Operations Intern

Date: Feb 13, 2026

Location: St. Johns, MI, US, 48879

Company: Glanbia

Join MWC/Glanbia this summer as an Operations Intern!

 

Job Summary & Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll be a key contributor to a Site Operations Team and will gain valuable experience supporting our manufacturing plants or project teams in various areas and have exposure to key quality and production functions such as operations, customer requirements, cost control, and safety. Throughout the summer, you will own a key project relating to a relevant business problem and have the opportunity to present your insights and recommendations to leadership. Outside of this, you will partake in several development workshops and build connections with your peers and our business leaders through social & networking events.

 

Expected Outcomes

  • Ownership of a project to interact with all COEs, demonstrating analytical abilities and critical thinking skills while helping to solve real-life business problems.
  • Knowledge and experience with manufacturing, lean concepts and application, and production plans through your daily tasks and projects.
  • Strong collaboration within the site leadership and production teams,  cross-functional department teams, and potentially contractors, and vendors.
  • Active participation in Pure Ambition program activities.

 

Minimum Qualifications

  • Current undergraduate student pursuing a bachelor's degree in dairy or food science, engineering, business, or related field.
  • Clear written communication and strong interpersonal skills
  • Self-starter and highly motivated individual with the ability to work independently.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
  • Must be willing to relocate.
  • Immigration sponsorship is not provided for this role.

 

Where And How You Will Work

The opportunity will be based at our St Johns, MI facility and housing will be provided for the duration of the internship.

 

Compensation

The hourly rate for this role is $22 - $25/hr.

 

About Glanbia

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide.

 

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

 

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.


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