Operations Management & Continuous Improvement Internship

Two Bakery Operations Management & Continuous Improvement/Engineering Internship positions are available in 2027. One will begin in January and end in August; the second will begin in May and end in December. What You’ll Do & Learn: This internship is designed for a student who wants meaningful, hands-on experience improving a complex food manufacturing operation.

You will learn the business from the production floor upward, then apply continuous improvement, industrial engineering, data analysis, problem-solving and change-management skills to projects across Food Operations. Your work will focus on practical improvements that are documented, measurable and sustainable after the internship ends.

In this internship, you’ll:

• Partner with production and support teams to learn food manufacturing products, processes, equipment, systems, constraints, and employee needs.
• Conduct time studies, process observations, capacity analyses, and data collection to identify waste, bottlenecks, variation, and performance losses.
• Analyze operating measures and translate findings into practical recommendations, dashboards, trackers, standard procedures, and training tools.
• Apply structured problem-solving, root-cause analysis, and maintenance practices to support corrective actions and sustainable improvements.
• Lead an assigned improvement project from problem definition through implementation, benefit validation, handoff, and final presentation.