Summer Dairy R&D Intern: Prototyping & Process Innovation

Hilmar; Hilmar (CA); Sur place; USD 27 000 - 32 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Hilmar Cheese Company offers a 10-week paid internship at our Hilmar, CA site. Interns collaborate with employees to gain real-world experience in dairy science, production, and product development.

You will participate in projects, dairy visits, and community activities while learning from senior leaders. You will complete the sophomore year and pursue degrees in Food Science or related fields, with emphasis on analytical skills and MS Office competency.

Qualifications

• Completion of Sophomore year at a university and working towards a degree in Food Science, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry or related field.
• Strong applied technical skills and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Basic knowledge of MS Office products: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel

Responsabilités

• Participate in team projects that contribute to the improvement of the company’s commercial processes and product quality.
• Understanding the science behind cheese making and exploring new technology options
• Investigating the microbiology of cheese making at the cell and molecular level
• Developing analytical methods to evaluate dairy ingredient quality and functionality
• Characterizing/evaluating a current commercial process or new processes R&D group is developing
• Assisting in the set-up of laboratory or production experiments.
• Scale-up and production of products for use as sales prototypes
• Investigation of alternative ingredients with whey protein substitution
• Characterization of new ingredients (Functionality testing)

Formation

Sophomore year completed, pursuing degree in Food Science or related field

Outils

MS Office

Description du poste

Hilmar Cheese Company offers a 10-week paid internship at our Hilmar, CA site. Interns collaborate with employees to gain real-world experience in dairy science, production, and product development.

You will participate in projects, dairy visits, and community activities while learning from senior leaders. You will complete the sophomore year and pursue degrees in Food Science or related fields, with emphasis on analytical skills and MS Office competency.