Intern Reduction Water Consumption Cheese

Internship – Identification of reduction potential for water consumption in cheese production

RFC is the largest cheese manufacturer in the Netherlands. Production of cheese is a water intensive process. Water is used in the cheese production e.g. for washing of the curd and for cleaning of the unit operations (CIP). In our network of 6 production plants there are different ways of working with water. This internship should give us insight in where the different water consumption rates between the factories originate and help us to define a best practice for water consumption in Gouda cheese production.

You will be visiting several of our cheese production sites, deep diving into the different processes that consume water together with local technologists and operation experts. We expect you to be able to gather insights from different sites and come up with best practices. Lastly we challenge you to interpret and gather data from the shopfloor and come up innovative ideas to improve and exceed our internal benchmark!

Of course you will also get the opportunity to learn more about our way of working within FrieslandCampina Supply Chain and broader in the company.

Wat we vragen

To be successful in this position, you are/have:

• An enthusiastic, independent, driven student that easily communicates with others
• Follow a relevant Master study, preferable Industrial Engineering, Operations management, Chemical/Process Engineering, or Food Technology.
• Able to speak English and preferably Dutch
• Available for a period of 6 months starting 1st of May
• Driver’s license B is a pre.

Wat we bieden

We offer an interesting and challenging internship position, providing you the opportunity to develop yourself in your work field. You can count on sufficient professional supervision and a reasonable internship allowance.

Vacaturetekst

Your activities will be related to

• Factory visits
• Interviewing and deep diving into the processes with local experts
• Data processing and data visualization
• Reporting
• Issueing a best practice for water usage within Cheese

You will be part of the technology support team and will be supervised by one of our process developers.

Ons team

Cheese production and its specific process has been in the portfolio of FrieslandCampina for decades. These technologies are currently applied at 6 Cheese MAKE location. These production facilities are supported by the Global Supply Chain Technology team. This team consist of ~ 60 colleagues based at varying working locations. The internship is in the GSC Technology team and you will be based at the Innovation Center in Wageningen. It is expected to have some days at other locations in the Netherlands for trials/visits etc. Therefore a high level of independency is expected