Engineering, Manufacturing, Processing and Control Placement with Milliken & Company (Quality Assurance Team, Wigan)
The second year placement student would be allocated a suitably qualified and experienced mentor / manager for the duration of their placement with Milliken. They would be introduced, onboarded, and supported by their mentor throughout their placement who would also act as their line manager, assuming responsibility for the individual’s welfare, and providing supervision and pastoral support.
Location: Milliken & Company, Beech Hill Plant, Gidlow Lane, Wigan, WN6 8RN
About the placement
All required IT will be provided for the individual, with access to the relevant internal Milliken systems, intranet, and software packages necessary for the activities they will be undertaking.
Being accurate is important to you! You will be testing that our products meet our customer’s expectations!
Primarily working in Quality Assurance, we want you to help satisfy our customers.
You will be testing and inspecting our flooring products and identifying opportunities to improve our testing process and the flow of material into and out of the lab.
This may involve developing training material that we use for new associates; it may involve looking for improvement opportunities to make us more efficient (e.g. digitising something manual).
If you do this well, you may make the jobs of our associates easier, or increase capacity.
At our manufacturing sites you will be working alongside real people, who make stuff! You need to be comfortable asking questions and listening to answers.
You will be successful if you like being part of a team.
By the time you finish your work at Milliken you will have a great understanding of how important quality is in the world of manufacturing, and you will have added real value.
You never know, you may want to come back!
Milliken will provide expenses for public transport and lunch. We don’t want anyone to be out of pocket!
For some T-Levels students there may also be opportunities for paid work, e.g. summer jobs.
About the business
Milliken is a successful global family-owned business, recognised as an international leader in textile products, floor covering and speciality chemicals with significant manufacturing facilities in USA, UK, Europe and Asia, with sales offices, development laboratories, Research and Development and technical support centres throughout the world.
The courage to think BIG
We know that the best ideas are born by empowering the brightest people. That’s why we give our diverse teams the tools they need to imagine world-changing solutions and then realize their vision. We focus on insights and innovation to develop everything from new molecules to new products that protect first responders, help wounds heal faster, protect our food, and make environments healthier. At Milliken, we make products that make people’s lives better.
We know that our work has the power to help save lives, to make the world a better place, and to create a healthier future for generations. In a world that never stops challenging us, our PURPOSE and VALUES have remained constant. Our Purpose motivates us and ignites our curiosity. Our Values guide our culture and inform our every decision.
‘Together we strive to positively impact the world around us for generations to come’.
Everywhere you look, you will find Milliken products in all aspects of life and you will probably touch our products in a variety of ways every day.
Right now, all over the world, Milliken & Company innovations help people feel safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and more confident.
We are EVERYWHERE!
In Greater Manchester we are proud to have two manufacturing sites. Our Wigan site manufactures commercial Floor Covering, and our Bury site manufactures automotive airbag fabric. They supply product to our customers across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
We want you to help us on our journey.
About the T Level – Engineering, Manufacturing, Processing and Control
During the 2-year programme, students will develop the core knowledge and skills that are needed for entry to a range of engineering, manufacturing, process and control occupations.
This course is suitable for anyone interested in a career in engineering, manufacturing, processing and control.
Students will develop an understanding of a broad range of issues relevant to the sector, including:
- working within the Engineering and Manufacturing Sectors – an understanding of how materials, conditions and context influence design processes and products
- essential mathematics for engineering and manufacturing – a knowledge and understanding of mathematics including standard matrices and determinants and standard trigonometry
- materials and their properties – understanding material processing techniques and their effects on materials and material quality, the condition of materials, how these are managed, and materials testing methods and techniques
- business, commercial and financial awareness – basic commercial principles including commercial priorities and markets, customers/clients/partners and resource allocation
This T Level course is currently on offer in Greater Manchester at:
This placement may not be available with all colleges or providers. Please speak to your college or provider for more information about which placements may be available to you.
