Food Safety and Quality Internship 34636

Position Title: FSQ Internship Appleton Summer 2025

Position Type: Temporary FullTime

Position Location: Appleton

Grade:Grade 01

Requisition ID:34636

Food Safety and Quality Internship

About the role.

The Food Safety and Quality team at McCain is seeking an intern to work at the factory/plant location in Appleton WI for 12 weeks starting in May 2025. This position will be working a fulltime schedule (Monday through Friday) in the plant environment.

This position will offer the opportunity to build upon the knowledge acquired in the classroom in a food business and manufacturing environment. The Quality and Food Safety internship program is designed to offer students the opportunity to learn and work with business units to provide solutions to internal and external stakeholders.

Interns will have the opportunity to impact several quality and food safety initiatives and gain exposure to a wide array of QFS programs including but not limited to HACCP & Food Safety Plans laboratory & instrumentation programs equipment performance & maintenance food manufacturing & prerequisite programs product inspection and disposition and additional project work in related areas.

As an intern you will be part of our North American Food Safety and Quality team. The Food Safety and Quality team is responsible for creating monitoring and validating systems that result in high quality and food safe products meet our customers expectations. The team is also responsible for providing guidance for our food production processes. Our consumers trust and have confidence in our brand and food safety is critical in keeping that trust. Our food safety guidelines are in place to ensure our products meet our customers expectations as well as food safety regulations.

Accountabilities:

• XRF project build libraries for sites or create a North American virtual library in SharePoint in collaboration with the sites
• Environmental Monitoring Programs: Build a cohesive SharePoint site(or LIMS) of all CAPAs and EMP data.
• Distressed inventory work on improving the current data and information gathering to make it easier to collect information
• Review HACCP plans and create a universal plan for all sites to conform to.
• Review Xray data from the sites that have them installed
• Engagement Support theQuality Team on World Food Safety Day planning and promotion. Represent and promote the Quality Team at National French Fry Day and McCain Family Day events

Qualifications:

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelors or Masters degree in Food Science Biology/Microbiology Chemistry/Biochemistry Chemical Engineering or applicable field with an interest in Quality & Food Safety as a career
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Passion for delivering highquality work
• Creativity and critical thinking
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• A love of quality food
• Must be at least18 years of age

Skills:

• Food safety basics and integration of food safety throughout the supply chain
• Factory and corporate support to ensure the best quality and foodsafe products
• Systematic approach to problemsolving
• Advanced mathematical skills
• Strong communication skills at all levels of the organization
• Deliver project goals through collaboration & teamwork
• Multitask between projects and priorities

About the team.

The North American Food Safety and Quality team is responsible for providing guidance for our food production processes. Our consumers trust and have confidence in our brand and food safety is critical in keeping that trust. Our food safety guidelines are in place to ensure our products meet our customers expectations as well as food safety regulations.

About McCain.

At McCain were feeding the world: from French fries to cakes we contribute to the important role food plays in peoples lives. Thats why were dedicated to ensuring our core valuesFamily Authentic Trusted and Qualityshine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience a presence in more than 160 countries and a global team of 22000 people our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together along with our business and community partners to bring sustainable growth and positive change today tomorrow and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!

Leadership Principles.

Our principles each with related practices guide our actions across the organization. Together they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.

We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights we drive mutual success.

We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition curiosity and smart risks we can accomplish goals refine processes and innovate to scale success.

We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first showing humility and working together.

We act like owners. Together we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

The McCain experience.

We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individuallyyour impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here you have the opportunity to learn grow and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why were better together.

Hybrid

Compensation Package: $23.00 $26.00USD hourly

The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience skill set education/training and other organizational needs.

Benefits: At McCainwere on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do every day. We understand and appreciate that each persons needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Due to the duration of this role you will not be eligible for traditional benefits through our programs. McCains early careers programming offers a multitude of learning experiences aimed at advancing your career in the future.

McCain Foods is an equalopportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse antiracist inclusive meritbased and equitable workplace. As a global familyowned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity resilience and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms) please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family:Research & Development; Quality & Food Safety
Division:NA Operations
Department:Quality North America
Location(s): US United States of America : Wisconsin : Appleton
US United States of America : Wisconsin : Milwaukee

Company:McCain Foods USA Inc.