POSITION SUMMARY:

• Meets all Safety, Health, Quality and Environmental requirements when performing job duties.
• Begins May 15^th, 2025 and ends August 15^th, 2025 (Will be flexible with school schedules.)
• Contributing to a team that innovates new products, imparts new agilities into existing processes’, constantly advancing pet nutrition, and always paying it forward in the form of service for our community.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Project work
• Data collection to show improvements
• Documentation of standards and training
• Working on quality improvements
• Improving first time right
• Helping with safety improvements
• Develop new projects to drive improvement

INTERNSHIP SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS:

Quality Assurance:

• Full participation in plant safety program and safety activities
• Provide constructive feedback throughout internship to Department Managers and HR
• Support with testing and holds in the lab
• Perform Dryer Studies, metal detection, data entry and filing
• Regular Attendance
• Must work well with others
• Ability to concentrate
• Ability to meet all quality of work and sanitation requirements
• Ability to work under supervision
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work safely at all times
• Ability to work under stress

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience: - recommend 1 year of college courses or technical degree in a related field
• Skills:  Strong written and oral communication skills, demonstrated organizational capability, multi-tasking, collaborative capability.
• Other:  Must be authorized to work in the United States.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

• This position requires good communication and people skills.  This position interacts with a wide range of people from hourly employees to salary.