Location: all cities,MD, USA
Primary Purpose
To experience Mountaire's culture first-hand and provide additional exposure of Mountaire's family-oriented work environment. Fulfill all designated duties within each specialized area of operation for the duration of the internship. This program is intended to provide learning opportunities by working hands-on with mentors and completing assigned projects. The intern will collect data on egg weights over various breeder farm ages. The egg weight will get tracked alongside fertility, hatch percentage and mortality to look for trends.
Primary Project
* Weigh eggs in egg room
* Candle eggs that were weighed at 14 days
* Complete break outs on candled eggs
* Collect fertility data from Embrex, Hatch percentage and one week
* Develop data pull for flocks from information collected
Duties/Activities Required by Job
* Complete assigned project identified by department mentor
* Attend weekly seminar series across different Mountaire facilities
* All interns must be available to travel to Delaware during the last week of the program for final presentations (August 5 - 7, 2025)
* All interns are required to complete a 10 minute presentation on their project at the conclusion of summer. Presentations will take place in Millsboro, DE at the Administrative Building during the week of August 4-8th.
* All interns must complete a mid-way evaluation (week 5) along with a final evaluation (week 10)
Education/Experience Requirements
* Must be currently enrolled and pursuing an Associate or Bachelor's degree at an accredited college or university
* Ability to work independently and as a team
* Microsoft Excel
* Data Collection
* Ability to work in different temperature environments