Food Safety & Quality Intern

Why Grande?

With more than 80 years of crafting “The Finest Italian Cheeses 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 Food Safety and Quality Team is seeking a dynamic, current college student to fulfill our summer internship program in 2026. Interns in our area have completed past projects such as environmental swab mapping and sample result comparison programs. The responsibility of this internship may include taking relevant samples from the process, documenting and interpreting results, participating in audits or inspections, assisting with investigations, Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA), and assisting with swabbing. Interns in this role can expect to further their learning in food safety regulations and quality for various dairy products, environmental monitoring programs, 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 Junior or Senior status pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Food Science or Quality Assurance or other related field required.

Preferred:

• Participative involvement in campus organizations, non-class related volunteer involvement, off-campus employment and demonstrated leadership preferred.


• FSMA PCQI training preferred


• HACCP Certified


• Effective analytical and communication skills


• Basic statistics knowledge desirable