Food Safety & Quality Intern

About the role

The Food Safety & Quality Internship offers a hands-on opportunity for a college student to gain experience in food safety, quality systems, and dairy manufacturing. Past interns have completed projects such as environmental swab mapping and sample result comparison programs. In this role, you will support quality documentation, food safety initiatives, audits, investigations, and continuous improvement projects while collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will also gain valuable in-plant experience and develop a strong understanding of food safety regulations, quality programs, and dairy production processes.

Responsibilities

• Assist with updating and maintaining Quality Policies, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and other quality documentation.
• Partner with plant quality teams to ensure the documentation database remains accurate and up to date.
• Support Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) initiatives through research and program development activities.
• Help identify and implement programs that strengthen food safety and quality systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support quality and food safety objectives across the organization.
• Gain exposure to multiple areas of Grande’s Quality department and learn how they work together.
• Participate in a two-week, hands-on experience at Grande’s cheese and whey manufacturing plants to observe quality and food safety processes.
• Assist with product testing and quality evaluations related to positive hold and release initiatives, including sample coordination, data collection, and results analysis.

Requirements

• Student in Junior or Senior status pursuing a bachelor's degree in Food Science or Quality Assurance or other related field required.
• Participative involvement in campus organizations, non-class related volunteer involvement, off-campus employment, and demonstrated leadership preferred.
• FSMA PCQI training preferred
• HACCP Certified
• Effective analytical and communication skills
• Basic statistics knowledge desirable

Benefits

• You will get the farm to fork experience during this program.
• You will experience a farm tour, facility tours, and experience the end user products.
• Networking events where you will meet executives and community leaders.
• Internship group outings and events.
• Volunteer opportunities within the community.
• Personal development events and training.

About the company

With more than 80 years of crafting “The Finest Italian Cheeses Money Can Buy”, Grande is a leader in the industry! Whether partnering with independent pizzerias from coast-to-coast to ensure they’re delivering the very best pizza to their customers or assisting our food manufacturing partners in delivering specialty whey ingredient solutions, our commitment to quality can’t be matched. While Grande’s reputation of excellence in the market is important, we believe our commitment to our workplace and community culture is of equal merit – our Associates come first at Grande. To complement our industry-leading benefits, Grande puts an emphasis on your career growth opportunities, while always promoting a positive work/life balance and supporting the communities in which we live and work.