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Environmental Sustainability Intern

Do you have a passion for conserving and protecting our natural resources? Do you want to make a real impact in the food industry by driving sustainability initiatives? Are you interested in how sustainability is implemented in a manufacturing environment? If you're ready to turn your environmental passion into action, we want you on our team!

You are enthusiastic, a great communicator, creative, analytical, and collaborative. You seek an opportunity to expand your skills and experiences in developing yourself as an environmental and sustainability professional. You want to learn more about energy conservation, water conservation, wastewater treatment, waste reduction, sustainable sourcing and sustainability reporting. This position will work under the corporate environmental engineer to identify waste reduction opportunities with respect to water and energy.

At Sargento, you work for a company you believe in, with a family of people who believe in you. Our culture stems from a simple premise: Hire good people and treat them like family. At Sargento, you can make decisions based on how they affect people as well as the long-term health of our company. You will be encouraged to make a meaningful difference in the community, in the company and in your career. With diverse experiences and tools to learn and develop, you can transform your aspirations into reality. If you're ready for the right place to belong and grow your career, you can find it here.

Benefits that set us apart

• Lead and own real and relevant projects aligned with business objectives
• Build valuable skills and experiences to become prepared for entry level opportunities
• Mentorship and career development to learn and grow strengths and interests
• Participate in volunteer and community service initiatives
• Flexible, hybrid work schedule with optional remote Mondays and Fridays, onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; plus, half day Fridays
• 5 unpaid days off for interns and 10 unpaid days off for co-ops
• Nationally competitive compensation
• Paid relocation and housing
• 401(k) employer contribution top 1% in the nation
• Exclusive discounts at the company cheese store and local attractions/events

What You Do

• Identify and evaluate opportunities for water, energy, and waste reduction across manufacturing and corporate facilities.
• Conduct environmental inspections, waste stream audits, and support diversion and recycling initiatives.
• Assist in tracking and analyzing environmental metrics, including wastewater treatment costs and sustainability data.
• Support the development of environmental compliance reports, audits, and standard operating procedures.
• Research and present cost-saving sustainability initiatives to leadership, and help facilitate implementation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and suppliers to support sustainability data requests and reporting.
• Participate in webinars and conduct research to stay informed on trends in energy, waste, water, and sustainable packaging.
• Other projects or duties as assigned while maintaining confidentiality with respect to Sargento's proprietary information

Your Education and Qualifications

• Pursuing a bachelor's degree in energy, environmental or earth science, physics, chemistry relevant engineering, technical based studies program, or a relevant life sciences area, having completed sophomore year prior to the start of internship.
• Passion for learning and growing in the Environmental Sustainability field
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to summarize, analyze and interpret data in spreadsheets including calculating common statistical measures; mean, median, mode, maximum, minimum, etc.
• Ability to work independently with resourcefulness, originality, and initiative
• Ability to follow health and safety practices in all work environments including but not limited to issues related to mechanical, electrical, fire, chemical and other hazards
• A basic understanding of functional and design criteria of utility systems (electricity, natural gas, water, wastewater, etc.)
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Valid driver's license, vehicle insurance, and vehicle required. There is no mass/public transit system to/from corporate housing location to company locations.

Our Story

With over 2,400 employees and net sales of $1.8 billion, Sargento Foods is a family-owned company that has been a leader in cheese for more than 70 years. We created the world's first, successful pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses. Sargento is based in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where we manufacture and market shredded, sliced and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients and sauces. Sargento is known for the exceptional quality of our products and for product design, packaging and merchandising innovations that have transformed our industry.

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