appreciate all applications we receive, we advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted.

Accessibility: Siemens Healthineers is committed to excellence in serving all employees and customers, including people with disabilities. Siemens Healthineers will strive to ensure that policies and procedures established with respect to the provisions of its goods and services to persons with disabilities are consistent with the principles of dignity, independence, integration and equal opportunity as provided in the Accessibilities for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. Siemens Healthineers will continue to attempt to meet the needs of all its customers, including but not limited to persons with disabilities, in an effective and timely manner.

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing a job application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please fill out the accommodations form here. If you’re unable to complete the form, you can reach out to our HR People Connect People Contact Center for support at peopleconnectvendorsnam.func@siemens-healthineers.com. Please note HR People Connect People Contact Center will not have visibility of your application or interview status.

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About Siemens Healthineers

Hospitals and Health Care
10,000+

Siemens Healthineers is a leading medtech company with over 125 years of experience. We pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Our portfolio, spanning in vitro and in vivo diagnostics to image-guided therapy and cancer care, is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

With our strengths in patient twinning, precision therapy, as well as digital, data, and artificial intelligence (AI), we are well positioned to take on the greatest challenges in healthcare. We will continue to build on these strengths to help overcome the world’s most threatening diseases, enable efficient operations, and expand access to care.

We are a team of more than 71,000 Healthineers in over 70 countries passionately pushing the boundaries of what is possible in healthcare to help improve the lives of people around the world.