Animal Agriculture Intern

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods is a great place to work. You can see it in our team members. The diversity of the team and their unique contributions set us apart from the competition. Our success is based as much on our future friendly team as the innovative technology solutions we offer.

Our team members include people like you – enthusiastic, innovative, passionate and energetic. We believe that you'll find our high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging and financially rewarding.

Our team and what we will accomplish together

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods is leveraging our world-leading technology and innovation to create better producer-to-consumer outcomes. To do this, we are creating a unified, trusted and sustainable value chain that enables the most efficient production and logistics outcomes, while lowering the impact on the environment. We deliver actionable digital solutions and data insights that connect global supply chains, improving the safety, quality and sustainability of food and consumer goods, all in a way that's traceable and clear to the end consumer.

We offer an unmatched suite of innovative solutions and purpose-built applications for every participant in the supply chain, from seed manufacturers and farmers through to grocery stores and consumer goods companies. Our solutions are comprised of the latest technologies that enable our customers to optimize their businesses and move goods through supply chains with more accuracy, efficiency and profit to get the right products to shelf, at the right time and at the right price, creating more sustainable production and consumption outcomes.

What you'll do

• An energetic and dynamic company that focuses on employee engagement and retention
• A supportive environment with strong management and experienced existing team to work towards success in the role and skill/career development
• Performing digital necropsies at client feedlot sites
• Sample collection
• Handling and delivering pharmaceuticals 
• Assisting with clinical procedures
• Assisting with regulatory work 
• Scanning and drying feed samples
• Near infrared (NIR) feed analysis, feed data collection and entry
• Office and data administration tasks
• Supporting other internal teams as required
• Flexibility in this role will be key

What you bring

• Experience working with cattle is a definite asset but not necessarily required.
• Class 5 driver’s license and willing to drive short to medium distances daily
• Some experience with computer software in a Windows environment.
• The ideal candidate will have had exposure to the agriculture industry, including being familiar with and comfortable with the challenging work conditions.
• This role is predominately physical. The candidate will need to be capable of lifting and pushing up to 50 lb and working for extended hours in all weather conditions. The regular hours for this role are 9am to 5pm; however, candidates are expected to work until the daily tasks are completed, which might mean working past 5pm on certain days.
• Please note that the scheduled rotation of this role includes working on Saturday and Sunday.
• Willing to work on own and with others
• Willing to work outside at all times of the year
• Willing to work in a supporting role

Join us

Collectively, our talented team and integrated solutions uniquely position us to transform collaboration within the industry at a global level, empowering and connecting producers to consumers for a more efficient, sustainable future.

Everyone belongs at TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do or how you do it, at TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods, your unique contribution and talents will be valued and respected. Because the more diverse perspectives we have the more likely we are to crack the code on what our customers want and our communities need.

Do you share our passion for enabling remarkable human outcomes?

Together, let’s make the future friendly.

Accessibility

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.