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 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-around 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

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!
All positions have been filled for the summer of 2010.

Midwest Groundcovers offers an opportunity for one individual to experience working in several departments and locations of Midwest Groundcovers. The intern will spend time in each of the following departments and locations.

Customer Service/Marketing
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 also 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 the Retail Yard.

Plant Health
The intern will learn the pest management processes, systems and recordkeeping, ordering supplies and maintenance of equipment and facilities.

Production( 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 (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.

 

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