Encapsys Engineering Services Co-op - Fall 2027
About this role
Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leader whose focus on materials science delivers tomorrow’s breakthroughs today. From industry-leading molecules to sustainable innovations, Milliken creates products that enhance people’s lives and deliver solutions for its customers and communities. Drawing on thousands of patents and a portfolio with applications across the textile, flooring, chemical and healthcare businesses, the company harnesses a shared sense of integrity and excellence to positively impact the world for generations. Discover more about Milliken’s curious minds and inspired solutions at Milliken.com and on Facebook , Instagram and LinkedIn .
Milliken & Company ( www.milliken.com ) 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 allowance 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.
This co-op is May - December 2027.
Typical project engineering duties include:
• Involvement in the day-to-day operations of a world-class encapsulation plant as a project engineer • Develop engineering design to solve real world problems• Develop project technical requirements, schedules and estimates • Drive reviews with cross functional teams to address concerns of each group in project implementation • Support other engineers in project activities • Producing written summary reports and presentations • Working 40-50 hours per week, occasionally working some late days or weekends as project work requires