Food Science Intern, Innovation Product Development

Title: Food Science Intern, Innovation Product Development
Location: Richland, WA
About Lamb Weston
Lamb Weston is a leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the world. For more than 60 years, we've produced innovative, inventive products that make life better for our customers and their customers.
Job Description Summary
Participate in a paid internship program built around your career goals and hands-on projects that impact the organization. As part of the Lamb Weston University Recruiting Internship Program, Interns work towards completing a Capstone project and are assigned a mentor who will guide and evaluate performance.
Whether you are interested in Agricultural Science, Data Science, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, Manufacturing, Food Science, Marketing, or Engineering, our highly selective summer intern program has projects that will help you build the next stage in your career.
- Paid internship, May - August (actual dates may vary)
- Gain real-world working experience through dynamic projects assigned by your mentor and assigned department
- Network and learn from executives, department leaders, high performers, and fellow interns across the business
- Receive guidance and feedback from your assigned mentor throughout the program
- Professional development events providing tools that will help after the internship and after graduation
Job Description
The Innovation Product Development Intern will be a contributing member of a team that brings together leading-edge technical knowledge to spur development of new potato products and processes.
The intern will be given a variety of different projects to work on and complete during their internship in the areas of new Product Development, food manufacturing, and sensory. They will be mentored and receive the proper training to fulfill their project requirements. The intern will be capable of working in a collaborative environment demonstrated by sharing ideas, opinions and expertise.
Typical duties may include but are not limited to:

• Design and conduct laboratory and pilot plant experiments
• Exposure to manufacturing processes and equipment for periodic extended workdays
• Design and/or follow analytical testing methods
• Fill out and maintain a legal lab notebook, for experiment repeatability.
• Format, analyze, and summarize data

Proficiencies Gained

• Cross-functional team building skills
• Exposure to contemporary business and technical challenges
• Networking with industry professionals
• Opportunity to personally drive projects based on individual's skill and interest level
• Analytical and data evaluation experience

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Must be a current Junior, Senior, or Master's student enrolled in a related program: Food Science
• Self-starter demonstrating drive for results
• A basic understanding of science (biology, chemistry, or food technology/engineering) to apply skills to support bench top/lab testing under supervision of a professional.
• Ability to problem solve with limited guidance
• Continuous improvement mindset and methodology
• Strong organizational skills

Industry-Competitive Benefits
Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
• Paid Time Off
• Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
• Family-Friendly Employee events
• Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Job Requisition ID: Req-233544
Time Type: Full time
In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable hourly estimate for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $22.00
Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law