About the role#
This internship provides an opportunity to connect classroom concepts to real-world applications in food manufacturing. You will work with process and design engineering personnel to improve equipment, products, and packaging quality. This role involves real-time project support for a multi-year facility expansion and requires time on the production floor to monitor daily operations.
What you'll do#
- Collaborate with engineering teams to improve equipment, processes, and packaging quality.
- Evaluate manufacturing processes by studying requirements and conferring with vendors.
- Conduct a thermal efficiency audit and present recommendations for improvement.
- Monitor daily operations and ensure smooth process flow while maintaining product quality.
- Establish and monitor performance metrics through data mining, analysis, and reporting.
- Assist with creating asset lists and managing critical spares programs.
- Implement quality control methods, including statistical process controls (SPC) and batch control tests.
- Work with the safety department to conduct job safety analyses.
- Act as a liaison between departments and business partners to address inefficiencies.
- Use sample data to create control charts and identify process shifts.
- Follow all food safety protocols, including GMPs, SOPs, and HACCP compliance.
What you'll need#
- Current degree candidate in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- Above average mathematics skills and familiarity with statistics, specifically SPC and control charts.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD and Microsoft Office.
- Detail-oriented approach with strong organizational skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Self-motivated, high-energy, and able to work in a team environment.
- Willingness to adhere to the Quality Engineering Philosophy.
- Experience with MiniTab, Smart Draw, and Simscale is preferred.
- Lean Six Sigma certification is a plus.
Location & details#
- Location: McKinney, Texas
- Term: Winter 2027
- Modality: On-site
- Status: Full-time, paid internship
About Blount Fine Foods
Blount Fine Foods produces gourmet soups, sauces, sides, and entrees for retail, restaurant, and food service clients. The company operates as a private business based in Warren, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1880 and currently employs 954 people. The organization supplies products for various retail brands and private labels.
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