| Date Posted: | Sep 23, 2025 | |
| Closing Date: | Oct 15, 2025 |
| Location: | Medicine Hat & area | |
| Status: | Summer / Seasonal |
Description
We are currently looking for motivated, hands-on students! As a Paterson Grain Summer Student, you will serve as part of the daily operations, marketing and administrative team at a Paterson Grain location. Reporting to the Location Manager, you will be responsible for assisting and shadowing various staff at the location, with a view to ensuring quality in the handling and delivery of Paterson Grain products and services.
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree or diploma in Ag Business, Agronomy, or related discipline
- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and work in an environment with changing priorities
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Willingness to learn day-to-day business operations
- Farming/agricultural background would be considered an asset.
- Valid Class 5 driver’s license
This position is available to students that are still enrolled in school and students that are graduating in 2026 that are looking for a full-time position and would like to earn exposure and experience.
Responsibilities
- Assist with facility operations regarding fertilizer and crop protection products
- Assist with general maintenance, facility functions and limitations, truck unloading, rail car shipping, and grain cleaning
- Maintain safe and effective handling of fertilizer, chemical, seeds, and other product inventories handled at the location in accordance with Health & Safety guidelines
- Organize the chem shed on a weekly basis for more visibility as the inventory moves
- Keep accurate data of inventory, and record loadout and invoices in AGRE
- Assist administration with customer service and processing of grain purchases, contracts and general reports required
- Understand the ISO 22000 food safety program as it relates to customers and operations
- Learn and understand safety requirements for operational procedures
- Understand Quality Control factors and how they relate to binning and shipping procedures
- Support the Logistics Coordinator in organizing farm deliveries with required shipments
- Work closely with Marketing Manager in commodity contracting, customer relations and understanding competitive programs in the area
- Establish and maintain demonstration plots and assist in conducting customer tour
- Deliveries of chemical and seed to and from other Paterson Grain facilities
- Independently conduct field scouting activities entering data into record keeping software
- Assist with planning and organizing summer events: BBQ and Customer Relations
- Operate a forklift to load products into farm trucks and unload product into the facility
- Other duties as assigned
Term Of Appointment
FT Summer Student 2026
How To Apply
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. https://careers.patersonglobalfoods.com/jobs/summer-student-dunmore-ab/