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Herbruck's Poultry Ranch · 3 months ago

Pullet and Production Intern Michigan

Saranac, MI

Internship

Onsite

Intern

Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch is offering a paid, 12-week Summer Internship Program in the agricultural field. As a Pullet and Production Intern, you will gain real-world experience by supporting project management, problem-solving, and communication efforts while working closely with various teams to analyze production data and ensure project success.

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Responsibilities

Contribute to the production team to ensure they achieve projects schedules, budgets, and production goals

Manage an incremental improvement project in a timely and accurate manner, monitoring overall projects progress according to the project scope and available resources. Participate in estimating the time, resources, and personnel to complete a project

After analyzing production input and output data, create project work scope with the Production Farm Manager, creating and maintaining overall project schedule and timeline. Participate in project kick-off and execute project work plan. Monitor and alert the project team when changes occur in the project scope and update schedules promptly

Alert Production Farm Manager if you become aware of changes that could affect the project scope, schedule, or work completion. Help coordinate and schedule any compliance or safety audits during project

Perform other related duties as assigned

Ensure an organized farm throughout the project. Help coordinate and supervise production activities. Create and maintain daily reports of production activities

Review farm conditions and any effect they may have on other disciplines (including construction, maintenance, manure, flock service, compliance, and service crew)

Prepare, schedule, and report on project close-out

Collaborate with various disciplines throughout Herbruck’s. Regularly communicate with Pullet and Production Managers, Supervisors, Compliance, and Bird Crew to create, update, and understand any changes to project design, scope, schedule, and budget

Promote safety, encourage safe work practices, and rectify site hazards immediately. Support safety and compliance training, addressing safety audit findings and helping to create and update compliance training in Herbruck’s University

Attend daily supervisor stand up meetings, compiling and communicating action items from various parts of the farm

Assist the Pull and Production Manager with other communication including project photography and documentation, data collection and analysis, and office administrative work

Understand what the deliverable needs to be to meet project needs and what it takes to make projects successful and communicate this to Herbruck’s leadership at the close of your summer

Qualification

Agricultural ExperienceProject ManagementMechanical AptitudeData AnalysisAction-OrientedNimble LearningResourcefulnessSelf-developmentCommunication SkillsProblem-Solving

Required

You're enrolled in a program related to agriculture such as Animal Science, Poultry Science, Poultry Management, of Agribusiness

Ideally, you've worked in an agricultural environment previously, whether a small family farm or a more sophisticated operation. Otherwise, work experience dealing with animals, people, or machinery can prepare you well for Herbruck's. Please note that due to biosecurity regulations, you cannot own or have contact with birds or swine while interning with Herbruck's

Ideally, you have some mechanical aptitude and maintenance experience

Action-Oriented: You take on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm

Communicate Effectively: You develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of difference audiences

Nimble Learning: You actively experiment when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder

Resourcefulness: You secure and deploy resources effectively and efficiently

Self-development: You actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels