The Grande R&D Process Development Engineering team is excited to offer a summer 2027 co-op opportunity for a motivated and forward-thinking college student! This co-op provides hands-on, project-based experience in key areas such as process development for the launch of new products.
Co-ops will gain valuable exposure to our full cheese making operations, and our pilot scale processes while sharpening essential professional skills including collaboration, customer focus, independent and team-based work, attention to detail, time management, and workplace professionalism. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute meaningfully while growing personally and professionally in a dynamic research and development environment.
What you will be doing:
This co-op offers the opportunity to gain meaningful, hands-on experience in a collaborative manufacturing and product development environment. You'll work alongside experienced scientists and engineers, contribute to projects that impact real products, and develop valuable technical, analytical, and problem-solving skills along the way. If you're looking for an opportunity to apply what you've learned in the classroom, explore the world of food manufacturing, and build a strong foundation for your engineering career, this co-op is a great place to start.
Unique Benefits of our Co-op Program:
While you don’t have to love pizza to work here…it sure does help!
What you need to be considered for the role:
Preferred
Why Grande?
With more than 80 years of crafting “The Finest Italian Cheeses Money Can Buy”, Grande is a leader in the industry! Whether partnering with independent pizzerias from coast-to-coast to ensure they’re delivering the very best pizza to their customers or assisting our food manufacturing partners in delivering specialty whey ingredient solutions, our commitment to quality can’t be matched. While Grande’s reputation of excellence in the market is important, we believe our commitment to our workplace and community culture is of equal merit – our Associates come first at Grande. To complement our industry-leading benefits, Grande puts an emphasis on your career growth opportunities, while always promoting a positive work/life balance and supporting the communities in which we live and work. If you want to learn more about our company – what we do and how we go about it – or learn more about our beautiful, state-of-the-art corporate headquarters, visit www.grande.com
In today’s marketplace, a company stands alone when it can purposefully make the connection between centuries-old traditions and the modern table…and do it with undeniable passion. At Grande, we strive to be the benchmark in bridging innovation and tradition. An enterprise with a tradition of quality, and a quality of tradition.
Across every aspect of our business, from producer dairy to your palate, we are committed to establishing genuine connections with those who insist on differentiating themselves from the ordinary. Whether you are enjoying an evening out with friends at your favorite independent pizzeria or Italian restaurant, or building lasting memories with your family across the dinner table, every Grande Associate is personally engaged in helping you establish connections that are timeless…no shortcuts.
Facility Locations: Lomira, Brownsville, Fond du Lac, Rubicon, Wyocena, Friendship & Juda, Wisconsin
Mission:
Grande’s Mission is to build, through outstanding performance of value added strategies, a world•class dairy products trademark that generates the profits and capital necessary to reinvest in the future and the continuing process of fulfilling the commitments of our Culture.
Culture:
Grande’s Culture is based on pride in professional excellence, respect for rights of Associates, a commitment to strengthen the financial security of all dedicated Associates and the fulfillment of a purpose greater than ourselves.
