Our student this week is Dylan Moseley, at right, an industrial engineering major who accepted a co-op at John Deere Power Products, located in Greeneville, Tennessee. He describes the department he worked in and what his main responsibilities were.
“I was assigned to the manufacturing engineering department,” said Moseley. “My assignments have consisted of many different projects, such as efficiency studies, auto cad layout updates, optimization of space and resources, as well as other things that assist the factory as a whole.”
Moseley says that one challenge was determining where a piece of machinery for a new line was to be put in.
“I had to go over many different options and evaluate the pros and cons,” he said. “I eventually came to the conclusion of what was most efficient, and that is what the company went with. I had never been assigned with something of this much importance before.”
The co-op assignment offered valuable benefits, notably, Moseley said, “The importance of working as a team, and getting everyone’s options and inputs.”