Production Management Internship
Production Management Internship
About the role.
The Production Management Internship offers a unique opportunity to join the McCain production team and gain hands-on experience in production management during the summer of 2025 (May through August).
This position will work a 40-hour work week, Monday through Friday, at one of our on-site 8 large-scale food processing plants in the US. Each site specializes in the production of a variety of McCain products. The Production Management Intern will support the plant and contribute to the team’s goals and objectives. The Intern is expected to gain a broad understanding of manufacturing processes and tools, potentially including process management, problem-solving, troubleshooting processes and equipment, and managing multiple operations within the production system.
This position will be located at the Grand Island plant in Grand Island, Nebraska. The normal schedule is eight hours per day, five days per week, but you may be required to work other shifts and weekend hours as needed. Candidates should have a strong interest in manufacturing and/or business management.
The internship is an opportunity to join a McCain Manufacturing Team and gain valuable manufacturing technical knowledge along with essential leadership experience. The manufacturing interns are provided with cross-functional experience from “farm to fork” within the product life cycle to learn all aspects of the manufacturing process. You will learn about food manufacturing operations, strategic projects and initiatives, internal and external communications, teamwork, work with a purpose, and careers with McCain!
Accountabilities:
- Support core functionality of the manufacturing teams while looking for opportunities for improvement.
- Develop a general understanding of manufacturing functions and the major roles and responsibilities in those functional areas
- Engage in all training, development, and educational opportunities provided
- Participate in cross-functional teams supporting manufacturing process improvement projects
- Contribute to initiatives that reduce inventory, improve customer fill rates, improve on-time performance, and operational efficiencies
- Apply creative problem-solving skills to assigned work; communicate insights and synthesize conclusions
- Communicate regularly with facility employees in all job classifications
- Support shared learnings and dissemination of results internally and externally
- Participate and lead continuous improvement projects
- Gather data relevant to current and future process and engineering initiatives
- Make regular recommendations to the plant leadership team regarding initiatives and improvements
- Present overall progress against assigned projects on a monthly basis
Qualifications:
- Pursuing your bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Manufacturing Operations, Production, food sciences or related function
- Must have strong Microsoft Excel proficiency and exceptional analytical skills and be able to work with complex data
- Be able to use measurement tools after initial training correctly
- Follow company policy for job safety
- Must be able to lift 35lbs and stand on your feet for your shift
- Must be at least 18 years of age
Skills:
- Interest in manufacturing, operations or engineering
- Systematic approach to problem-solving
- Advanced mathematical skills
- Strong communication skills at all levels of the organization.
About the team.
The intern will be part of the operations team at the manufacturing facility, working directly with Plant Leaders. The plant provides a supportive team that will encourage you to do your best and provides a safe and flexible working environment that promotes work/life balance.
About McCain.
At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to cakes, we contribute to the important role food plays in people's lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain!
Leadership Principles.
Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.
We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.
We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.
We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.
We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.
The McCain experience.
We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.
Compensation Package: $23.00 - $26.00 USD hourly
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits: At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits and well-being programs reflect that. Due to the duration of this role, you will not be eligible for traditional benefits through our programs. McCain's early careers programming offers a multitude of learning experiences aimed at advancing your career in the future.
McCain Foods is an equal-opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know, and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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