As a student, you’ve arrived at the right place. But this is no destination, it’s the beginning of your career journey. Here you can learn about our co-op opportunities, teams and career paths. If you’re ambitious, why wait to launch a promising career? Let’s go!
Whether you’re a car enthusiast or exploring the automotive industry for the first time, here you have the chance for control over your career. Whether it’s developing skills through training, or gaining experience across different teams, you have opportunities to advance yourself and navigate your career. Check out the possibilities across TMMC.
Everyone at TMMC can make a difference, including the newest employees. In this video, meet Dawn Ng, who just a couple of years earlier as a co-op student used her initiative and ingenuity to develop a sustainability idea that improved both cost efficiency and quality.
We are singular in our pursuit to do our best work, be the best manufacturing plant, and produce the world’s best vehicles. Our many roles and teams can also be seen as distinct specialty areas.
We currently recruit co-op students from the following schools:
Our co-op opportunities are posted on the school job boards in January, May and September for the following co-op term. Please be sure to submit your application though your school job board to be considered for our co-op opportunities.
A critical thinker and motivated problem solver
Willing to learn with a positive attitude
Results-oriented and take ownership
A collaborative Team Member with strong interpersonal skills
Detail-oriented with solid organizational skills
Passionate about your field of study
A self-starter with the ability to work in a multi-disciplined environment with minimal supervision
All our co-op students are paired with a Student Lead who will provide coaching and mentorship throughout the term. They will assist you with project planning, share industry knowledge and best-practices, and provide you with learning opportunities.
Winter Term (January to April) → Recruitment begins early-September
Spring/Summer Term (May to August) → Recruitment begins early-January
Fall Term (September to December) → Recruitment begins early-May
The Toyota Business Practice problem-solving methodology is our unique way of approaching a challenge by finding the root cause. As a co-op student, you are trained on this problem-solving method, which can be applied, not only at work but also in our everyday life. You will be assigned a TBP Project that you will work on throughout your term. At the end of your term, you will have the opportunity to present your project to a panel of senior management.
Suspension: RAV4 Suspension Process Productivity Improvement by eliminating downtime
Weld: RX Weld Quality improvement by defect reduction
Press: RAV Stamping Material Cost Reduction
Assembly: RX Conveyance Design Modification to reduce repair cost
Plastics: RX Bumper Paint cleaning process efficiency enhancement
Paint: RX Paint Shop water usage reduction as an environmental initiative
Our engineering co-op students are involved in troubleshooting day-to-day manufacturing problems and continuously improving existing manufacturing processes with an emphasis on safety, quality, productivity and cost, to achieve lean manufacturing.
We have co-op opportunities available at every stage of the manufacturing process including Press, Weld, Paint, Plastics, Assembly, Quality Control, Environmental and Facilities. We also hire co-ops in Information Systems Engineering, Production Control, HR and Finance.
Students can join TMMC as a co-op students or into one of our New Grad Analyst positions. We support continuous development through on-the-job training, skills training, online training programs and special projects. We always look in-house first to fill our Analyst and Senior Analyst positions.
