Corporate Quality Assurance Intern

At Lakeside Foods and our family of companies, we're committed to providing wholesome foods to enrich people's lives through food. We are a culture that pursues our vision of growth and innovation with passion, confidence, and commitment. We are strongest together - valuing collaborative contribution, transparency and new ideas to enable change and growth. We are committed to an inclusive and respectful environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance, and there's a seat at the table for you.

As a Quality Assurance/Food Safety intern, you will gain knowledge and understanding of the business through hands on activities, coaching, and projects as part of the Corporate QA Team in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Create new product samples for customer reviews.
• Assist with product specification and nutrition development.
• Assist with environmental monitoring investigations - micro testing.
• Assist with heat penetration and temperature distribution studies.
• Analyze heat penetration and temperature distribution data for food safety analysis.
• Assist with new production line start-up.
• Gain hands on experience in the formulation development for new products.
• Other project work as assigned.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

• Student in 4-year degree program with emphasis in food science, chemistry, biology, microbiology, or other related field
• Strong interest in science
• Strong communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• High capacity for attention to detail
• Critical thinking skills
• Proficient in M.S. Office
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds
• Reliable transportation

WHAT YOU'LL GET:

• Invaluable hands-on experience in your field of study
• Practical experience across varied business activities
• Shadowing, mentoring, and training opportunities with experienced and accomplished business professionals
• Paid internship
• Friendly environment and a "dress for your day" dress code

Lakeside Foods and our family of companies welcomes people of all backgrounds and the varied ideas they bring to the workplace. Being an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer is part of our heritage and culture. We recruit, hire and promote employees based on qualifications and merit, without regard to race, religion, age, gender, disability, marital or veteran status. Lakeside Foods participates in E-Verify.

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