Summer Intern

Job Description

About Company:

FMC Corporation is a leading specialty company focused on agricultural technologies. They provide innovative and cost-effective solutions to enhance crop yield and quality by controlling insects, weeds, and diseases, as well as in non-agricultural markets for pest control. FMC is a globally diverse organization that offers exciting opportunities to work on challenging projects. They foster a culture of innovation, integrity, responsibility, and customer intimacy.

Job Description:

FMC Corporation is seeking motivated and detail-oriented summer interns to join their research station teams in Rochelle, IL, & Madera, CA. The internship program provides hands-on experience, development opportunities, and networking opportunities with other students.

Interns will gain an understanding of crop protection compounds as they relate to early synthesis, field testing, and registration requirements. They will work in teams to achieve common goals and objectives while following corporate safety guidelines.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting field station managers in running the station evaluation program, testing pre-commercial crop protection compounds.
• Helping with setting up small plot field trials.
• Equipment calibration.
• Measuring and mixing pesticides.
• Spraying plots.
• Data collection.
• Plot maintenance.
• Monitoring insect traps.
• Field scouting.
• Assisting with general farm operations, including planting, cultivating, irrigating, discing, or mowing.
• Summarizing field trial results using Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and FMC Corporate computer systems.

Requirements:

• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to carry a 20 to 50 lb. backpack on uneven ground.
• Ability to speak, read, and write in English.
• Enrolled in a School of Agricultural, Plant Sciences, or similar educational discipline.
• Completion of the first year of undergrad.
• Experience handling farm equipment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products: Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Word.