2023 Diversity Leadership Symposium: Nestlé Quality Assurance Center Food Microbiology Internship

If you’re motivated by meaningful work that directly contributes to the wellbeing of your community, the Nestlé Quality Assurance Center can offer you an unparalleled career. Our team is committed to being a force of good, protecting the safety and wellbeing of consumers across the nation. We provide comprehensive testing services to all of Nestlé’s production facilities and co-manufacturers, ensuring that our food and beverage products meet the highest safety, quality, and regulatory standards. As an organization, we’re driven by our mission to strengthen consumer trust, and have created a workplace where collaboration is essential, courage is rewarded, speed is expected, and agility is the norm.

Are you a current undergraduate student who is passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion? Are you looking for a Food Microbiology Internship for the summer of 2024? If you've got an appetite for an exciting career, apply now for Nestlé's 2023 virtual Diversity Leadership Symposium (DLS)! It's a three-day, professional development and hiring event, taking place from August 15-17, 2023, for college students of diverse backgrounds! If selected to participate in the symposium, you will learn about Nestle’s winning culture, network with peers & current Nestlé employees, and interview for our 2024 Nestlé Quality Assurance Center Food Microbiology Internship!

The NQAC Microbiology Intern performs an important role in consumer food safety by using written operating procedures, standard laboratory methods, basic laboratory techniques, and equipment to ensure products are safe and meet the highest quality standards. The position executes specific procedures and tests within the Microbiology or Biochemistry laboratory requiring the use of applied knowledge and practical skills learned from on-the-job experience. This role also modofies or adapts techniques to fit special needs or problems; assists with performing specialized and non-routine tests as needed. This role will maintain records of work; coordinate tasks, and plan assigned work with other technicians and scientists.

Provide support to laboratory department by performing and coordinating a variety of laboratory processes - 75%

Provide assurance of quality and support of quality processes for the Laboratory/Center - 10%

Processes/Methods - 5%

Training - 10%

The Nestlé Diversity Leadership Symposium is ideal for students from diverse backgrounds but is open to all candidates, regardless of ethnicity, who can demonstrate that they would make a positive contribution to diversity at Nestlé.

To our veterans and separated service members, you're at the forefront of our minds as we recruit top talent to join Nestlé. The skills you've gained while serving our country, such as flexibility, agility, and leadership, are much like the skills that will make you successful in this role. In addition, with our commitment to an inclusive work environment, we recognize the exceptional engagement and innovation displayed by individuals with disabilities. Nestlé seeks such skilled and qualified individuals to share our mission where you’ll join a cohort of others who have chosen to call Nestlé home.

The Nestlé Companies are an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer seeking diversity in qualified applicants for employment. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, gender, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, perceived disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other protected status, as defined by applicable law. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process, we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special accommodations in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Contact us at [email protected] or please dial 711 and provide this number to the operator: 1-800-321-6467.