Manufacturing Tech Co-Op

Job Summary

Manufacturing Technology Process Engineer Co-op

ACCEPTING CANDIDATES FOR SPRING/SUMMER 2025 (January 2025 - August 2025)

Manufacturing Technology Co-op Engineer (Chemical Engineering)

IFF provides a unique combination of functional, nutritional and economical benefits to customers through innovative soy technologies and ingredients. The Memphis facility is one manufacturing plant in IFF’s global operation that produces these high-quality soy ingredients.

In today’s work environment, many companies prefer co-op experience before hiring new graduates. IFF sponsors an engineering co-op program to provide challenging work assignments that enable students to develop skills through practical application. Our program is designed to promote awareness, and to enhance education and future growth opportunities.

IFF’s Memphis facility offers co-op assignments year-round, and assignments typically include a semester and a summer. This document offers a general overview. Specific responsibilities and requirements may vary among operating facilities and businesses.

Position Benefits

• Significant technical learning opportunity in a professional work environment
• Unit operations - separations, reaction engineering, spray drying, bulk solids handling
• Skills utilized - project design/management, process safety management, process control, thermodynamics/heat transfer, material and energy balances
• Increased marketability for employment upon graduation
• Food industry experience
• Continuous Improvement/Six Sigma exposure
• Opportunity to work with a variety of skilled professionals with diverse roles and responsibilities including Production, Process Technology, Engineering, Maintenance
• Competitive compensation
  
  

Major Responsibilities

As a member of the process engineering group for the Memphis, Tennessee manufacturing site, the co-op position will assist engineering and technical resources in the following areas:

• Provide support to engineers in executing plant trials and troubleshooting daily production and maintenance issues
• Write experimental outlines, execute and report findings
• Provide administrative and technical support to manufacturing
• Offer technical support to production and maintenance
• Provide capital project and process design support
• Process Safety Management
• Some shift work may be required
  
  

Job Function

Engineering

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Must be able to work safe and comply with all corporate/site EHS guidelines and policies
• Possess strong math and statistical background and a technical aptitude for unit operations
• Good interpersonal/communication skills (oral and written); able to contribute in a team-oriented environment
• Proficient with MS Office package (specifically Word and Excel)
• Currently enrolled undergraduate as a sophomore, junior or senior working toward receiving a BS degree in Chemical Engineering
• Program is NOT designed for BS degreed or graduate level students
• Must be at minimum a Sophomore by hours at start of co-op term
• Minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (Cumulative and Major)
• Authorized to work in the United States
• Comply with guidelines established by education facility’s career services center
  
  

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more