We are a global leader in food & beverage ingredients. Pioneers at heart, we operate at the forefront of consumer trends to provide food & beverage manufacturers with products and ingredients that will delight their consumers. Making a positive impact on people and planet is all part of the delight. With a deep-rooted presence in the countries where our ingredients are grown, we are closer to farmers, enabling better quality, and more reliable, traceable, and transparent supply. Supplying products and ingredients at scale is just the start. We add value through our unique, complementary portfolio of natural, delicious, and nutritious products. With our fresh thinking, we help our customers unleash the sensory and functional attributes of cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts, and spices so they can create naturally good food & beverage products that meet consumer expectations. And whoever we’re with, whatever we’re doing, we always make it real.

About the Experience:  

ofi’s internship program is a great way to gain relevant experience to jump-start your career.  You will work closely with exceptional talent, building on our purpose to “Be the Change for Good Food and a Healthy Future” and contributing to critical work for the business.  As a Summer 2026 Intern, you will have opportunities to learn and contribute to what’s on trend in food & beverage while building a robust network, demonstrating leadership skills, and having fun.   

The Quality and Food Safety Internship will provide an opportunity to support Quality and Food Safety (QFS) initiatives for a global food company while gaining hands on experience with the practices, standards, and compliance requirements that ensure safe and consistent product development.

Reporting to the Manager of QFS – Food & Beverage Solutions, the intern will play a critical role in creating, documenting, and optimizing key practices for Chicago pilot plants. This role will assist with procedure development, compliance, and documentation management, and contribute to specification management.

As a QFS Intern, you will create and document the QFS practices required for elaborating foods and handling food-related materials (including packaging and labeling) in collaboration with the QFS team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Pilot Plant Food Safety & Quality Practices
  • Conduct research and gather input on current food safety and quality procedures used in coordination with the Manager QFS-FBS align in QFS expectations for pilot plants: practices, records, and verification activities.
  • Document procedures, working instructions and formats as required, and helps to socialize procedures with identified users and stakeholders.
• Compliance Verification & Risk Evaluation
  • Perform periodic verifications of compliance
  • Identifying good practices, key learnings, and priorities for QFS in design activities.
• Specification Management Project
  • Collaborate with the process design, logistics for cross-functional meetings.
  • Support the creation, review, and approval workflows to document new specification-related procedures and processes.
  • Create metrics to control and track compliance after the requirements are implemented, partnering closely with the QFS Manager. .

Position Requirements

• Currently enrolled in an accredited bachelor’s degree program, and majoring in Food Science, Food Safety, or related.
• Knowledge and understanding basic food and beverage industry requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Ability to walk the CSC facilities, observe and verify critical to food safety and quality activities.
• Skilled using basic Microsoft applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams.

What You’ll Gain: 

At ofi, we don’t just offer internships, we provide an engaging summer intern experience built on impact, inclusion, and innovation. Come grow with us!   

• Hands-on Experience – contribute to high impact projects at a global organization  

• Professional development – continuous learning & development opportunities, mentorship, and exposure to leadership and cross functional teams.  

• Inclusive Culture – join a diverse global team that values curiosity, collaboration, innovation, and sustainability – bring your authentic self to work every day.  

The pay for this role in the state of Chicago, IL $22-24/hr and is based on the candidate’s experience, position responsibilities, and geographic location.  

Interns whose permanent addresses more than 35 miles from the work location are eligible for a stipend to offset relocation and housing costs.  

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. 

ofi provides equality of opportunity for all persons with respect to hiring without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. All employment will be decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need. If you need assistance or an