Internship Summer 2025

Summer Intern Program Job Description

Through the intern program, you will gain hands-on experience in a poultry processing complex, broadening your understanding of poultry production and the skills and competencies that will lead to long-term success. 

The program is designed to provide interns with the opportunity to gain exposure to various disciplines and to build a network of contacts around the complex.

Peco Foods, Inc. is committed to building relationships with colleges, universities, and other schools that are training future leaders and managers and to providing job opportunities to students through internships and other educational settings.

The program also helps in recruitment and retention strategies and efforts to build a strong and viable company for the future that will continue to serve our customers.

Internship opportunities may be available in operations in Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas.

The objective of the program is “For each intern to gain a working knowledge of a vertically integrated poultry company”. 

Length of the Program:  Ten (10) to Twelve (12) weeks from late May until early August

Assignment of interns:

• Interns will be assigned to a Peco Foods facility where they will receive hands-on training in all aspects of live production and/or processing.
• Live Production to include Pullets, Hens, Broilers, Hatchery, Feed Mill, and Live Haul
• Processing to include Live receiving, Kill, Picking, Evisceration, Debone, Cut-up, 2^nd Processing, IF, Marination, Further Processing, Par Fry, Shipping, Sanitation and Quality Assurance.
• Interns will receive constant feedback on performance during assignments and a written performance review upon completion of the internship (We believe performance feedback must be ongoing in order to fully develop your full potential).
• Interns are required to work in all assigned areas of the company
• Interns are required to work all assigned shifts
• Job assignments require physical labor such as lifting, standing, and walking for extended periods of the work day, shoveling ice, hanging live birds, and other duties as assigned.
• Work closely with supervisor to ensure success

Eligibility requirements:

• Must be enrolled full-time the semester prior to the internship
• Upcoming Sophomore to Senior-level students who are in good standing and who have demonstrated or expressed an interest in agricultural, poultry, or animal sciences
• Successful interview and acceptance by Human Resources and the relevant facility manager

Job Competencies:

• Good communication skills (Written and Oral)
• Strong Computer skills
• Strong Leadership skills
• Good analytical skills