Job Description
Job Title: Meat/Food Scientist Intern
Join our team as a Meat/Food Scientist Intern during the summer of 2025 and Feed Your Wild Side! Your internship will be based in Minneapolis, MN. You will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience through formal and informal training, managing projects, attending events, networking with fellow interns, and working with key Jack Link’s leaders and team members. At the completion of your internship, you will conduct a final presentation on your internship experience.
From concept to commercialization, R&D Meat and Food Scientists are the leaders and drivers of new product development at Jack Link’s. As a Meat/Food Scientist Intern, you will join us in a highly collaborative role, working closely with the R&D team, operations, food safety & quality (FSQ), business management, marketing, sales, consumer insights, and procurement; in order to run pilot plant tests, execute plant trials, and effectively launch new protein snacks.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- Provide hands-on support in determining root cause and finding solutions for problems in food products such as sensory, quality, or processing issues. Participate on cross-functional teams to identify areas of opportunity in cost reduction, yield improvement, and formulation/process improvement and efficiencies.
- Support the design and execution of appropriate testing methodologies to validate changes to raw materials, formulations, and processes. Coordinate testing plans with food safety, regulatory, quality, and operations. Generate written reports, interpret results, and make next step recommendations.
- Some travel may be required.
Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements:
- Working towards a Bachelor of Science degree in Meat Science, Food Science, or related field.
- Proficient written and oral communication skills.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, changing environment.
- Must be able to communicate effectively with various manufacturing and marketing functional groups at various levels.
- Must be flexible and able to work well in a team environment.
- Express a strong work ethic and execute responsibilities in a professional manner.
- Comfortable working in refrigerated environments while performing tests, though the vast majority of work will be in a standard office setting.
Preferred Qualifications:
Meat processing industry knowledge and experience.
Additional Information
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: Jack Link’s provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by federal, state or local law.
E-VERIFY: Jack Link’s is a participant in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For information about the E-Verify program, please visit: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify/employees.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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