Program Scope
The strength and uniqueness of the cooperative education program at ADP is the full commitment to the program by the Executive Leadership of the company. ADP’s cooperative education program offers a wealth of opportunities for both the co-op students and the company itself. This program is designed as a world-class engineering co-op program, which will allow the best and brightest college students to serve work terms with Advanced Distributor Products.
The site Program Coordinator, an Engineer with a leadership role in the company, will personally mentor the students. Each student will utilize engineering tools taught during their work terms to complete valuable engineering projects. The students will develop new leadership and engineering skill sets in addition to applying the engineering fundamentals learned during the students’ school term. This proactive approach to technical training and leadership development prepares the students for a productive and successful professional career. ADP benefits in turn from the value-added, high quality co-op projects completed by the students. The company also benefits from a viable future recruiting pool that the program provides, ensuring the availability of talent that is vital to the future success of the company.
Purpose of the Program
The primary purpose of this program is to hire, train and develop future senior executive leaders for the company. In addition, the company and the students receive a variety of benefits as outlined below.
Benefits for the Company
- Ensure a continued talent pool of engineering business leaders to hire from to support the continued growth and prosperity of the company.
- Complete value added business and engineering projects that enhance the output of our full time engineering professionals.
Benefits to Students
- Experience challenging engineering projects.
- Potential post-graduate employment opportunities with Lennox International and/or its subsidiaries, including ADP.
- Competitive compensation, periodic pay increases based on experience.
- Personal mentoring and the development of executive, leadership and communication skills.
- Outstanding training in the latest engineering technologies.
Training and Development
In addition to learning valuable engineering skills on site during the course of each co-op term, students will participate in company-sponsored offsite training events.
From technical training including 3 dimensional solids modeling and ergonomic analysis, to leadership events such as time management and basic supervision seminars, ADP co-op students are given the tools needed to jumpstart a successful career in the world of engineering.
The program requires four work terms with an optional fifth term for interested students. Students, typically beginning after their freshman year, will rotate work and school semesters until all four work terms are completed.
Projects reinforce common engineering disciplines but also remain flexible to adjust to ADP’s changing business needs. Projects provide experience in areas such as product design and development, operation, materials control, quality, accounting, and information technology.
For more information, please call 662-229-3000 and ask to speak with the Engineering Co-Op Department or contact us by email at coopinfo@adpnow.com.
