Operations Internship

Beef Northwest Feeders offers summer internships at its feed yard locations to teach students the key elements of successful feed yard operations. The Operations Intern will rotate through multiple departments, complete operational projects and analyses, visit sites and industry partners, and present their internship experience and recommendations to company leadership.

What you'll do:

• 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

What they're looking for:

• 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

Benefits:

• In certain cases, we may be able to provide you a horse.