Food Safety Quality Assurance - Intern - Professional Development Opportunities

About The Chefs' Warehouse
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (http://www.chefswarehouse.com) combines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 35 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 2,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world. We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 35,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.

Mission: The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.

Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:

Curious & Creative

Hungry For Food & Results

Entrepreneurial

Forward Thinking & Flexible

Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)

Capital Seaboard has provided top quality produce and seafood to the greater Baltimore/DC area for over 50 years. Their reputation for excellence is driven not only by their commitment to quality but by their pragmatic food safety team. With all Big 9 allergens, three processing rooms, multiple climate-controlled zones, and a dry goods warehouse all under one roof; Capital Seaboard is a complex food safety learning opportunity like no other.

Position Summary: This position will offer students the opportunity to build on knowledge obtained from their coursework and apply it to a real-world production setting. Interns will be exposed to active sanitation and manufacturing processes and gain experience monitoring and enforcing Good Manufacturing Practices. They will be introduced to HACCP Planning, verification and traceability programs, and Corrective Action Reporting. They will experience weekly mentoring on relevant topics within the industry and have the chance to network with onsite USDA inspectors.

What you’ll do:

• During the internship, you will work with FSQA and operations to focus on and gain an understanding of production processes across the industry
• Assist the Food Safety Manager with information gathering and data entry for vendor qualification program
• Perform data analysis and result reporting for environmental testing of processing rooms
• Apply critical thinking and problem solving while supporting our validation team to ensure the compliance of our good manufacturing practices requirements
• Assess specification documents pertaining to vendor provided products as well as company processed products

About you:

• Candidates must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate program.
• Strong computer skills overall including experience with Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Tolerant of a range of environmental conditions including wet and cold (30 Degrees Fahrenheit)
• Enrolled in an accredited university program seeking an Associates or a Bachelor of Science/Arts in Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, Animal sciences, Agricultural sciences, Nutritional sciences, Food sciences, Public health, Community health *preferred
• Strong attention to detail, problem solving, prioritization and organizational skills
• Ability to work in a team environment and possess strong interpersonal communication skills

This 10-week internship program will extend from the last week of May through the first week of August. Interns are responsible for their own housing and transportation to and from the facility located in Jessup MD. Interns will be paid hourly at $15 per hour and maximum allowed to work 32 hours a week.

The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Perks & Benefits:

• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k

The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.