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Grande Research & Development Intern - Foodservice in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Description
Why Grande?
With more than 80 years of crafting “The Finest Italian Cheeses That Money Can Buy”, Grande is a leader in the industry! Whether partnering with independent pizzerias from coast-to-coast to ensure they’re delivering the very best pizza to their customers or assisting our food manufacturing partners in delivering specialty whey ingredient solutions, our commitment to quality can’t be matched. While Grande’s reputation of excellence in the market is important, we believe our commitment to our workplace and community culture is of equal merit – our Associates come first at Grande. To complement our industry-leading benefits, Grande puts an emphasis on your career growth opportunities, while always promoting a positive work/life balance and supporting the communities in which we live and work. If you want to learn more about our company – what we do and how we go about it – or learn more about our beautiful, state-of-the-art corporate headquarters, visit www.grande.com.
Job Summary:
The R&D—Foodservice team is seeking a dynamic, current college student to fulfill our summer internship program in 2025. Interns in our area have completed past projects such as texture analysis of cheese products, bakeoff application of cheese products over shelf-life, and quantification of the effects of different milk treatments on cheese make and sensory processes. This responsibility includes assisting in design, execution, and documentation of pilot plant trials and experiments; conducting sample analysis on simple analytic equipment; conducting an independent project with support and guidance from others; and effectively communicating (both written and oral) scientific results. Interns in this role can expect to further their learning in Food and Dairy Science, Biology, or other related fields with focuses on research and development of new products, continuous improvement initiatives, manufacturing processes, and sensory analysis, in addition to collaboration, customer focus, independent and team-centered work, professionalism, attention to detail, time management, and more.
Unique Benefits of our Internship Program:
You will get the farm to fork experience during this program. You will experience a farm tour, facility tours, and experience the end user products.
Networking events where you will meet executives and community leaders.
Internship group outings and events.
Volunteer opportunities within the community.
Personal development events and training.
While you don’t have to love pizza to work here…it sure does help!
What you need to be considered for the role:
Student in Sophomore or greater status working towards a degree in a science or engineering related field.
Interest in Research and Development with a focus on New Product Development, Sensory Analysis and or Microbiology.
Mature, positive outlook with ability to focus on multiple duties across different areas
Advanced Word and Excel skills- particularly graphing, table manipulation, and some statistical application
Strong math skills with some exposure to statistics
Strong work ethic, self-starter
Able to maintain confidentiality