Quality & Regulatory Intern

Peet's Coffee•Emeryville, CA

4d•$25•Onsite

About The Position

Our goal is to showcase why Peet’s is the unique and special place it is - and give students like you an opportunity to learn about our culture, operations, decision making processes, and day-to-day business. The program will be primarily project-based work and day-to-day shadowing/mentorship. The Interns will fill their weeks shadowing core members of the team to learn how their department functions and supports Peet’s business while focusing efforts on completing their project. The day-to-day activities will vary depending on which department you will support. We anticipate offering a variety of engagement activities including, but not limited to: Roasting Plant Tour, Coffee Tasting, Tea 101, Career Coaching, and Coffee Chat with Stuart Heflin – our President. These engagement activities are set to occur every other week. The connections you make here will be connections for life – and help you transition to the working world after graduation. We look forward to hosting you at Peet’s! Based in Peet’s Home Office in Emeryville, CA - we require all employees to work onsite 3 days per week. This is a part-time, paid internship at $25.00/ hr and will require a ~ 24 hours /week commitment from June 8-August 7, 2026. Who We Are: From its birthplace in Berkeley, Peet’s started a revolution, single-handedly inspiring the craft coffee movement in the U.S. Now we are on an inspiring, award-winning journey from a beloved regional brand to becoming a national icon. At Peet’s, our love for the bean is strong. We are coffee for coffee people. We are the champions of coffee quality, craft, and culture--- and a leader in sustainability. We are on a mission not only to make better coffee, but to make coffee better, improving the lives and livelihoods of coffee-growing communities. What You Will Do: As a Quality & Regulatory Intern at Peet’s Coffee, you will play a crucial role in evaluating our current quality & regulatory compliance tools and processes for regulatory risk prevention. You will help research food and organic fraud tools, evaluate our ingredient standards, and assess current compliant data collection processes to enhance our Quality & Regulatory Compliance programs. This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in Quality & Regulatory Compliance management within the food industry. You will strengthen Peet’s proactive regulatory risk management by evaluating and improving the quality and regulatory compliance tools and processes . Your work will help identify and mitigate emerging food and organic fraud risks, enhance the robustness of ingredient compliance across the product portfolio, and accelerate response to high‑risk consumer complaints. These efforts will support food safety, protect brand integrity, reduce compliance risk, and enable Peet’s Quality teams to focus more efficiently and effectively on quality and regulatory compliance continuous improvement.

Requirements

Currently pursuing a degree in Food Science or a related scientific field (e.g., Chemistry, Biology, or Engineering)
Enrolled as a full time or part-time student at a California University/College
High attention to detail
Analytical thinking and problem-solving ability
Time management and prioritization skills
Professional communication skills (email and report writing)
Critical thinking and ability to generate insights
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Willingness to learn and accept feedback
Ability to conduct research
Positive attitude and intellectual curiosity

Responsibilities

Regulatory Compliance tool research and evaluation for food fraud and organic fraud
Ingredient assessment of Peet’s product portfolio for regulatory compliance; improve Peet’s ingredient standards to reduce regulatory risks
Improve complaint monitoring process to speed up high-risk complaint responses