The Department of Animal Science often has job openings at all levels and in areas as diverse as secretarial work to research. Whether you are looking for full- or part-time work, a faculty, staff, graduate student, or undergraduate student position, there may be an Animal Science job for you!
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Student Employment and Internships
Student Positions in Department of Animal Science
Several part-time student positions for the Department of Animal Science are available through the Federal Work-Study Program or directly through the department. Jobs areas include the animal handling units, ruminant nutrition lab, meats lab, small animal research lab, physiology and genetics labs, clerical office, and several of the units at the Agricultural Research and Development Center (ARDC) located at Mead, NE.
If you are a University of Nebraska-Lincoln student interested in a part-time job in the Department of Animal Science, please fill out and submit our online application below. Additional student positions on campus are advertised on Handshake at the link below.
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If you are an employer that has job or internship opportunities open for our students, please send your information to our CASNR Career Center team so it can be publicized to students throughout the college.
Employer ResourcesInternship Opportunities
- Intern - (DOG/ANIMAL LOVERS ONLY). at DOGWA
- Environmental Education Intern at Stony Kill Foundation
- Operations Management Intern, Summer 2027 - Grain Handling (Multiple U.S. Locations) at Cargill
- Operations Management Intern, Summer 2027 - Food (Multiple U.S. Locations) at Cargill
- Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Intern - Summer 2027 at Cargill
- Fall Season Goat Dairy Intern at Growing Gardens of Boulder County
- Sales and Service Intern at Select Sires Member Cooperative
- Animals and Habitats Intern at Carnegie Science Center
- Lab Internship at BioPet Laboratories
- Maryland Restoration Intern at Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Timmerman Feedyard Internship
The Timmerman Feedyard Management Internship is a nationally renowned feedyard management training program, exclusive to University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which has been producing feedyard management and industry leaders since 1988. The internship trains students through comprehensive feedyard management classes and with real world experiences in high caliber feedyards.
This program is designed for students interested in pursuing a career in beef feedyard management or other related agribusiness areas. The purpose of the internship is to train undergraduate students in the area of feedyard management to fill the growing need for trained, responsible individuals who can enter into management positions in feedyards.
Learn More About the InternshipJobs Opportunities
- Veterinary Technician at McFarland Animal Hospital
- Senior Poultry Account Manager at Ralco Nutrition, Inc.
- Inside Sales Representative at Sensient Technologies
- Maintenance Technician at Select Sires, Inc.
- Assistant Regional Habitat Program Manager - Region 3 - WMS Band 1 - Permanent - 2026-06506 at Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Kennel Attendant at The Suite Life
- Veterinary Assistant at Just for Cats
- Swine Production Manager Trainee at Murphy Family Ventures
- Customer Service Inside Sales Lead at Adjuvance Technologies
- Food Safety Inspector / WEST Wholesale Food Region - Food Industry Field Scientist 9-P11 at Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development