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SUPPLY CHAIN ENGINEERING INTERN - SUMMER 2025

Salina, KS

Schwan’s Company, a U.S. affiliate of the global lifestyle company CJ CheilJedang Corporation, is a leading U.S. manufacturer and marketer of quality foods offered through retail-grocery and food-service channels. Its many popular brands include Red Baron®, Tony’s®, Big Daddy’s®, Villa Prima™ and Freschetta® pizza; Mrs. Smith’s® and Edwards® desserts; and Pagoda® and Bibigo Asian-style snacks. To learn more about Schwan’s, visit www.schwanscompany.com.

Your Internship Experience:

• Dynamic 12-Week Internship (May 19 – August 8, 2025): Dive into a hands-on experience with real-world projects that align with your studies and make a real impact. Opportunity to work in new, highly automated distribution center and support startup activities.
• Take Charge of Strategic Projects: Own exciting, high-stakes initiatives with direct relevance to your coursework and gain invaluable experience that goes beyond the classroom.
• Exclusive Access to Leadership: Engage with company executives and senior leaders through frequent interactions that offer unique insights and career inspiration.
• A Culture of Care: Join a company that prioritizes your health, safety, and well-being, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment.
• Guidance from Industry Experts: Receive guidance from skilled, genuine, and good-natured team members who are invested in your success.
• Pathway to a Thriving Career: Build your future with a leading food company where internships often pave the way to full-time roles after graduation.

Your Impact:

• Process Optimization: Conduct detailed studies to improve distribution center efficiency, focusing on food products and utility systems, while identifying opportunities to reduce bottlenecks. Visibility to manufacturing production and campus operations.
• Cost and Yield Improvement: Analyze distribution and production operations, using data-driven insights to recommend strategies for increasing yield and minimizing costs.
• Engineering Documentation: Review, update, and ensure technical documentation accurately reflects AS-BUILT plant systems for consistent and reliable reference.
• Start-Up and Commissioning: Provide hands-on support during the commissioning of new distribution center assets, troubleshooting and ensuring seamless integration into existing operations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with maintenance, quality, and operations teams to drive engineering projects that align with overall production goals.
• Continuous Improvement: Participate in initiatives to optimize supply chain processes, leveraging new technologies and innovative engineering approaches.

What You Bring:

• Education: Current enrollment in bachelor’s Mechanical or Industrial Engineering degree program with an anticipated graduation date of December 2025 or May 2026. GPA of 3.0+ preferred. 
• Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
  • Proven leadership and interpersonal skills and flexibility to work various shifts
  • Excellent verbal and written communication as well as sharp analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Open to learning new technologies and engineering systems
  • Comfortable working in both office and factory floor settings
  • Committed to safety and best practices
  • Confident in sharing ideas and constructive feedback
  • Proactive and takes full ownership of projects
  • Self-starter who thrives on overcoming challenges and making decisions in uncertainty
  • Works well cross functionally with diverse members of different teams

The employing subsidiaries of Schwan's Company are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, age, race, color, religion, gender, vet status, national origin, or other protected classes.