Continuous Improvement Manufacturing Intern (Pack STEM, Clasen Quality Chocolate, Summer '25)
**This internship is hosted by Clasen Quality Chocolate and sponsored by the Nevada Career Studio.
To be eligible for this internship, all applicants must have their resume and cover letter reviewed by the Nevada Career Studio (NCS). Please visit during drop-in hours before applying for this position. Students will not be able to submit applications for this position without NCS approval.
About Clasen Quality Chocolate:
The Clasen Quality Chocolate team is made up of the best and brightest in the food manufacturing industry. Years of experience and ongoing training initiatives for each employee result in a highly skilled team working together to take an innovative and flexible approach to meeting our customers’ needs.
Mission Statement:
Be the preferred supplier of safe, high-quality chocolate and confectionery coatings through operational excellence. Leverage our highly skilled organization to drive superior customer service, flexibility, and innovative new products that will generate profitable, sustainable growth.
Our Values:
INTEGRITY
With every decision made, we want to ensure we are always “doing the right thing”. We maintain a strict adherence to honesty, ethics, and equality.
COMMITMENT
We are driven by our commitment to our customers, our employees, and the community. We have committed to meeting and surpassing our customers’ expectations to develop a partnership based on trust.
RESPECT
We value the relationships with our customers, suppliers, and employees and hold them in the highest regard. Our goal is to always act in the same way that we would want to be treated.
FLEXIBILITY
We foster a culture that supports nimbleness and timely decision making to meet our customers’ ever-changing demands. We learn from our mistakes to support continuous improvement.
Internship Description:
The Continuous Improvement (CI) Manufacturing Intern will work with the Director of Operations on a variety of manufacturing processes and lines to identify opportunities for improvement through the use of data collection software, reports, and operator interviews. After identifying the key issues, one or more of those issues will be selected for a CI project of which the intern will be responsible for improving with the help of the CQC Team.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Complete 360 hours of work as an intern (32-40 hours per week, 12 weeks total)
- Research and review report data
- Interview Plant Operators
- Collect data on the plant floor
- Enter data into various platforms
- Problem solve
- Work directly with Plant Operators to implement solutions to problems
Goals and Expectations of the Intern:
The goal of this position is to identify key issues within the facility that are holding back production and then taking the highest priority issue(s) and using CI methodology to address those issue(s). The goal is to see the full life cycle of a continuous improvement project.
Required Qualifications:
- Must be a degree-seeking student at the University of Nevada, Reno after the Spring ‘25 semester
- Spring ‘25 or earlier graduates are not eligible for the Wolf Pack STEM Internship Program
- Experience or education in continuous improvement methodology
- Ability to work on the plant floor (Can be hot 85-90 F), work will be completed onsite and no remote work
Preferred Qualifications:
- Self-starter
- Great attitude
- Likes to work in a group environment
Desired Schedule for Intern:
Applicants will be required to work a standard 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM schedule, Monday - Friday, except holidays.
Pack STEM internships require interns to complete 360 hours during their internship. It is the intern’s responsibility to ensure this requirement is met.