What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025 Food Safety & Quality Intern - Onsite, USA position at Ardent Mills?
Ardent Mills is committed to transforming how the world is nourished. As the premier flour-milling and ingredient company, we cultivate the future of plant-based solutions to help our customers and communities thrive.
We are looking for curious, ambitious individuals who want to grow their global and local impact, career, and leadership skills through our summer Intern Program, Flourish.
Internship Objectives
The intent of our intern program is to provide a foundational understanding of how to live Ardent Mills' values while gaining hands-on experience in the industry through specialized projects and collaboration with leaders across the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Gain exposure to diverse operational challenges and broaden your experience in a food manufacturing setting.
- Develop a network of resources and gain the skills and knowledge required to operate within a specific type of operation.
Available Internships
Operations Internship
Gain the skills and knowledge required to operate within a specific type of operation, such as Grain Elevators, Packaging and Loadout, or Maintenance.
Milling Internship
Fine-tune and nurture the skills and knowledge required to operate our mills and continuously improve our milling operations through a structured summer experience.
Food Safety & Quality Internship
Gain exposure to the broader operations within Ardent Mills, with a keen focus on food safety and quality, gaining the skills and knowledge required to conduct testing and utilize our Ardent Mills Food Safety and Quality Policies in decision making.
Principal Accountabilities
- Participate in toolbox meetings and department reviews to ensure that work is properly integrated, and that progress is on track.
- Promotes personnel and food safety, ensuring a safe work environment and employee work habits.
- Support and abide by plant rules within the workplace.
Essential Functions/Requirements
- Ability to perform work in inclement weather conditions (hot and cold).
- Candidate must be physically able to climb ladders and stairs.
- Willing to work periodic workdays more than assigned work schedule.
Education, Experience, Skills
- Operations: Majoring in Ag Studies, Ag Business/Economics, Business Administration, Mechanized Systems, Mechanical/Agricultural/Biosystems/Food/Ag Systems Engineering, or related studies.
- Milling: Majoring in Milling Science, Agriculture Studies, Business, Operations, Food Science, Agricultural and/or Biosystems Engineering or related studies.
- Food Safety & Quality: Majoring in Milling Science, Bakery Science, Ag Studies, Business, Food Science, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Biosystems Engineering, or related studies.
- Strong computer skills.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Problem solving skills.
- Organization/Time Management skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- A willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
Other Considerations
- Must be authorized to work in the Unites states without sponsorship now and in the future.
- Except where prohibited by law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test and pre-employment background check.
Team members must be clean shaven in order to perform tasks where respiratory protection is required and the use of a respirator (including N-95 dust mask) requires a proper seal for adequate protection.
