Engineering Intern - Summer

Engineering Intern - Summer 2027

Employee Type:
Full time

Location:

KY Princeton
Job Type: Administration

Tree House Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At Tree House Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families.

We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future. Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time".

Tree House Foods is a private label food and beverage leader focused on customer brands and custom products. When customers partner with Tree House they can expect access to an industry-leading portfolio, strategic vision, on-trend innovation and insights, world‑class supply chain, operational excellence and flexibility, collaborative approaches, and dedicated customer service. Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers.

We engage with retail grocery, food away from home, and industrial and export customers, including most of the leading grocery retailers and food service operators in the United States and Canada. Our portfolio includes a variety of shelf‑stable, refrigerated, and snack products. Customers can expect comprehensive flavor profiles including natural, organic, and preservative‑free ingredients in many categories and packaging formats. Tree House Foods is best known for food and beverages produced by our two largest businesses Bay Valley Foods, LLC (including E.D. Smith and Sturm Foods) and Tree House Private Brands.

With more than 10,000 employees in over 26 plants across the United States and Canada, Tree House Foods is based in Oak Brook, Illinois.

Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth
An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals.
Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.
401(k) program, if eligible

About the Opportunity We are seeking a motivated Engineering student for a hands‑on Engineering internship based in our Princeton, KY manufacturing plant. This internship provides an opportunity to be part of an engineering team to provide manufacturing technical support and/or execution of capital projects. The intern will be expected to develop options and recommendations for manufacturing process systems, collaborate with other engineers, provide assistance on defined problems, and communicate progress or results.

This individual will acquire working knowledge of processing principles, operating systems, and project management.

• Support key strategies / programs across the enterprise
• Leverage subject matter expertise in assigned areas to drive continuous improvement and technology.
• Provides technical and economic support to other groups within THS that are focused on improvements to the current state that deliver competitive advantages.
• Keeps current with and champions implementation of the latest technology and commercial applications, Plant/TMOS/Reliability teams, Vendors- equipment & material.

• 2 - 3 years of…