Tech Co-op Student/intern

Position Title: Tech Co-op Student/Intern

Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time

Position Location: Toronto HQ

Requisition ID: 31500

Potatoes. French Fries. Taters. You love them, we make them. In fact, we make 1/3 of the world's frozen potato products and if you have eaten fries this week, chances are, they were ours.

At McCain Foods, we know the importance that food plays in people's lives - the power it has to uplift and bring people, families, businesses and communities together. Guided by our purpose to bring enjoyment to people's lives through great tasting food, we believe that working together with our teams, business and community partners will bring sustainable growth and positive change - today, tomorrow and for generations to come.

As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in over 160 countries and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do.

Students, like you, are important to us. We aim to hire the best and brightest co-op students and interns, with the goal of having you join us as full time employees upon graduation. Our ideal student candidate is someone who is passionate, collaborative, willing to learn and take initiative.

Why join the McCain family?

You aren't "just a student" at McCain, you will be treated like any other member of your team

Work with and learn from passionate leaders

Our core values - Family, Authentic, Trusted and Quality - shine through every day, in everything we do

Your time with us, is what you make of it - ask questions, network, take advantage of the opportunity to learn from our professionals.

Position Summary

We are looking for a Data Quality Summer Student to join the Data Quality team for a 4 month work term starting in May 2023. This position will be based out of our Toronto location.

The Data Quality Summer Student will be assisting the Data Governance team to ensure a high standard of data quality and increase trust of data for the enterprise.

The Team

The Data Quality team is under the broader Data Governance team. The focus of the Data Quality team is to ensure a high quality of data for the business to increase trust in data as well as enabling more accurate insights.

What You Will be Working On

Investigate and triage data quality issues for the business by performing data discovery, data health checks, root cause analysis and data rules creation

Produce insights on current data health and recommend data quality rules to ensure optimal data health

Provide proactive data quality recommendations to prevent issues from occurring

Creation of Power BI dashboards to showcase data quality issues and improvements over time

Documentation and translation of business rules to develop technical code using SQL or Python to produce insights

Creation of self-serving data quality tools

Implementing Data Governance standards

Other duties as required

What You Will Learn

How to identify data quality issues as well as data quality resolution recommendations

How to translate business requirements into code

The ability to gather and understand complex problems and use a variety of tools to solve them

How to work and communicate with various teams across the enterprise

Values of McCain Foods Limited

What You Need to be Successful

Currently pursuing an Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or Computer Science Bachelor's or Master's degree

Proficient at writing queries and validating results using SQL and Python

Experience with data visualizations tools such as PowerBI and Tableau is preferred

Experience with cloud-based platforms such as Google Cloud, Azure, Amazon Web Services preferred

Systematic approach to problem solving

Strong multi-tasking and organization skills

Strong communication skills to all levels of the organization

Strong project management skills

What You Can Expect From Us

A supportive team that will encourage you to be and do your best

A safe and flexible working environment that promotes work/life balance

The opportunity to be part of meaningful work and projects

The opportunity to be part of our student community, to connect with your peers across North America

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

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 meet your needs.

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Job Family: Information Technology

Division: Global Technology

Department: Data Quality

Location(s): CA - Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Company: McCain Foods (Canada)