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About the position
The Smithfield Foods internship program offers students a paid opportunity to train in an environment that fosters real-life experiences, explores career options, and applies your education. Our goal is to provide a training environment that not only encourages creativity, but offers equality, diversity, mutual respect, and productivity. Our internships are typically 10 weeks.
Responsibilities
- Trains daily in a swine facility gaining a general understanding of processes and how these processes interrelate to overall company efforts in swine production.
- Engaged under the supervision of the appropriate department leader while learning/performing duties and responsibilities of a particular function.
- Responsible for being in compliance with all environmental laws and procedures to which Smithfield Hog Production Division subscribes.
- Report all environmental issues immediately to their supervisor.
- Read and understand the company’s emergency notification process and will be responsible for reviewing that policy at their work site.
- Performs all duties as defined by supervisor.
- May perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Must be working toward a degree from a regionally accredited college or university or a recent graduate.
- Agriculture related majors preferred.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Willingness to learn and work in a team environment.
- Proactive thinker and self-motivated.
- Strong time, project, and organizational management skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as with others in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
- Ability to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.
Benefits
- Robust, flexible and affordable benefit plans and programs to support our team members and their loved ones.
- Out-of-pocket costs, on average, 20 percent less than plans offered by other employers.
- Be Well programs offering tools and resources to enhance quality of life at no additional cost.
- Comprehensive training and professional development programs.
- Tuition assistance covering English language learning and various certificate programs.
- Leadership development initiatives.
- Apprenticeship programs that combine hands-on experience with focused learning.
- Smithfield Scholarship Program for employees’ children.
- Education Reimbursement Program for team members pursuing further education.
