2025 Summer Formulation Internship Unilever

Trumbull, CT

Background & Purpose of the Job

Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Food, Refreshments, Health & Wellness, and Home and Personal Care products with sales in more than 190 countries. In the United States, some of our brand icons are: Axe, Degree, Dove, DoveMen+Care, Hellmann’s, Nexxus, Shea Moisture, TRESemmé and Vaseline. All of the preceding brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Unilever Group of Companies. We are a purpose led and future fit organization developing our brands for people’s lives today and for the changing environment tomorrow – aiming to make sustainable living commonplace. Unilever offers vast and exciting career paths within R&D. Creating new innovations, delivering consumer benefits, and enhancing our brands as a force for good – it’s all yours in Unilever R&D.

As a formulation intern at Unilever, you will learn how we develop and commercialize new personal care formulations in either the skin care, skin cleansing, hair, or deodorant teams. You will create and deploy the latest technologies and deliver breakthrough cosmetic and health benefits, and bring innovations to life for our consumers.

Who You Are & What You’ll Do

With guidance from a manager and team of functional experts, summer interns will manage one major summer project on their own in either a formulation or process engineering role. This project will address a major technical challenge and opportunity for one of Unilever’s major hair, skin cleansing, or skin care brands. Interns will carry out the project within a brand formulation team, processing specialists, or within an R&D support function.

Possible project topics include

- Translating consumer and technical insights into prototype formulations that meet consumer and brand expectations

- Integrating leading skin or hair benefit agents while maintaining critical product attributes like sensory and cost by applying technologies sourced internally and from external suppliers.

- Scoping / Scaling-up breakthrough technologies or resolving manufacturing quality issues in some of the largest consumer products in the world.

In any project, interns will learn formulation science principles (such as surfactant science, polymer science, aquatic chemistry, chemical processing, emulsions and soft matter), conduct application testing, and be expected to apply them to the specific needs of the overall Unilever business. The work will be primarily on-site and involve extensive hands-on work in the laboratory or pilot-plant facilities. Interns can expect to prepare product formulations systematically varying ingredients, chemical factors, or processing variables. Interns will perform their own characterization using rheology measurements, chemical analyses, and application tests. Interns will plan experiments and analyze their data using statistical and graphical tools. Interns will generate input and incorporate feedback from a cultivated network of technical experts within Unilever to enhance the delivery on their project.

You’re a born leader: You will lead your own project

You’re a dot connector: You will solicit the input of technical experts, apply digital tools to the design of experiments, generate insights from your data, and provide recommendations that meet business objectives

You’re a story teller: You will present your project to senior management

You’re a culture & change champion: You bring your own experiences and uniqueness to the team, which is valued in our inclusive work environment

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Undergraduate with sophomore or junior status based on Major in Chemical Engineering, chemistry, or other related majors.

• Proficiency in MS office suite

• Proven willingness and ability to learn new technical skills

• Must have a minimum GPA of 3.0.

• Ability to conduct an experimental programto generate relevant, high-quality data with subsequent data analysis and interpretation.

• Able to work under pressure in order to meet project deadlines

• Ability to work with others, communicate effectively, and contribute to cross functional teams.

• Willingness to relocate

Life at Unilever is a lot of fun – just like our application process! Check out what you'll experience when you apply for one of our internships or co-ops:

1) Application -Start by completing our simple online application. You can import your details from your LinkedIn profile to speed up the process. You can only apply to one function, so carefully consider which role you would like to pursue before applying.

2) Assessment -After your application, if you meet the basic requirements, we’ll invite you to participate in a series of fun games that looks at different cognitive, emotional, and social traits. This will help us find the best fit for you and you will receive personalized feedback after completing the games.

3) Discovery Center –Once the interview is complete, we’ll invite our top matches to our offices in the Greater New York City or Toronto areas (depending on which job you applied for) for a truly immersive experience. You’ll get to experience a number of exciting activities and projects along with your peers, meet our leaders, and receive personalized coaching and feedback. The exercises are designed around a real business case study, enabling us to tap into your potential while giving you further insight into what it’s really like to work at Unilever.

To receive communication about your application, please add careers@unilever.com to your safe senders list, and ensure your mobile phone number is correctly entered in your application.

Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities

Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination under Federal law. For more information, please see EEO is the Law

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.

If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at 1-855-239-5459 or NAAccommodations@unliever.com . Please note: These lines are reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and are not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses.

Unilever is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. 

For more information about your Federal rights, please see Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal and Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, credit check and DMV check.

If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at NA.Accommodations@unilever.com. Please note: This email is reserved for individuals with disabilities in need of assistance and is not a means of inquiry about positions or application statuses. The Protected Veterans or Individuals with Disabilities AAP narratives are available for inspection by any employee or applicant for employment Monday through Friday during normal business hours at establishment.

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