Manufacturing Digital Transformation Intern

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.

POSITION OVERVIEW 

This internship provides hands-on experience supporting Milliken's manufacturing digital transformation priorities through a blend of manufacturing data, Operational Technology (OT), workflow improvement, and emerging digital tools. The intern will evaluate how plant data, forms, workflows, batch sheets, and manufacturing applications are currently used across the organization and identify opportunities to simplify, connect, contextualize, or modernize these processes. Depending on the selected candidate's strengths, the project scope may emphasize manufacturing data platforms and OT connectivity or digital workflow consolidation, low-code applications, and AI-enabled tool evaluation. 

The intern will work with Manufacturing, Operations, Engineering, and IT stakeholders to complete discovery, assess technology options, and develop a practical recommendation, pilot proposal, or implementation path that supports Milliken's broader manufacturing technology roadmap. 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Inventory and analyze manufacturing data sources, plant applications, digital forms, workflows, batch sheets, and related tools used across production, quality, safety, maintenance, and environmental processes.
• Research and evaluate manufacturing data, OT connectivity, workflow automation, low-code, and AI-enabled tools, including options for data contextualization, forms generation, application modernization, and digital batch sheets.
• Document business, data, integration, security, usability, support, and manufacturing requirements through stakeholder discovery sessions.
• Compare technology options based on manufacturing fit, OT connectivity, data modeling, workflow capability, cost of ownership, integration, security, scalability, supportability, and business value.
• Identify a focused use case or pilot opportunity that aligns with Manufacturing priorities and can be tailored to the intern's strengths in data, systems, process improvement, or digital tools.
• Develop a technology scorecard, consolidation recommendation, pilot proposal, and practical path to implementation.
• Present findings, supporting analysis, and recommendations to Manufacturing, Operations, Engineering, and IT leaders. 

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED 

• Candidates with or working toward a BS in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Data Science, or related field.
• Relevant coursework in manufacturing systems, automation and controls, operations management, process improvement, industrial networking, database systems, data analytics, application development, systems analysis, or industrial statistics.
• Strong user of Microsoft Office tools and comfortable learning new technology platforms.
• Ability to research technical topics, gather requirements, analyze information, document findings, and communicate recommendations clearly. 

The successful candidate will have strengths in the following: 

• Passion for manufacturing, technology, and improving how work gets done.
• Analytical thinking and a structured approach to solving complex, cross-functional problems.
• Curiosity about manufacturing systems, operational data, workflow automation, AI-enabled tools, and low-code technologies.
• Ability to collaborate with plant, operations, engineering, cybersecurity, data, and IT stakeholders.
• Initiative, organization, attention to detail, and comfort working through ambiguity while learning unfamiliar technologies. 

Milliken is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, including but not limited to lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To request a reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, a job interview, or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact TalentAcquisition@milliken.com.