Ingredion is seeking a motivated and outgoing student to fill our Technical Service- Systems & Ingredient Solutions Internship for summer 2022. In this role you will support key customer activities including solutions development in various application segments which may include Dairy, Savory, Bakery, or Confectionery applications. In this role you will have the opportunity to develop innovative prototypes to promote newly launched ingredients to customers and collaborate with cross-functional internal teams to achieve project objectives.

As Technical Service Intern, your responsibilities will include:

• Understanding how to create value for customers given their technical needs, and identifying how they can improve and expand their product offerings
• Supporting specific customer projects
• Executing well-defined experiments and procedures to prepare food prototypes in the lab or pilot plant. Generating valuable data and making it available to the rest of the team
• Applying product and application know how to identify optimum technology solutions
• Creating presentations to share prototypes, project status, updates and outcomes to team and partners
• Managing work packages, working both independently and reciprocally, to meet project timelines and deliverables
• Analyzing and understanding data, and results to advance projects
• Maintaining a clean, safe work environment. Follow established guidelines for good housekeeping, GMPs, SafeServ and safety
• Working collaboratively with Technical Service team members and other internal colleagues to meet target objectives
• Exhibiting the highest level of professional conduct in all customer and internal interactions

The Technical Service Intern position is well-suited for you if you:

• Are ambitious, able to prioritize, well organized, and good with time management and deadlines
• Embrace a collaborative environment and enjoy working with others
• Have a passion for food science and curiosity for learning
• Lead with a strong initiative to improve status-quo and embrace change in a dynamic work environment
• Have proven ability to deliver against agreed targets and deadlines
• Can challenge traditional methods of accomplishing tasks by being a creative problem-solver

**Qualified candidates will have: **

• Progress towards a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree program in Food Science, Nutrition or a related field
• A minimum GPA of at least 3.0/4.0 preferred
• Ability to work 40hrs per week during the summer internship term    
• Knowledge of common food processes, food ingredient functionality and ingredient interactions preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent organizational, communication skills
• Reliable transportation required to get to and from facility each work day

To be eligible for consideration, candidates must:

• Currently possess unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. Ingredion does not intend to sponsor work visas with respect to this position or to provide this position as OPT or CPT.
• Be a currently enrolled student in a Bachelor’s Degree Program. If currently enrolled in an undergrad status, must have completed at least two years of coursework with status as a sophomore, junior or non-graduating senior.
• If you have completed your degree, please consider other opportunities with Ingredion, posted at www.ingredion.com/careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Ingredion provides accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process. If a job applicant requires an accommodation during the application process or through the selection process, we will work with the applicant to meet the job applicant's accommodation needs.

Ingredion is a leading global ingredients solutions company. We make sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients and biomaterials that are used by customers in everyday products from foods and beverages to paper and pharmaceuticals.

We turn grains, fruits, vegetables and other plant materials into ingredients that make crackers crunchy, candy sweet, yogurt creamy, lotions and creams silky, plastics biodegradable and tissues softer and stronger. Our innovative ingredient solutions help customers stay on trend with simple ingredients and gluten-free or high-fiber foods that appeal to today's consumers.

Grounded in our values of Care First, Be Preferred, Everyone Belongs, Innovate Boldly and Owner's Mindset, we employ approximately 11,000 employees around the world. Our customers operate in more than 120 countries and represent 60 diverse sectors, including food, beverage, paper and corrugating, brewing and other industries.