Facilities & Sustainability Engineer Co-Op

FACILITIES & SUSTAINABILITY ENGINEER CO-OP

SUMMER 2026 (7.5 MONTHS)

SANFORD, NC

 

COTY is looking for smart leaders who are fast and passionate.

 

Kick off a challenging and rewarding engineering career with Coty! Our Facilities and Sustainability Co-Op provides the opportunity to own a project to reduce our carbon footprint while improving a production loss in Cost, Quality, Safety, and delivering breakthrough results in your assigned area.  The areas include making and chemical process, warehouse systems and processes, material optimization, high-speed filling technologies and packing technologies. You will lead continuous improvement activities through detailed data analysis and root cause problem solving tools to achieve a project over a designated period.  You will have the opportunity to use your Studies in a Manufacturing environment giving you experience in your field on a practical level.  

 

RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Your main focus:

 

• Provide sustainability ideas and execute projects to drive our Net-Zero Fossil Fuel efforts.
• Apply process improvement tools including statistical process control, process mapping, control charts, design of experiments, Lean methodology and process capability studies.
• Analyze critical systems data to make recommendations for improvement from trends.
• Develop standards and train facilities technicians for continuous improvement at their systems.
• Develop and document processes (Process Flow Diagrams).
• Drive cost savings through improved productivity, resources utilization improvements and by optimizing labor.
• You will have the opportunity to utilize 6-Sigma and Lean Manufacturing methodologies to drive improvement in critical KPI’s for the manufacturing facility.

Working for Coty means our people make us who we are. They are the brightest minds bringing innovative concepts to life. If you’re someone unwilling to settle, likes to envision larger possibilities, accelerate learning, and push boundaries – we’d love to hear from you! Working at Coty means being part of an inclusive workplace committed to diversity and equity, valuing diverse perspectives and backgrounds. Your ideas will count, fostering a career where you can achieve more than you ever imagined.

 

 QUALIFICATIONS

 

We’d love to see candidates who have:

 

Essential:

• Analytical problem solving and information gathering skills (Key Performance Indicator reporting, gap analysis, Kaizen, Loss Tree, cause-and-effect diagrams, 5-whys, etc.)

 

 

Functional / Technical Skills:

• Working knowledge of statistics - Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Design of Experiments (DOE).
• Lean tools (i.e poka yoke / mistake proofing / pFMEA, SMED, Standard work, value stream mapping, TPM, 5S, continuous flow, visual factory, pull systems / Kanban, etc.)
• Intermediate to advanced level computer skills (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, drawing software, SAP).

 

Education Requirements:

• B.S. Degree in an Engineering Discipline with 1-2 years remaining till graduation.

 

OUR BENEFITS

 

This is unique role with a genuine opportunity to make an impact. You’ll get to work in a diverse environment with a team of professionals who are passionate about the work they do and know how to have some fun along the way.

 

RECRUITMENT PROCESS  

1. Our recruiter will contact you.
2. A telephone/online introductory meeting follows.
3. A first online/in-person interview
4. A second interview
5. You will receive a proposal with the terms of employment.

 

ABOUT COTY

 

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