Grains Origination Intern (Summer 2027) - Ethanol Plant
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The Grains Origination Intern supports grains procurement and the commodities group by purchasing corn from producers, coordinating contracts and deliveries, and maintaining facility grain position reports. The intern also enters contracts into the grain accounting system, works with accounting to support accurate and timely producer payments, and completes assigned projects with team members. This is a summer internship requiring 40 hours per week.
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Description: Supports and expands grains procurement with established suppliers while supporting the goals and objectives of the commodities group and the Company.
- Purchases corn supply as required from producers in accordance with guidelines provided.
- Communicates effectively with producers as required for contracting grain purchases and scheduling deliveries.
- Enters purchase contracts into grain accounting system.
- Maintains grain position reports for facility.
- Works with accounting department as required to ensure accuracy and timeliness of payments to producers.
- Complete assigned projects timely, collaborating with team members to obtain needed information.
This position is hourly nonexempt status, which means you are eligible for overtime pay.
This position is a summer internship which requires the student to work 40 hours per week.
Positions are available at the following locations: Fort Dodge, IA Mount Vernon, IN
Qualifications:
Minimum Requirements:
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree (or higher degree) in Agriculture Economics or a business-related field required.
- A minimum of 60 credit hours by the start of the intern program required.
- Graduation dates of August 2027 through May 2029 required.
- Ability to work 40 hours per week required.
Preferred Requirements:
- Overall GPA of 3.0 (or higher) on a 4.0 scale preferred.
Note: Valero’s pre-employment process includes successful completion of a background check and drug screen.
Please include the following in your resume: Overall GPA and Major - Expected Graduation Date
About the Valero Intern Program
The Valero Intern Program fuels a broader company mission to develop reliable, affordable and sustainable energy through innovation, ingenuity and unmatched execution. When you join Valero, you can expect to work with teams that are inclusive and results-driven while celebrating every employee’s strengths and ideas.
Valero is an EEO Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status, including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Job: Intern Primary Location: United States Req ID: 26001EY
How this job compares
Set against the 5,266 open Procurement jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Iowa median$89–165K/yr24 salary ranges
- US median$25–34/hr377 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 43 open Procurement jobs in Iowa and 5,266 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Iowa
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- Experience
- Procurement postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (4,138 postings).
- Education
- 2,268 of the 5,266 open Procurement jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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