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Midwest Trading and Midwest Groundcovers

Join the Midwest team! We strive to attract and retain the best talent in our industry and consider our employees to be our most valuable asset. We offer full-time, full-time seasonal and part-time employment across many different types of positions and experience levels. Midwest has grown through dedication to customer service and we are continually seeking those who share that desire to join our team. Our past accomplishments and success in the Green Industry are a direct reflection of the quality of our employees – join us and help us to build the future!

Midwest offers a competitive compensation and benefit program that is designed to meet the needs of our employees. The list of great benefits for our full-time year-round staff includes:

• Medical insurance (a choice of 3 plans)
• Dental insurance (a choice of 2 plans)
• Free $10,000 life insurance policy
• Option to purchase additional Life Insurance for employee and dependents
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Short and Long Term Disability
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Paid Holidays – New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
• Paid Vacation
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Company paid learning opportunities
• Significant Employee Product Discounts
• Clothing Allowances
• Employee Outings and Events
• Community Service Events
• Company Newsletter
• Casual work environment

Current Job Opportunities


Sales Yard Customer Service Rep. - Midwest Groundcovers - Seasonal Position - St. Charles, IL location
•Provide friendly and open communication with external and internal customers in the Sales Yard
•Professionally process accurate and timely orders and quotes
•Coordinate with inventory, shipping and accounting for smooth flow of customer orders and accounts
•Continually update knowledge of products, industry and customers
•Must have excellent computer skills including Word, Excel and Outlook
•2 year degree and 4 years in horticulture and/or customer service work related experience
•Horticulture experience
•Bilingual in Spanish and English

Date Available: Currently Available

If interested in the job listed above, please email resume to: or fax to 847-468-2097.

 

 

Midwest Trading Horticultural Soils Internship

This internship will begin in February and run through June. Over the course of this internship work will be done in the Quality Control Lab running tests and collecting data for Soil and Soilless media and their components. This includes Nursery, Greenhouse, Landscape, Green roof, Bioswale, and other engineered blends. Additionally a research project will be conducted and presented at the conclusion of the internship. This internship involves some physically demanding work in a variety of environments and weather. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and be able to work independently with attention to detail. This is an opportunity to learn and experience the brown side of the green industry.

 

Midwest Groundcovers Internship Programs!
Now taking applications for 2012 intern positions.

Midwest Groundcovers offers an opportunity for students to experience working in several departments and locations of Midwest Groundcovers.

Customer Service/Marketing Intern
The intern will learn a variety of different aspects of marketing, including creating company promotional materials, assisting with imaging projects, learning and maintaining the plant database. The intern will capture plant and other images as directed by the Marketing department. The student will also perform various activities and learn the inner workings of our Customer Service department and spend some time in our Retail Yard.

Production Intern (Michigan)
The intern will experience aspects of plant propagation including cutting, sticking, misting, and drenching. Additional work experiences may include inventory assistance, record keeping, cultural care, pruning, spacing, aiding in fertilization of plants, tracking degree days, disease and pest identification, production scheduling insight.

Production Intern (Illinois)
The intern will experience aspects of plant propagation including cutting, sticking, misting, and drenching. Additional work experiences may include inventory, record keeping, cultural care, pruning, spacing, tracking degree days, and production scheduling insight.

Our goal is to provide a multifaceted and meaningful opportunity for students to experience the day-to-day operations in specified focused work areas

ALL INTERNS have the opportunity to attend educational and social events such as trade shows, seminars, in house training and our company picnic.

The intern program features an initial goal setting plan at the start of the internship with a review of the program and goal achievement at the conclusion of the program.