About this opportunity
Hilmar Cheese Company Inc. lists this Intern - Manufacturing (4 Openings) opportunity in dodge city, Kansas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
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 that 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.
Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.
A Typical Day
At Hilmar Cheese Company we offer a 10-week paid, skill-enriching, innovation-generating summer advantage. Our interns innovate, collaborate and deliver. We’re counting on our interns to bring fresh ideas and own exciting projects in the works.
As an intern at our Hilmar, CA site, you’ll be exposed to real life business situations and will work on projects alongside our employees. Your summer with Hilmar Cheese will include dairy visits, community projects, and even a chance to pick the brain of our senior leaders. You’ll have the opportunity to gain insight on how we create wholesome dairy products, systems and services that improve lives around the world.
Benefits of a Hilmar Cheese Company Internship:
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!
Job Responsibilities
Position Responsibilities and Potential Projects are as follows:
Improvement of a specific process, product line, or function within one or more of the cheese or whey plants
Identification of opportunities to reduce the cost of production for a specific product or production line
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
What You Will Need
Completion of Sophomore year at a college or university and working towards a degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Business, Food Science, Dairy Science or Ag Management/Science.
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
What Will Put You Ahead
Physical Demands & Work Environment
The role has frequent occasions that require prolonged walking or standing, lifting/ carrying/handling moderate weight objects on a regular basis. Is required to wear PPE and have a regular presence in manufacturing and warehouse environments in both temperature controlled and uncontrolled locations. Must frequently interact with people verbally. Specific details of the essential functions of the position is available in the Job Safety Analysis, made available on request.
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.
This description is a general statement and does not include other duties as assigned
Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/EEO. We participate in E-Verify.
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