Engineering Intern: Hands-On Process Improvement

Hilmar Cheese Company; Hilmar (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Hilmar Cheese Company invites engineering students to join a 10-week paid internship at our Hilmar, CA site. You'll work on real projects in engineering and technical services, gaining hands-on experience and exposure to dairy production processes, data analysis, and cost-reduction initiatives.

You will collaborate with experienced staff, visit dairy operations, and have opportunities to present proposals to senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Completion of Sophomore year at a university and working towards a degree in Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Manufacturing or related
• Basic knowledge of MS Office products: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Strong applied technical skills and analytical problem‑solving skills
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Reliable transportation to and from work

Responsibilities

• Finding the optimum, most cost-effective methods of manufacturing dairy products.
• Sampling, data collection, and analysis.
• Creating proposals to reduce operating costs, process capacity constraints, product losses, and product quality variation.
• Identification of the causes of waste within one or more manufacturing processes and recommendations for actions to eliminate the waste
• Development of standard work processes to implement and sustain identified improvement opportunities
• Validate all electrical prints are up to date and accurate and stored properly.
• Utility optimization of steam, refrigeration system, compressed air, domestic water, and waste water.

Skills

Analytical problem solving

Communication skills

Reliability

Education

Sophomore year engineering

Pursuing degree in engineering or related field

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Hilmar Cheese Company invites engineering students to join a 10-week paid internship at our Hilmar, CA site. You'll work on real projects in engineering and technical services, gaining hands-on experience and exposure to dairy production processes, data analysis, and cost-reduction initiatives.

You will collaborate with experienced staff, visit dairy operations, and have opportunities to present proposals to senior leaders.