Encapsys - Intern

Milliken and Company•Portage, WI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Milliken & Company is looking to hire student co-ops for the 2027 calendar year at its world-class encapsulation plant located in Portage, Wisconsin. This is a competitively paid co-op position that is being offered to students in a Chemical Engineering or a Mechanical Engineering program. Co-ops are also offered a special benefits package which includes a housing stipend and paid company holidays. Encapsys, a subsidiary of Milliken and Company, operates in the specialty chemicals industry. Holding over 75 encapsulation patents, Encapsys is a leader in encapsulation technologies within three primary business segments – Fragrance, Phase change, and Growth. Encapsys operates highly scalable encapsulation processes that deliver superior products with batch size flexibility from drum to tanker sizes. Encapsys participates in the global encapsulation market currently estimated at $4 billion. Milliken and Company takes pride in providing co-ops with opportunities to build strong resumes through matching individual interests with available projects. The Milliken and Company co-op students comprise up to 20% of the technical workforce, therefore Milliken and Company provides projects with a high level of responsibility that have strong impacts on the bottom line. Co-ops will work on both collaborative and independent projects in conjunction with the engineer/scientist project leaders. Each co-op is assigned a mentor to provide guidance through the processes of training, developing, and contributing.

Requirements

Junior or Senior
Chemical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
At least a 3.00 GPA
Self-motivated and driven for project completion
Work independently
Apply engineering and scientific principles to resolve problems and make improvements
Capable of operating in a flexible and dynamic manufacturing environment
Interact effectively with customers, management and production personnel
Work safely around manufacturing equipment
Successful completion of a pre-employment drug screen and background check

Responsibilities

Involvement in the day-to-day operations of a world-class encapsulation plant as a process engineer
Participation in project work, daily duties, production meetings, and production-scale trials
Producing written summary reports and presentations
Working 40-50 hours per week, occasionally working some late days, nights, and/or weekends (the plant is a 24-hr per day and 5-day per week operation)