Part-Time QA Laboratory Intern
Part-timePenn State University
State College, PAPart-timePosted 1y agoStill listed today
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Penn State Berkey Creamery seeks a part-time intern to assist in its Quality Assurance Lab. The hands-on role supports dairy product manufacturing through product testing, evaluation, release, and management of ingredient and finished-product documentation. Work may occasionally include late evenings, early mornings, and weekends. The student should have food science experience or similar exposure to food processing, and must be available to work weekends.
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APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:
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CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
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CURRENT PENN STATE STUDENT (not employed previously at the university) and seeking employment with Penn State, please login to Workday to complete the student application process. Please do not apply here, apply internally through Workday.
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If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants.
Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.
JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS The Penn State Berkey Creamery is currently seeking a part-time intern to assist in the Quality Assurance Lab. This is a hands-on position that requires active physical and mental participation, with or without accommodation. Working hours may possibly involve late evenings, early mornings and weekend hours on occasions as schedules accommodate.
Job Duties:
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Assisting with testing (analytical, microbiological) and evaluating (organoleptic) and release of products
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Managing ingredient and finished product documents including specifications, recipes, nutritional labels, standard operating procedures and other documentation related to food quality and safety in support of the manufacturing of dairy products
Requirements and qualifications:
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High attention to detail
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Must be available to work weekends
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The student should have food science experience or similar exposure to food processing at the lab, pilot plant or manufacturing plant level
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The student must be able to work as part of a team as well as with a diversified group of people
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The candidate selected must be able to follow Good Manufacturing Practices for the food industry
BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCES Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.
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How this job compares
Set against the 4,841 open Quality Assurance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Pennsylvania median$85–127K/yr94 salary ranges
- Pennsylvania median$25–29/hr22 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 248 open Quality Assurance jobs in Pennsylvania and 4,841 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- GlaxoSmithKline LLC9 open
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- Experience
- Quality Assurance postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (3,712 postings).
- Education
- 1,660 of the 4,841 open Quality Assurance jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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