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Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Quality & Food Safety Intern

Validation, Compliance & Quality SystemsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Internship · Winter 2027Steinbourg, France€6.92 - €7.79 /hrHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Currently pursuing BAC+4/5 in Biological Engineering or Food Science, a Master's in Quality or Food Safety, or equivalent.
  • Knowledge of HACCP principles, Good Manufacturing Practices, and food microbiology.
  • Rigor, analytical thinking, and comfort working in an industrial environment.
  • Ability to communicate with production and maintenance teams.
  • Very good English proficiency at B2/C1 level.
  • Dynamic and proactive attitude.

Responsibilities

  • Assess the alignment of workshop practices with site reference-standard requirements through gap analyses.
  • Create and revise standard operating procedures, workstation instruction sheets, audit grids, and technical shutdown start/end forms.
  • Track and verify on site the effective implementation of corrective actions arising from internal and external audits.
  • Create short, visual training materials, including quick-reference sheets, quality updates, and five-minute workshop briefings.
  • Train and raise awareness among production and maintenance operators and external contractors on key topics.
  • Measure the impact of training using quizzes, direct workstation observations, and deviation indicators.
  • Support investigations and problem resolution as part of incident management.

About the Company

Mars

Global confectionery, food, and petcare company

Mars makes confectionery, food, and petcare products and also operates pet health services through networks like Banfield, VCA, BluePearl, and Royal Canin. Its products are marketed under familiar brands such as M&M’s, Snickers, Milky Way, Skittles, Dove, Orbit, Pedigree, Royal Canin, Whiskas, and Cocoavia, sold globally to consumers and pet owners. The company differs from competitors by combining a broad, diversified portfolio with a global, family-owned structure guided by the Mars Principles (Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency, Freedom), which drives its operations and partnerships. Mars aims to help communities prosper and to grow its business while improving social and environmental outcomes, using its scale to support responsible practices across the world.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$27B
Headquarters
McLean, VA
Founded
1911

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