Smucker's Field Operations Internship

For more than 115 years, The J. M. Smucker Company has been committed to offering consumers quality products that bring families together to share memorable meals and moments. Today, Smucker is a leading marketer and manufacturer of consumer food and beverage products and pet food and pet snacks in North America with annual net sales of approximately $8 billion. In consumer foods and beverages, its brands include Smucker's®, Folgers®, Jif®, Dunkin’ Donuts®, Crisco®, Pillsbury®, R.W. Knudsen Family®, Hungry Jack®, Café Bustelo®, Martha White®, truRoots®, Sahale Snacks®, Robin Hood®, and Bick’s®. In pet food and pet snacks, its brands include Meow Mix®, Milk- Bone®, Kibbles 'n Bits®, Natural Balance®, and 9Lives®. The Company remains rooted in the Basic Beliefs of Quality, People, Ethics, Growth, and Independence established by its founder and namesake more than a century ago. For more information about the Company, visit jmsmucker.com. FIELD OPERATIONS INTERN KEY RESPONSIBILITIES include the following although other duties may be assigned: • Works closely with processing manager to assure coordination of field fruit deliveries. • Determine daily crate volume by obtaining early morning on-site ranch estimates. Adjusts estimates throughout afternoon re-check of harvesting ranches. Immediately reports any significant volume changes. • Obtains, records, and passes information to processing manager and plant manager on probable next day crate volume. • Advises the plant manager and QC manager immediately when poor quality (soft, cat facing, contamination, etc.) is evident on any particular grower's ranch. • Works with growers to get harvested freezer fruit delivered to the processing plant and/or receiving station as quickly as possible. • Ensures proper contact and relationships with the growers. • Assures that all crates and pallets are distributed to the growers on an as-needed basis to prevent grower stockpiling. • At season's end, assures all crates and pallets are returned to the Oxnard plant yard for storage, inventory, and repair. • Obtain pesticide reports from the growers when requested and deliver to the Plant Manager. • Maintain proper inventories of crate and pallets at receiving stations. Assures crates and pallets are cleaned properly prior to grower distribution. • Works with Oxnard plant supervisor/office personnel on any grower weight tag/ grading sheet discrepancies. Delivers and explains corrected documentation to the growers. • Schedule trucking to pick up fruit from the receiving stations for timely delivery to the Oxnard plant. • Works with our growers to ensure all of their daily deliveries are made early enough to permit same day processing. • Addresses any and all other concerns/problems as directed by the Plant Manager. • Works with Oxnard processing manager to establish daily production schedule. • Coordinates distribution of raw fruit. • Records yield data from experimental varieties and other research plots. • Takes fruit samples as needed for lab evaluation. • Conducts special tests, evaluations, and projects as requested by the QC Manager. • Visually observes plant development and records. • Inspects daily and audit grower field Good Agricultural Practices monthly using Field Sanitation Check list. Immediately follows up on deficiencies. • Other duties as required. SELECTION CRITERIA Education • Sophomore or Junior standing students majoring in Agriculture or food science related major. Experience • Field experience in sampling techniques or field research plots, preferred. Other • Availability in late March through the end of August. • Able to work long hours - six days a week • Self-motivating, self-starter personality. • Organized with good analytical skills. • Ability to maintain accurate records. • Bilingual (Spanish). • Agricultural background preferred. No person will be discriminated against in any aspect of his or her employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. To apply, please contact Melina Cosio at (805) 276-2195 or by email at [email protected]. .

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