What are the responsibilities and job description for the QA/Food Safety Intern - Summer 2025 (Listeria Trigger Study) position at Wayne-Sanderson Farms?
2025 Internship Program Dates: May 19, 2025 - August 1, 2025
What a Quality Assurance/Food Safety Intern Can Expect:
What a Quality Assurance/Food Safety Intern Can Expect:
- Industry Exposure: provided with comprehensive intern project and exposure to the poultry industry and understanding the operations and challenges of a top-performing poultry processing company.
- Skill Development: hands-on experience and essential skills that will provide a competitive advantage through mentorship and leadership development.
- Early Talent Cultivation: opportunity to create a foundation for future leadership.
- Cultural Integration: become immersed in company’s #AMAZING process focused, people culture.
- Executive Leader Engagement: participation in Intern Showcase to present your project findings to company leaders.
- Enrolled in a college degree granting program (associate, bachelors, graduate). Agriculture-related, animal/poultry science, food science, chemistry, biology, biochemistry majors encouraged to apply.
- Must be at least 18 years of age.
- Ability to create and verbally present project outcome/ findings in a concise manner to peers, management and senior leaders.
- Ability to collect and analyze data, formulating logical assumption or hypothesis, and develop long term solution/improvement based on the analysis.
- Ability to be flexible, working non-standard hours as needed to collect data; may travel overnight occasionally.
- Must have exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, and the ability to resolve issues efficiently and effectively.
- Self-starter with strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and manage tasks while maintaining attention to detail.
- Build relationships with mentors, peers, and professionals within the company to expand industry knowledge interpersonal savvy.
- Follow departmental and company safety policies and programs
- Must wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at all times in areas where required
