Plant Operations Intern (Portage La Prairie)

The Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. We are a true farm-to-table company with an integrated portfolio including food processing and food brands, phosphate mining, fertilizer manufacturing, farming, ranching and cattle production, and other enterprises related to agriculture.

Summary

The Operations Intern program for the Simplot Food Group Manufacturing organization is an integrated opportunity, giving you a broad understanding on the manufacturing process. You will learn about multiple processes involved to produce quality potato or vegetable products. This could include quality assurance, maintenance, sanitation, production, continuous improvement. The position is a full time, summer-long internship approximately going from May to August.

Key Responsibilities

• Assists in data analysis of projects
• Assists as needed on the production floor to gather data and review/explain
• Complete specific job duties and projects while working with many different people and positions to gain understanding of various jobs in potato/vegetable processing
• Get great exposure to the manufacturing process of producing potato and vegetable products

Typical Education

• Pursuing a bachelor’s degree from 4-year college or university
• Strong academic record (suggested minimum 3.0 GPA), with a bachelor’s degree emphasis in Agriculture, Food Science, Business, Engineering

Job Requisition ID: 27165

Travel Required: None

Location(s): GF Plant - Portage la Prairie 

Country: United States

**The Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other protected status.

If the Simplot Company decides to offer you this position, such offer will be conditioned on your satisfactory completion of a post-offer criminal background check. For Washington Job Applicants, see the Washington State Attorney General’s Washington Fair Chance Act Guide and RCW 49.94.010 for more information.**