Intern Packaging Specification (all genders)

FrieslandCampina; Wageningen; On-site; EUR 6,700 - 8,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internship compensation

1 vacation day per month

Professional supervision

Job summary

FrieslandCampina is offering a Packaging Specification Intern position at its R&D Center in Wageningen. You will support a dedicated project within the Packaging Specification Team, helping ensure accurate packaging information and compliance for products across global markets.

Ideal candidates are EU university students in Regulatory, Food Science, or Packaging Technology, available for at least six months, five days a week, with fluent English.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in an EU university Bachelor or Master student in Regulatory, Food Science, Packaging technology or a related field.
• Ideally available from a minimum of 6 months, 5 days per week.
• Excellent communication skills (fluent in English, both written and spoken).
• Proactive and eager to learn and develop.
• Detail-oriented and accurate.

Responsibilities

• Support a specific internship project under guidance of the Packaging Specification Team in Wageningen.
• Contribute to packaging compliance and maintaining packaging specifications across Europe, Asia, and beyond.
• Assist with data management and regulatory initiatives within an international R&D environment.

Skills

Excellent communication

Detail-oriented

Proactive and eager to learn

Education

Bachelor or Master student in Regulatory, Food Science, Packaging technology

Job description

Join us as a Packaging Specification Intern at our R&D Center in Wageningen! Are you curious, detail-oriented, and eager to make a real impact in the world of packaging? As part of our Packaging Specification & Compliance team, you will contribute to ensuring that packaging information is accurate, up to date, and available to support our products across global markets.

What you will do

We offer you an interesting and educational internship where you will have the opportunity to discover your field. You will work on a specific project and support ongoing activities under the guidance of the Packaging Specification Team in Wageningen. The project will be determined between student and supervisor based on both actual activities within the team and your interest.You’ll have the opportunity to work on projects that support a wide range of products and brands, from assessing compliance with food contact and packaging legislation to maintaining packaging specifications and supporting regulatory initiatives across Europe, Asia, and beyond.Together, we will shape an internship project that matches your interests and development goals while contributing to meaningful business needs. Whether your passion lies in regulatory compliance, packaging legislation, sustainability, or data management, this internship offers valuable hands‑on experience within an international R&D environment.

What We Ask

• Currently enrolled in an EU university Bachelor or Master student in Regulatory, Food Science, Packaging technology or a related field.
• Ideally available from a minimum of 6 months, 5 days per week.
• Excellent communication skills (fluent in English, both written and spoken).
• Proactive and eager to learn and develop.
• Detail-oriented and accurate.

What We Offer

• An interesting and challenging internship position within an expert R&D team.
• The opportunity to develop yourself in your field.
• You can count on sufficient professional supervision.
• You will earn 1 vacation day per month based on fulltime internship.
• Internship compensation of €600 on fulltime base.
• Join the Interns community within the company and participate in activities.

For thousands of people every day, we are more than just a dairy company. To our farmers, our employees, the communities we serve, the businesses we work with and the people to whom we bring happiness, FrieslandCampina means something more. For them it's not just about what we do, but who we are. We value talented people from any background who want to contribute to something bigger than themselves. We encourage all of our employees to make decisions that benefit our entire company. At FrieslandCampina we own our own career and act accordingly. We trust you to make a difference in your internship and influence the bigger picture. Working at FrieslandCampina means you are contributing to a better world. You will be part of the Packaging Specification Team within the Global Packaging Department. This team consists of eight enthusiastic colleagues who are part of the Global Packaging Development team. The team is responsible for development of value-added packaging for a wide range of Food & Beverage, Commodities, Ingredients and Baby food products.