AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. | Summer Project Manager Intern - Drone Project | Agriculture

Are you looking for a hands-on summer internship opportunity supporting local farms and farm families in your community to expand their participation in the Agri-Food Value Chain?

AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. has a Summer Project Manager Intern opportunity for a motivated Student to join our AGRIS Team. As a Summer Project Manager Intern, you will have the opportunity to work on a project utilizing and testing drone technologies and develop your agriculture knowledge with hands on experience, as well as gain an understand careers available at AGRIS.

What will you be responsible for:

• Provide an exceptional customer experience at every interaction
• Working with Senior Agronomist and Crop Specialists to identify farm participants
• Work closely with the AIS Specialist on coordinating GIS mapping activities including account management of various satellite image companies.
• Deliver results to customers in a timely manner
• Entry level new skills development opportunity also includes:
• Become proficient in creating topographic surface maps from collected imagery. Develop concave / convex surface features for nitrogen management.
• Other agronomic duties as required including collecting plant tissue, weed samples, and nitrate Nitrogen soil samples.
• Support of agronomic recommendations with a focus on the Whole Farm Plan
• Awareness of sustainability issues such as 4R Stewardship, Class 12 Pesticide rules
• Extended hours, as required, during the busy season

Project highlights:

• Create:
  • Test and leverage a spray drone or other drone technology on Test Plot fields.
  • Will involve a lot of problem-solving assessment and analysis work
  • Developing connections with identified farmers and understanding of their crops.
  • In season NDVI maps
  • Late season Crop assessments

Requirements for this Job:

• Knowledge of agronomy, fertilizer, chemical, seed, and grain marketing

• Maintain a Valid Drivers License
• Travel as required to support Farm Owner & Branch needs across AGRIS trading area Drone license or obtain one by writing the online test at Transport Canada
• Learn to operate the Phantom 4 drone or other Drones as required and sensors (in house training)
• Become proficient in using the cloud-based services to perform analytics (training by service provider)

If you are interested in furthering your development towards a Career in Agriculture as part of an industry leader, developing innovative solutions and enhancing the profitability of our members, we want to meet with you!

About AGRIS Co-operative Ltd.

AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. is a dynamic and successful farmer owned Co-operative that prides itself on providing quality agronomic and grain marketing solutions for our customer/owners. We are a leader in precision farming technology, seed, and agronomy and petroleum services.

AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. is a 100 per-cent farmer-owned grain marketing and farm-input supply company that serves more than 1,000 farmer owners in 14 locations in Essex, Kent, Elgin, Middlesex, and Lambton Counties. It is a leader in precision farming technology, seed, agronomy, and petroleum services.

The co-operative is a partner of Great Lakes Grain, a grain merchandising company. AGRIS Co-operative is a member-owner of GROWMARK, Inc. and markets products and services under the FS banner.

We have branches located in Brigden, Chatham, Cottam, Dutton, Glencoe, Leamington, McGregor, Muirkirk, Rochester, Stoney Point, Thamesford, Thamesville, Tupperville and Wheatley

Please forward your resume in confidence by November 30, 2022, to:

humanresources@agris.coop

AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We thank all those who apply however only applicants selected for an interview will be notified.