Job Description

Position Title: Engineering Intern (Plant) - Florenceville, New Brunswick - May 2024

Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time \xe2\x80\x8b

Position Location: Florenceville Potato

Requisition ID: 25911

Potatoes. French Fries. Taters. You love them, we make them. In fact, we make 1/3 of the world\'s frozen potato products and if you have eaten fries this week, chances are, they were ours.

At McCain Foods, we know the importance that food plays in people\'s lives - the power it has to uplift and bring people, families, businesses and communities together. Guided by our purpose to bring enjoyment to people\'s lives through great tasting food, we believe that working together with our teams, business and community partners will bring sustainable growth and positive change - today, tomorrow and for generations to come.

As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in over 160 countries and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do.

Students like you are important to us. We aim to hire the best and brightest co-op students and interns, with the goal of having you join us as full-time employees upon graduation. Our ideal student candidate is passionate, collaborative, willing to learn and take initiative.

Why Join the McCain family?

• You aren\'t \xe2\x80\x9cjust a student\xe2\x80\x9d at McCain, you will be treated like any other member of your team
• Work with and learn from passionate leaders
• Our core values - Family, Authentic, Trusted and Quality - shine through every day, in everything we do
• Your experience at McCain is what you make of it - ask questions, network, take advantage of the opportunity to learn from our professionals

Position Summary

We are looking for a Engineering Summer Intern to join us for a 4 month period, starting in May 2024.

This position will be based out of our Florenceville-Bristol, NB Fry Plant location.

The successful intern will enjoy a broad spectrum of experiences including project execution, process and equipment troubleshooting and interacting with our continuous improvement system.

We are seeking an engaged individual in any engineering discipline and/or computer science. Our Engineering and maintenance departments work with manufacturing equipment and systems, with an extreme level of focus on employee engagement, employee safety, food safety and equipment reliability.

The Team

The fried and frozen potato processing facility in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick sits at the original McCain Foods site which was established in 1957. Approximately 200 people are employed at the potato facility.

This role reports to the site Engineering Manager, working along-side two Project Engineers as well as 45 trades-people in various roles across Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and PLC Programming disciplines.

What You Will Be Working On

• Support development of 5 year capital project planning.
• Oversee the project design and review of equipment and systems using established standards.
• Support capital projects in terms of scope development, cost development and management, scheduling, and execution. Includes directing activities to ensure that construction, installation, and operational testing conform to functional specifications, recognized codes and standards, and customer requirements.
• Support release of design input to suppliers (integrators, contractors, hardware suppliers, etc.).
• Acquire and evaluate contractor bids.
• Support project budgets.
• Support maintenance teams and reliability efforts through root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Support maintenance activities through design and procedural improvements.
• Foster a safe work environment and relentless pursuit of world-class safety performance.
• Leverage the McCain continuous improvement and McCain Driving Impact (MDI) programs to instill lean manufacturing practices, tools, and discipline to ensure plant competitiveness and sustainability.
• Make customers and consumers smile by assuring adherence to all company and external quality assurance and sanitation guidelines through strict compliance of regulatory programs.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Learn

• What to expect in a modern manufacturing employment setting
• Real-world experience with people, processes, and equipment
• What kind of training and experience are required to maintain a world-class manufacturing facility
• How to keep yourself and others safe in a manufacturing facility
• Capital planning and funding of projects for maintenance and upgrades in industrial sector
• Equipment life-cycle planning considering typical industrial factors such as obsolescence, safety, food safety, throughput, reliability, and raw material utilization.

What You Need to be Successful

• Currently enrolled in a university engineering program

• A basic understanding of engineering and manufacturing

• A positive attitude and an open mind

What You Can Expect From Us

• A supportive team that will encourage you to be and do your best
• A safe and flexible working environment that promotes work/life balance
• The opportunity to be part of meaningful work and projects
• The opportunity to be part of our student community, to connect with students across North America

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Student & Graduates; Manufacturing
Division: NA Potato Manufacturing
Department: \xe2\x80\x8bFlorenceville Potato Production \xe2\x80\x8b
Location(s): CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol

Company: McCain Foods (Canada)

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