Job Description:

At Mars, we work together to build a better world for people, pets, and the planet. From being a socially responsible business, to investing in our Associates, we're always looking at how we can make tomorrow brighter.

As an Associate, you are empowered with the freedom and tools to be yourself, to forge your own path, to build relationships across our global community, to discover the right opportunities for you to grow – all with ample support. Here, you have our ongoing commitment to your growth and development as you work across our world-famous brands.

Start your journey at Mars today!

Mars Wrigley Quality & Food Safety Internship Experience

Locations in : Topeka, KA - Yorkville, IL - Hackettstown, NJ - Elizabethtown, PA

As a Quality and Food Safety Intern, you will gain exposure to the following areas:

Site Manufacturing and Quality & Food Safety TeamsFood Safety, Food Defense, Quality Systems, and Continuous Improvement ProjectsWork with a Functional Lead who will serve as your day-to-day, on-site mentor to provide guidance throughout the experience.  

What we’re looking for:

Food Science, Chemistry, Food Safety, EngineeringProactive, curious, and passionate associate with a strong drive for results, a hunger to learn and an eagerness to quickly build relationships across the organization enabling them to support our Quality & Food Safety’s day-to-day operations.Eligible candidates will intern the summer prior to their final graduation date.Open to students legally authorized to work in the U.S., without the need for current or future work status authorization or visa sponsorship for employment.Employment is contingent upon successful completion of drug & background screening.Eligible candidates will be responsible for personal transportation to and from work site during duration of the internship program.

What can you expect from Mars?

The Mars Internship Experience is a 10–11-week summer program providing excellent depth of experience with real business problems and opportunities.Exciting professional and social engagement activities throughout the experience that provide opportunities to network with your intern peers all the way up to senior leaders.Best-in-class training and development from Day 1, including a formal mentor, access to our in-house Mars University, and more.Ongoing coaching and mentorship to help you succeed and get the most out of your experience.Some pretty sweet perks including competitive salary & benefits package, fun freebies, corporate housing for non-local interns.

About Mars, Incorporated

For more than a century, Mars, Incorporated has been driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. This idea is at the center of who we have always been as a global, family-owned business. Today, Mars is transforming, innovating, and evolving in ways that affirm our commitment to making a positive impact on the world around us.

Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of Confectionery, Food, and Petcare products and services, we employ over 140,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. With $40 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including DOVE®, EXTRA®, M&M’S®, MILKY WAY®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, ORBIT®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, SKITTLES®, BEN’S ORIGINAL™, WHISKAS®, COCOAVIA®, and 5™; and take care of half of the world’s pets through our nutrition, health and services businesses, including AniCura, Banfield Pet Hospitals™, BluePearl®, Linnaeus, and VCA™.

We know we can only be truly successful if our partners and the communities in which we operate prosper as well. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire our Associates to take action every day to help create a world tomorrow in which the planet, its people and pets can thrive. The Mars Compass, inspired by the Economics of Mutuality, is used to measure the company’s progress in service of its purpose; The world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today.

For more information about Mars, please visit mars.com. Join us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.