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Summer 2027 Mars Petcare Quality and Food Safety Internship - Ft. Smith, Arkansas

Fort Smith, Arkansas
On-site
Competitive salary and benefits
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Join Mars Petcare as a Summer 2027 Quality and Food Safety Intern in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. This 10-week summer internship provides university students with hands-on experience in research and development, product and process development, and quality assurance within a leading global petcare company.

Requirements

  • Desired majors: Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Food Science, or Animal Science.
  • Must be a student interning the summer prior to final graduation date (typically rising seniors).
  • Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship.
  • Employment contingent upon drug and background screening.
  • Responsible for personal transportation to and from the work site.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Chemical Engineering: Apply engineering principles to process development and optimization tasks within the manufacturing environment.
  • Food Science: Support quality and food safety initiatives, sensory testing, and product development projects.
  • Communication: Collaborate across teams and network with peers and senior leaders during professional and social engagement activities.
  • Problem Solving: Tackle real business problems and opportunities within the Mars Petcare R&D portfolio.
  • Potential transition routes: People from science and engineering student societies or academic research projects may bring strong analytical and technical skills, alongside meeting mandatory academic standing and authorization requirements.

Job description

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 Petcare Research & Development Internship Experience

As a Petcare Research and Development Intern, you will gain exposure to the following areas:

  • Product Development

  • Packaging Development

  • Process Development

  • Quality & Food Safety

  • Product & Package Translation Support

  • Sensory

What we’re looking for:

  • Desired majors include: Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Food Science, Animal Science

  • Students will intern the summer prior to their final graduation date (typically rising seniors)

  • Some of the positions available might be at a facility that process nuts or allows dogs and cats on site. Please let us know if this raises any concerns so that we can address them

  • 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-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, and pet-friendly offices.

  • Housing and relocation benefits vary on eligibility and location and will be shared with you via your Early Talent Manager.

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 Snacking, Food, and Petcare products and services, we employ over 140,000 dedicated Associates who are all moving in the same direction: forward. As a $65 billion family-owned business, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including ROYAL CANIN®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, CESAR®, M&M’S®, SNICKERS®, Pringles®, Cheez-It®, and BEN’S ORIGINAL™. 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.

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