Engineering Intern - Summer 2027

TreeHouse Foods; Princeton (KY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) program

Job summary

TreeHouse Foods invites motivated engineering students to join our Princeton, KY plant for a hands-on internship. You will support manufacturing processes, contribute to capital projects, and develop options and recommendations while collaborating with engineers and project teams.

The role emphasizes understanding processing principles, operating systems, and project management, with a focus on delivering value through continuous improvement and teamwork.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of progress towards a Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, as well as problem solving skills, are required.
• Works with teams to drive improved performance.

Responsibilities

• Support key strategies and programs across the enterprise.
• Leverage subject matter expertise to drive continuous improvement and technology.
• Provide technical and economic support to groups focused on improvements to the current state.
• Champion the latest technology and commercial applications with Plant/TMOS/Reliability teams and vendors.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Engineering degree (in progress)

Job description

Engineering Intern - Summer 2027

Employee Type: Full time
Location: KY Princeton
Job Type: Administration

About Us

TreeHouse Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future. Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time".

TreeHouse Foods is a private label food and beverage leader focused on customer brands and custom products. When customers partner with TreeHouse they can expect access to an industry-leading portfolio, strategic vision, on-trend innovation and insights, world‑class supply chain, operational excellence and flexibility, collaborative approaches, and dedicated customer service. Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers. We engage with retail grocery, food away from home, and industrial and export customers, including most of the leading grocery retailers and foodservice operators in the United States and Canada. Our portfolio includes a variety of shelf‑stable, refrigerated, and snack products. Customers can expect comprehensive flavor profiles including natural, organic, and preservative‑free ingredients in many categories and packaging formats. TreeHouse Foods is best known for food and beverages produced by our two largest businesses Bay Valley Foods, LLC (including E.D. Smith and Sturm Foods) and TreeHouse Private Brands. With more than 10,000 employees in over 26 plants across the United States and Canada, TreeHouse Foods is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

What You Gain

Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth
An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals.
Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.
401(k) program, if eligible

Job Description

About the Opportunity We are seeking a motivated Engineering student for a hands‑on Engineering internship based in our Princeton, KY manufacturing plant. This internship provides an opportunity to be part of an engineering team to provide manufacturing technical support and/or execution of capital projects. The intern will be expected to develop options and recommendations for manufacturing process systems, collaborate with other engineers, provide assistance on defined problems, and communicate progress or results. This individual will acquire working knowledge of processing principles, operating systems, and project management.

Key Responsibilities

• Support key strategies / programs across the enterprise
• Leverage subject matter expertise in assigned areas to drive continuous improvement and technology.
• Provides technical and economic support to other groups within THS that are focused on improvements to the current state that deliver competitive advantages.
• Keeps current with and champions implementation of the latest technology and commercial applications, Plant/TMOS/Reliability teams, Vendors- equipment & material.

Qualifications

• 2 - 3 years of progress towards a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, as well as problem solving skills, are required.
• Works with teams to drive improved performance.

Important Details

The anticipated compensation for this position is $$22-$24 per hour. This is the salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certificates, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics and business or organizational needs. For certain roles, the successful candidate may be eligible for annual discretionary merit compensation award, bonus and equity pay.

Disability Assistance and EEO Considerations

At TreeHouse Foods, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work to help us “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time”.

TreeHouse Foods is an Equal Opportunity Employer that prohibits discrimination or harassment of any type. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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