Operations Internship

Description:

Beef Northwest offers summer internships each year at all feed yard locations. The purpose of the Internship is to teach students the key elements to the successful operation of a feed yard. Ultimately, this will help Beef Northwest determine if you are a strong candidate for its Manager in Training Program post-graduation.

 

Job Duties:

• Two weeks working in the following departments: Cattle, Hospital, Feed Mill, Feeding, Maintenance and Management
• You will have specific learning objectives you will need to learn the answers to in each department.
• You will keep a journal every day of your activities and things you learned.
• You will be preparing a SWOT analysis for each department for your final Internship presentation.
• You will be working on one to three projects. Those projects will include scope, benefit, drawbacks, financial analysis and your final recommendation.
• You will visit multiple BNW sites and operations.
• You will visit industry partners.
• You will be exposed to all aspects of the business in one way or another.
• At the end of your Internship you will deliver a presentation of your summer experience and projects to the Executive Leadership team, Managers and staff at multiple locations. 

Requirements:

• Strong desire to work in the Cattle and/or Feed Lot Industry post-graduation.
• Strong work ethic and a positive can-do attitude.
• Ability to use Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Gmail.
• Access to a horse and ability to ride for at least two weeks. (In certain cases, we may be able to provide you a horse).
• Good sense of humor
• 2.5 GPA or higher