Engineering Intern

Description

At PURIS, we're dedicated to cultivating a better food system and making a positive impact. How do we do it? By transforming high-quality, USA-made ingredients into essential components for a wide range of everyday products. From cereals and snacks to protein beverages and beyond, our ingredients are powering a healthier future. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to be part of a growing food industry. You'll work with state-of-the-art engineering and work together with your peers to build a better food future.

The Process Engineer Intern will support PURIS’s Engineering and Operations teams in improving the efficiency, reliability, and sustainability of our plant-based protein manufacturing processes. You’ll gain hands-on experience in process optimization, data analysis, and project execution — all while learning how engineering decisions drive innovation and sustainability in modern food production.

Pay Rate/Range: $20.00

Pay Frequency: Biweekly

Work Location: Dawson, MN – Fully In Office

Time Period: Summer 2026

Travel: None

Responsibilities

• Assist in monitoring and improving manufacturing processes to enhance quality, yield, and energy efficiency.
• Collect and analyze process data to identify performance trends and recommend improvements.
• Support process validation, equipment trials, and scale-up activities for new ingredients or product lines.
• Partner with maintenance and reliability teams to document standard operating procedures and best practices.
• Participate in root cause analysis and continuous improvement projects focused on safety, quality, and throughput.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Quality, R&D, Operations) to ensure process changes align with PURIS’s sustainability and food safety goals.

How You’ll Grow

• Gain practical, hands-on experience in process engineering within a fast-growing plant-based manufacturing company.
• Learn how to apply engineering principles to improve safety, efficiency, and environmental performance.
• Work directly with experienced engineers who will mentor you in process design, optimization, and project management.
• Develop a systems-level understanding of how food ingredients move from raw material to final product.

Why PURIS?

At PURIS, we engineer more than food—we engineer the future of sustainable nutrition. Our process engineers bridge innovation and impact, helping transform crops grown by U.S. farmers into the next generation of plant-based proteins. As a Process Engineer Intern, you’ll help us scale sustainability from the lab to the production line—making better food, from better processes, for a better planet.

Requirements

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Food Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Basic understanding of process flow diagrams, instrumentation, and data analysis tools.
• Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or process improvement concepts is a plus.
• Interest in sustainable food manufacturing and the agricultural technology sector.

Join Our Team:

To apply for the role, visit www.puris.com/careers. PURIS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are welcome, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The hiring process includes successfully completing a background check, and drug screen. We E-verify all new hires.

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