Quality Operations Intern

Date: Sep 22, 2026

Location: Aurora, IL, US, 60504

Company: Glanbia

Quality Operations Internship Opportunity @ Glanbia

Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey!

Accelerate your future as a Quality Operations Intern at Glanbia! Our Pure Ambition Internship Program gives you the opportunity to apply what you are learning in the classroom to meaningful, hands-on work. You will gain exposure to business leaders, take ownership of a real-world project, build your professional network, and develop skills that can help launch your career.

Glanbia is seeking an Quality Operations Intern to join our 12-week summer internship program. As a key contributor to the Quality & Operations Team, you will support product formulation, bench top development, nutritional analysis, sensory testing, pilot plant runs, production runs, and gain exposure to the full project lifecycle—from concept and design through implementation and completion. You will work on projects aligned with business needs, customer requirements, safety standards, schedules, and budgets while building practical experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What’s In It For You

• A paid, 12-week summer internship with hands-on experience in manufacturing operations and quality
• Ownership of a meaningful project that addresses a real business need and culminates in a presentation to leadership
• Coaching, mentorship, and regular feedback from Glanbia leaders and Quality/Operations professionals
• Professional development workshops, networking opportunities, and social events with your intern cohort
• Exposure to plant operations, cross-functional teams, contractors, and vendors
• The opportunity to be considered for a full-time role after graduation, based on performance and business need
• Compensation range of $22 - $25/hour

What You Will Do

• Own a manufacturing operations/quality project that addresses a relevant business challenge and present your findings and recommendations to leadership
• Support projects throughout the project lifecycle, from concept development and planning through implementation and completion
• Collect and analyze data, evaluate processes, and recommend practical solutions that improve safety, quality, cost, reliability, or efficiency
• Assist with project scope, schedules, budgets, documentation, equipment specifications, and implementation activities
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, maintenance, safety, and other cross-functional partners
• Apply operations and quality principles to real manufacturing challenges while learning Glanbia’s processes, standards, continuous improvement practices
• Participate fully in Pure Ambition program activities, development workshops, networking events, and intern presentations

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current undergraduate student pursuing a bachelor’s degree in engineering, food science, biology, chemistry, or related field with an anticipated graduation date of December 2027 or May/June 2028

• 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.

Where And How You Will Work

This hybrid opportunity will be based at our manufacturing facility in Aurora, IL.

About Glanbia

Glanbia is a global nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition, and Dairy Nutrition. Together with our partners, we bring deep expertise in nutrition to customers around the world. We employ approximately 5,800 people, work with leading global food and beverage companies, and sell our brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries.

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.

Nearest Major Market: Aurora

Nearest Secondary Market: Chicago