Engineering Services Intern

POSITION OVERVIEW

This internship provides an opportunity to gain hands-on experience supporting real business priorities within Engineering Services, with a focus on maintenance engineering for Milliken’s corporate facility. The intern will contribute to meaningful projects related to facility reliability, equipment performance, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and process improvement while collaborating with Engineering Services team members and cross-functional stakeholders. This role is designed to provide practical experience in a fast-paced corporate facilities environment while building foundational capabilities in problem solving, communication, technical analysis, and teamwork.

This internship is a full-time (40 hours/week), paid position that is 11–12 weeks in length during the summer of 2027, located at our Corporate Headquarters facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support day-to-day Engineering Services activities and maintenance engineering projects for the corporate facility

• Assist with preventive maintenance planning, equipment reliability reviews, and facility systems documentation

• Support efforts to restart and revitalize the facility energy management system by mining energy data, developing reports, creating maintenance checks and tasks, and recommending finer energy use controls

• Identify and propose potential capital projects to support future energy efficiency, reliability, and facility improvement opportunities

• Mine MaintainX CMMS data to refine work plans, schedules, preventive maintenance frequencies, and task details that support more effective maintenance execution

• Analyze CMMS trends to identify frequent equipment failure modes, recurring maintenance issues, and opportunities to improve reliability and asset performance

• Conduct data review, field observations, and basic technical analysis to support maintenance and facility improvement decisions

• Assist in developing reports, presentations, standard work, or process documentation related to facility operations and maintenance practices

• Collaborate with maintenance, engineering, operations, safety, and other stakeholders to troubleshoot issues and support project execution

• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, safety, efficiency, documentation, or maintenance processes

• Present project findings, recommendations, or results to Engineering Services leadership and key stakeholders

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED

• Candidates with or working toward a BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Facilities Engineering, or a related engineering discipline

• Strong user of Microsoft Office suite of products, with proficiency in Excel for data review, tracking, and basic analysis

• Interest in maintenance engineering, facility systems, equipment reliability, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement

• Detail oriented with excellent organizational, communication, and teamwork skills

QUALIFICATIONS – PREFERRED

• Exposure to facilities maintenance, preventive maintenance systems, CMMS tools, AutoCAD, mechanical systems, electrical systems, HVAC, utilities, or reliability concepts

• Prior internship, co-op, project, or hands-on experience in engineering, maintenance, manufacturing, facilities, or technical problem solving

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

• Hands-on project ownership with business impact

• Exposure to cross-functional teams and leaders

• Professional development and networking opportunities