Internship - Food Safety & Quality Associate

通用磨坊股份有限公司 • Cincinnati, OH

3d • Onsite

About The Position

General Mills makes food the world loves. The company is guided by its Accelerate strategy to boldly build its brands, relentlessly innovate, unleash its scale and stand for good. General Mills operates in more than 100 countries and markets more than 100 consumer brands, including Cheerios, Nature Valley, Blue Buffalo, Häagen-Dazs, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, Totino’s, Annie’s, Wanchai Ferry and more. Headquartered in Minneapolis, General Mills generated fiscal 2026 net sales U.S. $18 billion.

Food Safety & Quality (FSQ) Associates lead programs and provide technical expertise to ensure the safety, regulatory compliance, and quality of General Mills food.

Requirements

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Food Science, Engineering (primarily Chemical / Food Process / Biological), or related degree
• Graduating in Winter 2027 or Spring 2028
• Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with General Mills (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).
• Applicants must meet a minimum 18-year age qualification.

Nice To Haves

• Strong academic record
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results and a commitment to developing technical and business skills
• Learning agility, curiosity & inventiveness are key in Food, Safety & Quality
• Strong interpersonal & communication skills, passion for food safety and quality, enthusiasm, and the ability to conduct themselves professionally
• Demonstrated people, technical, and process leadership skills and a willingness to engage in hands-on work on the manufacturing floor

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and implement food safety and quality systems improvements
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data to make quality driven process capability improvements
• Assess risk using problem solving techniques
• Lead safety and quality strategy and act to address gaps and effectively mitigate risk.
• Collaborate with internal business partners in Research & Development (R&D), Operations, Engineering and Maintenance to validate manufacturing controls and system capability to meet consumer and specification requirements.
• Manage issues with non-conforming product including risk assessment, data driven decision making and eliminate future occurrences through root cause analysis.
• Protect General Mills’ brands and engender consumer trust by ensuring the manufacturing of safe, quality food.
• Gain exposure to building external relationships with regulatory, industry and audit agencies in support of global manufacturing.
• Learning from and Leading Operators, Technicians and Mechanics to grow your coaching, team building, and people-development skill set.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance (if eligible)
• partially subsidized housing & relocation assistance (if applicable & requirements are met)
• a summer of learning and fun featuring networking opportunities with company leaders
• comprehensive health benefits
• wellbeing resources
• other valuable perks

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern