Quality Assurance Intern - GN

 

Quality Assurance Intern – Glanbia Nutritionals

  

Company Summary:

 

Glanbia is a global nutrition company grounded in science and nature and dedicated to providing better nutrition for every step of life’s journey. The company takes pure and clean ingredients, including milk, whey, and grains, and uses expert knowledge and capabilities to produce high-quality nutritional ingredients and branded consumer products for customers and consumers worldwide.

At Glanbia Nutritionals Inc., our portfolio centers on dairy and non-dairy nutritional ingredients. We co-innovate and deliver ingredient solutions and precision premixes for use in the mainstream food and beverage, infant and clinical, and functional nutrition markets. We are the number one global provider of whey-based nutritional ingredients and the number one producer of American-style cheddar cheese. Our protein systems have transformed the bar and beverage categories — bringing increased protein levels, cleaner labels, and greater product functionality to market. We have a direct presence in 21 countries, with manufacturing facilities in the US, Germany, and China and international sales and technical offices worldwide.

 

Job Summary & Responsibilities:  

In this role, you’ll be a key contributor to a Quality Assurance Team and will gain valuable experience supporting our manufacturing plants or project teams in various areas and have exposure to key quality and production functions such as operations, customer requirements, cost control, and safety.  Throughout the summer, you will own a key project relating to a relevant business problem and have the opportunity to present your insights and recommendations to leadership.  Outside of this, you will partake in several development workshops and build connections with your peers and our business leaders through social & networking events.  

 

Expected Outcomes: 

• Ownership of a project, demonstrating analytical abilities and critical thinking skills while helping to solve real-life business problems.  
• Knowledge and experience in plant quality assurance, manufacturing, lean concepts and application, and production plans through your daily tasks and projects.  
• Strong collaboration within the site leadership teams,  cross-functional department teams, and potentially contractors, and vendors. 
• Active participation in Pure Ambition program activities.  

  

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Current undergraduate student pursuing a bachelor's degree in dairy or food science, engineering, chemistry, biology, microbiology, or related field. 
• Clear written communication and strong interpersonal skills 
• Self-starter and highly motivated individual with the ability to work independently.  
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).  
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.