Minto Supply Chain Internship Program 2026/27

## Minto Supply Chain Internship Program 2026/27Apply: Minto: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 15, 2026 (13 days left to apply): R-597**Life tastes better with ice cream**With 19.000 expert ice cream colleagues and iconic brands like Wall’s, Cornetto and Ben & Jerry’s, loved in 76 countries, we are the world’s largest Ice Cream company leading the industry. We create iconic ice cream brands that are part of everyday life, bringing moments of joy to millions of people around the world. Everybody loves ice cream. And as the world’s biggest pure‐play ice cream company, we have the scale and ambition to make a real difference. What truly sets us apart is how we work.We move fast and keep things simple. We turn ideas into action, trust people to take ownership, and work as one team to win together with integrity. Our culture is high‐performance, collaborative and focused on getting things done.We’re curious and ready for what’s next. We embrace digital, use data to make better decisions, and keep learning, including how AI can help us work smarter and serve consumers better.**The role** This three-month internship provides university students with the opportunity to apply their academic knowledge in a real manufacturing environment through one of three practical, high-impact projects. Each project offers structured experience in problem solving, cross-functional collaboration and data-driven improvement, while building an understanding of how safety, quality, sustainability and operational performance come together in a leading food-manufacturing business. **The program will commence from December 2026 to March 2027 and will be based onsite at our Minto Streets Ice Cream office & factory. We understand that university timetables can vary, so we are happy to offer flexibility.****REQUIREMEMTS:*** **You must be in your penultimate (second to last) or final year of study (i.e. final semester in 2026 or 2027*** **You must hold an Australian Permanent Residency / Citizenship or New Zealand Citizenship*** **You will need to be available to commence full-time onsite employment (Minto NSW) from the 1 December 2026 for the 12-week program*** **A degree in a relevant area: Mechanical, Chemical, Process and/or Electrical Engineering, Food Technology/Science, Occupational Health & Safety or Business/IT/Science.*** **Please Attach your most recent academic transcript & indicate your GPA / WAM in your CV****PROJECT STREAMS:** **Project 1 – Bar Line 4 Autonomous Maintenance and Focused Improvement:** This project is an ideal introduction to managing a production line as a process engineer. You will work alongside operational and technical teams to apply autonomous maintenance and continuous improvement methods, including cleaning, inspection and lubrication standards (CILs), centreline management, TAGs, 5S, root cause analysis and the seven-step problem-solving process. Using these tools, you will investigate real production challenges and help develop practical improvements in equipment reliability, waste reduction and energy efficiency, with every activity grounded in the site’s safety and quality requirements. **Project 2 – Mixplant CIP Validation and Optimisation:** Working with the Engineering and Quality teams, you will support the validation of existing clean-in-place (CIP) streams within the mixplant and explore opportunities to improve future cleaning processes. The assignment will involve reviewing process data, understanding food-safety validation requirements and contributing to the design and implementation of solutions that maintain effective hygienic cleaning while reducing water use, energy consumption and product waste. This project provides valuable experience in process design, validation, sustainability and stakeholder collaboration within a food-manufacturing environment. **Project 3 – Digital SHE Reporting and Automation:** This project will focus on transforming important safety, health and environmental (SHE) reporting from paper-based processes into streamlined digital systems. You will assess current reporting practices and use existing site infrastructure to improve the way data is captured, organised and analysed, allowing teams to spend less time collecting information and more time interpreting it. The longer-term objective is to establish a foundation for AI-enabled reporting that can generate meaningful insights, highlight trends and support solutions across safety, waste, energy and environmental performance. This opportunity is well suited to students interested in digital transformation, data analytics, sustainability and the practical application of emerging technology. **PLEASE INDICATE WHICH PROJECT STREAM/S YOU ARE APPLYING FOR IN YOUR COVER LETTER.** **What you'll be responsible for** * Take ownership of one defined internship project, developing it from initial problem definition and proposal through to implementation, evaluation and final sign-off.* Spend time on the factory floor to understand current processes, gather requirements and build practical working relationships with operators, technical specialists and other key stakeholders.* Collect, organise and analyse process data to identify trends, quantify opportunities and establish a clear baseline for measuring project outcomes.* Project 1 - Apply structured improvement methods—including CILs, centreline management, TAGs, 5S, root cause analysis and the seven-step problem-solving process—to improve reliability and operational performance on Bar Line 4.* Project 2 - Partner with Engineering and Quality to review and validate mixplant CIP streams, ensuring proposed improvements continue to meet food-safety and hygienic-cleaning requirements.* Project 3 - Map current paper-based SHE reporting processes and help design digital solutions that streamline data capture, improve information quality and enable more meaningful analysis.* Develop and assess practical opportunities to improve safety, quality, waste, water, energy and environmental performance, including consideration of technical feasibility and financial benefit.* Communicate recommendations clearly, gain stakeholder support and present project progress, results and next steps to the relevant site teams.**We're looking for someone who*** Has experience in Engineering/Science/digital systems automations, or Finance/Business/Commerce or similar and can operate confidently in fast pace and highly driven environments* Brings strong skills in ability to learn fast, engage with key stakeholders, generate innovative ideas and implement end to end solutions* Thinks end-to-end and takes ownerships for results* Is comfortable working in a fast-moving, evolving organisation* Values collaboration, clarity and low-ego ways of working **What you'll get**Alongside meaningful work and strong development, we offer a reward package that typically includes· Market-competitive pay and performance related rewards· Flexible ways of working· Support for health, wellbeing and life outside of work· Time off to rest and recharge· Ongoing learning and development opportunities· On-site ice cream **Why join us?**This is a place for people who are passionate about ice cream and are growth obsessed - both for the business and for themselves. People who act like an owner and drive our business end-to-end. People who are driven by success to deliver more than we ever thought we could! You’ll thrive here if you value an inclusive culture, with low ego and hierarchy - and if you’re excited to continuously learn and challenge how we work, using digital, data, and new thinking to push us forward.* Roles with real accountability and visible impact* Free to move fast, experiment and challenge how things are done* Continuous learning and development as the business grows* Reward linked to performance and contribution.Your career here is shaped by what you deliver, as you work across functions and markets and grow with the business.**Ready to build the future of Ice Cream?**If this sounds like the place where you'd thrive, we'd love to hear from you. Apply online and share your CV. We'll review your application and be in touch with the next steps.
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