Intern - Engineering (3 Openings)

About the role

At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state-of-the-art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high-quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The cheese and ingredients we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula. We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in more than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality.

We offer a 10-week paid, skill-enriching, innovation-generating summer internship at our Hilmar, CA site. Interns innovate, collaborate and deliver on real projects alongside employees, gaining exposure to real-life business situations. The summer includes dairy visits, community projects, and opportunities to engage with senior leaders. Interns gain insight into how we create wholesome dairy products, systems and services that improve lives around the world.

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

Requirements

• Completion of sophomore year at a university and working towards a degree in Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Manufacturing or related field
• 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

Physical Demands & Work Environment

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must stand and walk almost the entire workday, be physically capable of working in any job tasks within their respective area, work at heights and in fairly small areas, and perform pushing, pulling, reaching, bending, stooping, squatting, kneeling, handling and grasping, twisting/turning, and repetitive bending. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment: The employee is frequently exposed to dust, fumes, smoke, gases, or other irritating substances; solvents or chemicals; slippery walking surfaces (water); and marked changes in temperature and humidity depending on time of year. The working surface is primarily concrete; where standing is required, there are rubber mats which are one-half inch thick. Food safety is a companywide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacture and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high quality products. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Benefits

• Gain professional work experience in an area related to your degree
• Work in a positive, well-balanced environment
• Learn about the industry from all levels of management
• Potential opportunity, upon graduation, for full-time employment with a successful, fast-growing company

Pay

Hourly salary range: USD $19.76 – $23.08

Schedule

10-week paid summer internship (full-time, daytime hours).