Meet Morrison's 2023 Class of Interns!

Written by Angelo Mondia | 7/10/23 3:09 PM

Morrison Container Handling Solutions is proud to introduce our 2023 class of interns!

This year, Morrison carefully selected a team of six individuals who have genuine interest and enthusiasm in understanding the fundamental factors contributing to Morrison's success. Our interns jump in and work on real projects that have real results.

This summer, we also recently transitioned two interns into full-time positions. Learn more about the work of these eight members of our team and the process of transitioning from intern to employee at Morrison below.

The interns and new hires at Morrison Container Handling Solutions have demonstrated an exemplary level of dedication and passion for their work. We're proud to have them on our team!

At Morrison Container Handling Solutions, we take pride in offering diverse internship opportunities across all our departments. Our interns are not just bystanders, but active participants in various projects that provide hands-on experience and an opportunity to apply their knowledge in a real work setting. We are committed to providing a great learning experience for our interns and we take great joy in seeing them excel. Keep reading below to learn more about our talented interns and their exciting journey at Morrison.

Engineering Intern

UNIVERSITY: Purdue University

MAJOR: Aerospace Engineering

YEAR IN SCHOOL: Sophomore

MORRISON DEPARTMENT: Engineering

HOBBY: Running

Q: What is something you are looking forward to this summer with your internship? 

A: I am looking forward to learning more about being an engineer and using AutoCAD.

Q: What is something you have already learned being here?

A: I have learned about the process of releasing a design to manufacturing and utilizing AutoCAD.

Q: What is something you are excited to learn/delve into this summer? 

A: I am excited to delve into seeing my designs being manufactured and testing them.

Q: What skills do you wish to develop while you are here? 

A: I wish to develop teamwork skills and better AutoCAD skills.

Q: What current projects are you working on? 

A: Process Improvement and Timing Screw Hardware

Q: What is your favorite part about coming to work every day? 

A: I learn something new every day.

Q: What is something you like about working in the packing industry? 

A: I can design assemblies and see the assemblies manufactured.

Engineering Intern

UNIVERSITY: Michigan State University

MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering

YEAR IN SCHOOL: Sophomore

MORRISON DEPARTMENT: Change Parts Engineering

HOBBY: Playing Video Games

Q: What is something you are looking forward to this summer with your internship? 

A: Learning more about the process of manufacturing and design.

Q: What is something you have already learned being here?

A: Experience in the processes behind how we design and the reasoning for these processes.

Q: What is something you are excited to learn/delve into this summer? 

A: The new concepts of a different department.

Q: What skills do you wish to develop while you are here? 

A: I would like to improve my ability to reverse engineer and break down designs.

Q: What current projects are you working on? 

A: Change parts order and designing parts carts.

Q: What is your favorite part about coming to work every day? 

A: I enjoy being hands on and being able to solve problems all the way through.

Q: What is something you like about working in the packing industry? 

A: Learning about all of the different technology that goes into the production of everyday items.

Marketing Intern

UNIVERSITY: North Central College

MAJOR: Marketing

YEAR IN SCHOOL: Senior

MORRISON DEPARTMENT: Marketing

HOBBY: Working on my car.

Q: What is something you are looking forward to this summer with your internship? 

A: I am looking forward to observing and participating in the process of creating marketing materials for Morrison.

Q: What is something you have already learned being here?

A: I have learned many new skills including the Adobe Cloud applications and how to utilize them in creating marketing material.

Q: What is something you are excited to learn/delve into this summer? 

A: I am excited to learn more about how the Morrison products work and the process behind creating the products.

Q: What skills do you wish to develop while you are here? 

A: I wish to further improve my communication skills with my coworkers along with learning how to use different marketing applications.

Q: What current projects are you working on? 

A: At the moment, I am working on creating material for a campaign on our high-speed can opener.

Q: What is your favorite part about coming to work every day? 

A: My favorite part about coming to work is that everyday is different. There is always something to work on whether we need to film something on the production floor or create material to post on our website and social media platforms.

Q: What is something you like about working in the packing industry? 

A: Something I like about the packaging industry is that it is always improving and making operations more efficient.

Production Intern

UNIVERSITY: Purdue Northwest

MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering

YEAR IN SCHOOL: Incoming freshman, graduating 2027.

MORRISON DEPARTMENT: Assembly

HOBBY: Working on my car, welding, hanging out with friends among other things.

Q: What is something you are looking forward to this summer with your internship? 

A: Making money and learning along the way.

Q: What is something you have already learned being here?

A: How to install a roto-fuse clutch.

Q: What is something you are excited to learn/delve into this summer? 

A: I am excited to hear that I’ll probably get a chance to help assemble some of the bigger jobs here this summer.

Q: What skills do you wish to develop while you are here? 

A: I’d like to get some more experience in welding and machining while I’m here because both of those fields also interest me.

Q: What current projects are you working on? 

A: At Morrison, just assembling jobs, but at hom,e my car as well as a whatever is going on in the home shop tends to take up my time.

Q: What is your favorite part about coming to work every day? 

A: Making money doing something I enjoy.

Q: What is something you like about working in the packing industry? 

A: Everything is clean in comparison to the last industry I worked in.

Production Intern

UNIVERSITY: Purdue Northwest

MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering

YEAR IN SCHOOL: Freshman

MORRISON DEPARTMENT: Production - Lathe Department

HOBBY: Working on motorcycles.

Q: What is something you are looking forward to this summer with your internship? 

A: I look forward into advancing my skill in CNC machining/ programming.

Q: What is something you have already learned being here?

A: I’ve learned how to use Mazatrol programming to optimize part production and programming.

Q: What is something you are excited to learn/delve into this summer? 

A: Being able to grow my skills within different departments at Morrison.

Q: What skills do you wish to develop while you are here? 

A: Learning to use inventor cam to create tool paths on complex geometry on some of our parts.

Q: What current projects are you working on? 

A: I am currently working on optimizing live tooling on Y-axis lathes to create parts faster with less operations.

Q: What is your favorite part about coming to work every day? 

A: Being able to advance my skills every day in CNC machining.

Q: What is something you like about working in the packing industry? 

A: I enjoy seeing final assembles of machines running, knowing the work that went into designing and creating all of the components.

Production Intern

UNIVERSITY: Purdue Northwest

MAJOR: Mechanical Engineering Technology

YEAR IN SCHOOL: Freshman

MORRISON DEPARTMENT:

HOBBY: Working on cars.

Q: What is something you are looking forward to this summer with your internship? 

A: Being able to advance my skill in manufacturing.

Q: What is something you have already learned being here?

A: I have learned how to operate a lathe.

Q: What is something you are excited to learn/delve into this summer? 

A: I am excited to learn how to make my use of the lathe more efficient.

Q: What skills do you wish to develop while you are here? 

A: While I am working at Morrison this summer I hope to improve my lathe skills and cnc machining.

Q: What current projects are you working on? 

A: Currently, I am creating timing screw blanks.

Q: What is your favorite part about coming to work every day? 

A: I enjoy coming to work everyday and learning more about blanking and how to become more efficient.

Q: What is something you like about working in the packing industry? 

A: Something I admire about the packaging industry is that there are always more modern and efficient ways to package products.

Mechanical Engineer Intern to Employee

Caleigh originally joined the Morrison team as an intern and has recently transitioned into a full-time engineering position.

Q: How has your transition from an intern to a full-time employee been? What changes or challenges have you encountered?

A: My transition from intern to a full-time employee has been great. My job responsibilities have stayed the same for the most part with little to no change. I feel that my internship set me up to be a successful full-time employee because I am doing a lot of the same things. I think the hardest part of the transition is balancing more workload. Since I became full-time, I have more projects going on at the same time. Managing the timelines for each one and making sure all projects meet the ship date is the biggest change.

Q: Reflecting on your internship, what were the most valuable skills or lessons you learned that have been beneficial in your current full-time role?

A: Looking back on my internship, the most valuable skills that I learned were how to ask the right questions, the Morrison engineering process, and how to build relationships with customers. The biggest part of learning what questions to ask was knowing where to look for the answers before asking someone else. Now that I have a better idea of where to look for those answers, I can complete the work faster and better than I was doing as an intern by asking specific questions that are necessary to success of the job.

As an intern, it took some time to understand how Morrison engineers progress through projects. One of the biggest things I learned was the design review process and that each step is an important check point that needs to be completed before moving forward with the project. This process is best utilized to ensure that we hit the timeline without wasting design time.

Finally, the best skill that I have developed is building a relationship with each customer. I have noticed that most of our customers are repeated and often as engineers we will work with the same customers because we are familiar with how their machines operate. This makes it extremely important to have a good foundation for communication and to make sure that we deliver on what their needs are.

Q: Can you provide an overview of some of the projects you are currently working on as a full-time employee?

A: I just finished working on the design for the following jobs: ProSys - This machine is a custom machine that accepts a single lane of containers that are inverted from horizontal to vertical and indexed for filling, then discharged upright. Hamrick - This machine is a standard machine that will turn oil containers 90 degrees and discharge them at pitch. This system is different because it utilizes large timing screws (10” OD x 46” length). To summarize, each job is slightly different and requires a certain element specific to the customer. I think this aspect is very cool and keeps the work interesting instead of doing the same thing every day.

Q: How does your current position align with your long-term career goals? In what ways does it provide opportunities for growth and development?

A: My current position aligns well with what I have planned for my long-term career goals. My goal throughout college was to get as many internships as possible to learn as much as I can about what life would be like working as an engineer. After completing three internships, this one was by far my favorite and most rewarding. I really enjoy working at Morrison and I learn something new every day. I am surrounded by very motivated and intelligent people who push me to be better. I am constantly learning and growing as I work through challenges that I face with each project. Every project is new and different and with each one comes its own learning curve. As I continue to develop my skills and move towards more custom machines, I feel that I can learn something new from each one.

Q: What aspects of working in the packaging industry do you find particularly appealing or interesting?

A: The most interesting thing about working in the packaging industry is that there are so many different shapes and sizes of containers. Our products are centered around container handling and as engineers we must find the best way to handle each container no matter how unique or different it may be. The most appealing part about working in the packaging industry is utilizing timing screws to develop a design that best fits our customers’ needs.

Q: Are there any additional skills or knowledge you are looking forward to acquiring in your new full-time role? How do you plan to pursue those learning opportunities?

A: During my internship I was exposed to many kinds of projects such as standard machines, custom machines, conveyor upgrades, and more. I thought this was helpful because it gave me a fairly good idea of all the different types of projects that we do at Morrison. I’m most excited about using what I learned on those first few projects to complete the next project at a faster rate. My goal is to learn more about the production process and how the manufacturing process works. I plan to spend some time learning the process from a few people who work out there on a day-to-day basis.

Q: What advice or insights would you give to future interns who may be interested in pursuing a full-time position within the company?

A: My biggest piece of advice is to learn as much as you can from the people around you during your internship. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. It’s better to take the time to understand it because it will help you learn. It’s okay to make mistakes as long as you don’t make the same one repeatedly. The goal of your internship should be to learn as much as you can about the company and ask yourself is this something that I would enjoy doing every day. If so, you have found a place where you can consider working full-time.

Controls Engineer Intern to Employee

Danny joined our team as a controls intern and has recently transitioned to a full-time controls engineer.

Q: How has your transition from an intern to a full-time employee been? What changes or challenges have you encountered?

A: As an intern transitioning to a full-time employee, my journey has been both exciting and filled with learning experiences.

Q: Reflecting on your internship, what were the most valuable skills or lessons you learned that have been beneficial in your current full-time role?

A: One of the most valuable skills I acquired during my internship was the ability to adapt and thrive in a dynamic work environment. Through exposure to various projects and tasks, I learned how to navigate and embrace change, remaining flexible and open-minded in the face of new challenges.

Q: Can you provide an overview of some of the projects you are currently working on as a full-time employee?

A: As a full-time employee, I am currently engaged in a diverse range of projects. Some examples of what I am doing include designing and implementing electrical control systems, automation and process optimization, troubleshooting and maintenance, and research and development.

Q: How does your current position align with your long-term career goals? In what ways does it provide opportunities for growth and development?

A: Firstly, being part of this role allows me to expand my technical skills and knowledge. Also, my current position provides various opportunities for personal and professional growth by allowing me to take on more responsibility.

Q: What aspects of working in the packaging industry do you find particularly appealing or interesting?

A: There are several aspects of working in the packaging industry that I find particularly appealing and interesting. The aspects that captivate my enthusiasm and contribute to my passion for this field include Innovation and creativity, Continuous improvement.

Q: Are there any additional skills or knowledge you are looking forward to acquiring in your new full-time role? How do you plan to pursue those learning opportunities?

A: I am enthusiastic about gaining additional skills and knowledge that will contribute to my professional growth. In this field there are a few areas I am excited to learn more about, some of which include HMI (Human-Machine Interface) design and electrical safety.

Q: What advice or insights would you give to future interns who may be interested in pursuing a full-time position within the company?

A: For future interns who are interested in pursuing a full-time position within the company I would recommend embracing a learning mindset, show initiative, showcase your skills, and most importantly have a strong work ethic.

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