Assist with product development projects, conduct laboratory tests, facilitate pilot runs, and contribute to product innovation and improvement processes.
Position Title: R&D PPTC Intern - Summer 2026
Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time
Grade: Grade 01
Requisition ID: 39257
Research & Development Internship .
Florenceville, New Brunswick
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role .
We are looking for a Potato Processing Technology CentreIntern to join us for a four-month work term starting in May 2026. This role will involve working as part of a team on various product development projects and gaining exposure to the phases of the product development process. In the role, you'll have the opportunity to interact with different functions within the organization and receive mentoring from experienced product developers.
This position will be based in our Florenceville, New Brunswick location, with the expectation of working onsite/in-office five days a week.
What you'll be doing.
What you'll need to be successful.
About the team .
The Intern will be part of our North American Research & Development team. The team designs and develops exciting new products such as fries, pizza pockets, and desserts for retail and food service customers.
About McCain .
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles .
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience .
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
Compensation Package: $23.00-$26.00 CAD hourly wage equivalent, paid salary.
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Due to the duration of this role, you will not be eligible for traditional benefits through our programs. McCain's early careers programming offers a multitude of learning experiences aimed at advancing your career in the future.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy , as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here .
Job Family: Research & Development
Division: Global Research and Development
Department: Potato Processing Technology Center
Location(s): CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol || CA - Canada : Alberta : Calgary || CA - Canada : Alberta : Coaldale || CA - Canada : Alberta : Edmonton || CA - Canada : Alberta : Grand Prarie || CA - Canada : Alberta : Lethbridge || CA - Canada : Alberta : Red Deer || CA - Canada : Alberta : Rocky View || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Burnaby || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Kamloops || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Kelowna || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Richmond || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Surrey || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Vancouver || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Victoria || CA - Canada : Manitoba : Carberry || CA - Canada : Manitoba : Portage la Prairie || CA - Canada : Manitoba : Winnipeg || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Bathurst || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Centreville || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Edmundston || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Fredericton || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Grand Falls || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Hartland || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Moncton || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Saint John || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Somerville || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : Clarenville || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : Corner Brook || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : Marystown || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : St. Anthony || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : St. John's || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Bedford || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Belleisle || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Dartmouth || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Halifax || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Kentville || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Middleton || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : New Glasgow || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Sydney || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Truro || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Yarmouth || CA - Canada : Ontario : Bolton || CA - Canada : Ontario : Borden || CA - Canada : Ontario : Brampton || CA - Canada : Ontario : Dedicated Mississauga || CA - Canada : Ontario : Etobicoke || CA - Canada : Ontario : Forest || CA - Canada : Ontario : Guelph || CA - Canada : Ontario : Kingston || CA - Canada : Ontario : Kitchener || CA - Canada : Ontario : Lansdowne || CA - Canada : Ontario : London || CA - Canada : Ontario : Maidstone || CA - Canada : Ontario : Markham || CA - Canada : Ontario : Mississauga || CA - Canada : Ontario : Ottawa || CA - Canada : Ontario : Thunder Bay || CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto || CA - Canada : Ontario : Waterloo || CA - Canada : Ontario : Windsor || CA - Canada : Ontario : Woodstock || CA - Canada : Other : Reference job description || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Bloomfield || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Borden-Carleton || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Charlottetown || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Elmsdale || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Kinkora || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Middleton || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Montague || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : New Perth || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Summerside || CA - Canada : Quebec : Ancienne Lorette || CA - Canada : Quebec : Anjou || CA - Canada : Quebec : Blainville || CA - Canada : Quebec : Chicoutimi || CA - Canada : Quebec : Drummondville || CA - Canada : Quebec : Duberger || CA - Canada : Quebec : Gatineau || CA - Canada : Quebec : Lachine || CA - Canada : Quebec : Laval || CA - Canada : Quebec : Montreal || CA - Canada : Quebec : Pointe-Claire || CA - Canada : Quebec : Quebec City || CA - Canada : Quebec : Terrebonne || CA - Canada : Saskatchewan : Regina || CA - Canada : Saskatchewan : Saskatoon
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)
Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time
Grade: Grade 01
Requisition ID: 39257
Research & Development Internship .
Florenceville, New Brunswick
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role .
We are looking for a Potato Processing Technology CentreIntern to join us for a four-month work term starting in May 2026. This role will involve working as part of a team on various product development projects and gaining exposure to the phases of the product development process. In the role, you'll have the opportunity to interact with different functions within the organization and receive mentoring from experienced product developers.
This position will be based in our Florenceville, New Brunswick location, with the expectation of working onsite/in-office five days a week.
What you'll be doing.
- Assist with innovation, trials, and ongoing product improvement activities within the laboratory.
- Collaborate with various teams within the facility and department and facilitate pilot runs.
- Ensure smooth coordination between the pilot facility's operational needs and ongoing product trials.
- Contribute to advanced technical initiatives including research and experimental projects.
- Provide expertise to support the successful execution of the ATI team's strategic projects.
- Experience hands-on laboratory work, including experimentation and pilot trials.
- Dedicate time to office-based tasks such as documentation, analysis, and reporting.
What you'll need to be successful.
- College Junior/Senior majoring in Food Science, Chemistry, Biology or a closely related discipline
- Labratory experience
- A passion for learning
- A love of food!
- Ability to effectively manage tight timelines and prioritize tasks in an agile environment; flexibly handling additional tasks as assigned.
- Self-starting personality - you are highly organized, proactive, and detail-oriented.
- You communicate with honesty and kindness and can build trusting relationships.
- You have exceptional interpersonal skills.
- Strong communication (written and verbal) skills.
- High proficiency with standard MS applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
- A valid driver's license, comfortable flying/driving long distances
- Occasionally requires substantial physical effort and working in awkward positions
About the team .
The Intern will be part of our North American Research & Development team. The team designs and develops exciting new products such as fries, pizza pockets, and desserts for retail and food service customers.
About McCain .
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles .
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience .
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
Compensation Package: $23.00-$26.00 CAD hourly wage equivalent, paid salary.
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education and training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits: At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and well-being at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & well-being programs reflect that. Due to the duration of this role, you will not be eligible for traditional benefits through our programs. McCain's early careers programming offers a multitude of learning experiences aimed at advancing your career in the future.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy , as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here .
Job Family: Research & Development
Division: Global Research and Development
Department: Potato Processing Technology Center
Location(s): CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol || CA - Canada : Alberta : Calgary || CA - Canada : Alberta : Coaldale || CA - Canada : Alberta : Edmonton || CA - Canada : Alberta : Grand Prarie || CA - Canada : Alberta : Lethbridge || CA - Canada : Alberta : Red Deer || CA - Canada : Alberta : Rocky View || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Burnaby || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Kamloops || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Kelowna || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Richmond || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Surrey || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Vancouver || CA - Canada : British Columbia : Victoria || CA - Canada : Manitoba : Carberry || CA - Canada : Manitoba : Portage la Prairie || CA - Canada : Manitoba : Winnipeg || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Bathurst || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Centreville || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Edmundston || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Fredericton || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Grand Falls || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Hartland || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Moncton || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Saint John || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Somerville || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : Clarenville || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : Corner Brook || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : Marystown || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : St. Anthony || CA - Canada : Newfoundland and Labrador : St. John's || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Bedford || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Belleisle || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Dartmouth || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Halifax || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Kentville || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Middleton || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : New Glasgow || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Sydney || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Truro || CA - Canada : Nova Scotia : Yarmouth || CA - Canada : Ontario : Bolton || CA - Canada : Ontario : Borden || CA - Canada : Ontario : Brampton || CA - Canada : Ontario : Dedicated Mississauga || CA - Canada : Ontario : Etobicoke || CA - Canada : Ontario : Forest || CA - Canada : Ontario : Guelph || CA - Canada : Ontario : Kingston || CA - Canada : Ontario : Kitchener || CA - Canada : Ontario : Lansdowne || CA - Canada : Ontario : London || CA - Canada : Ontario : Maidstone || CA - Canada : Ontario : Markham || CA - Canada : Ontario : Mississauga || CA - Canada : Ontario : Ottawa || CA - Canada : Ontario : Thunder Bay || CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto || CA - Canada : Ontario : Waterloo || CA - Canada : Ontario : Windsor || CA - Canada : Ontario : Woodstock || CA - Canada : Other : Reference job description || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Bloomfield || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Borden-Carleton || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Charlottetown || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Elmsdale || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Kinkora || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Middleton || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Montague || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : New Perth || CA - Canada : Prince Edward Island : Summerside || CA - Canada : Quebec : Ancienne Lorette || CA - Canada : Quebec : Anjou || CA - Canada : Quebec : Blainville || CA - Canada : Quebec : Chicoutimi || CA - Canada : Quebec : Drummondville || CA - Canada : Quebec : Duberger || CA - Canada : Quebec : Gatineau || CA - Canada : Quebec : Lachine || CA - Canada : Quebec : Laval || CA - Canada : Quebec : Montreal || CA - Canada : Quebec : Pointe-Claire || CA - Canada : Quebec : Quebec City || CA - Canada : Quebec : Terrebonne || CA - Canada : Saskatchewan : Regina || CA - Canada : Saskatchewan : Saskatoon
Company: McCain Foods (Canada)
Top Skills
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Ms Office (Word
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