Engineering Operations Technician Placement 2023

The Estée Lauder Companies is currently recruiting for an Engineering Operations Technician (Intern) within the Engineering department on a 13 month placement opportunity to join an experienced and committed team at Whitman Laboratories whereas a site we manufacture around a fifth of Estée Lauder’s global sales output.

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products.

As the global leader in prestige beauty, we touch over half a billion consumers a year. Our Company's products are sold in over 150 countries and territories under the following brand names:

Aveda, BECCA, Bobbi Brown, Bumble and Bumble, Clinique, DKNY, Estée Lauder, GLAMGLOW, Jo Malone London, Kiton, La Mer, Lab Series, MAC, Michael Kors, Origins, Smashbox, Tom Ford, Tommy Hilfiger, Too Faced and many more.

If you enjoy working in an environment where you can make a difference, and work within a unique culture, we would love to hear from you.

This role primarily focuses on the involvement in production support related projects includes report and documentation generation, supporting production line trials and conducting transit tests of new packages.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Actively build internal and external departmental relationships.
• Support cross functional activity relating to Safety, Quality and Project Work etc. with supporting documentation. 
• Promote safe systems of work, adhering with Safety, Compliance, GMP and Audit working practices.
• Generate and develop saving initiatives, investigate their feasibility and facilitate and drive implementation of justifiable improvements.
• Maintain skills and knowledge of equipment and changing technologies with training and sharing of best practices with peers and other support groups.
• Participate in company initiatives as Subject Matter Expert to seek resolutions to common issues.
• Adhere to Regulations and Legislative working practices.
• Identifying opportunities and facilitating implementation using LEAN tools and techniques throughout the business to help improve equipment effectiveness, process and procedures directly impacting on engineering activity and customer service.
• Collaboratively work with vendors and contractors on a regular, day to day basis.
• Deliver excellent customer service and work collaboratively with customer and other support groups.
• Generate and develop saving initiatives, investigate their feasibility and facilitate and drive implementation of justifiable improvements.

This role is ideal for individuals who like to get hands on in their work, consider themselves to be great communicators and wants to learn about manufacturing environments!

Qualifications

Studying an Undergraduate Degree in Engineering or related subject and be on track to achieving a 2:1 standard or higher. (A Chemical, industrial or mechanical engineering degree is preferred).

QUALITIES: We are looking for excellent team workers, good communicators, strong project management and organisational skills, outgoing and persuasive individuals. 

Estee Lauder Companies is an equal opportunities employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.