Jobs at POET

Creates and produces print and digital marketing materials, including brochures, advertisements, presentations, website graphics, social media content, and tradeshow assets. Adapts existing creative, prepares production-ready files, applies brand guidelines, manages digital assets, and performs basic photo editing. Collaborates with creative, marketing, and business teams while managing multiple projects, deadlines, revisions, and approvals.

Analyze real-time bioprocessing data, troubleshoot plant performance, and lead continuous improvement initiatives across POET facilities. The role supports facility operations, technology implementation, start-ups, expansions, training, technical presentations, safety, and environmental compliance. It requires collaboration with cross-functional teams, up to 50% travel, and occasional physical work at bioprocessing facilities.

The Plant Engineer supports bioprocessing facility operations through continuous improvement, troubleshooting, capital projects, process optimization, shutdown planning, safety documentation, and cost-saving initiatives. The role analyzes process data, develops action plans, coordinates procedures, supports management of change and process safety programs, and serves as a subject matter expert. This on-site position requires collaboration with facility leadership and engineers and includes physical work in demanding industrial environments.

The Plant Engineer supports bioprocessing facility operations through process troubleshooting, continuous improvement, capital projects, cost savings initiatives, shutdown planning, data analysis, and optimization. The role develops expertise in plant unit operations, supports management of change and process safety documentation, coordinates procedures, and promotes safe, environmentally compliant operations. It is an on-site position requiring work in industrial conditions, including heights, confined spaces, extreme temperatures, and use of personal protective equipment and industrial equipment.

Supports credit application reviews, credit-limit recommendations, financial statement and business-report analysis, commodity-market risk assessment, and customer account maintenance. The intern identifies credit risks, develops payment options, and collaborates with Merchandising, Transportation, commercial teams, and customers to resolve credit and collection concerns.

The Data Engineering Intern will support the development and maintenance of data pipelines, write and troubleshoot SQL queries, resolve data quality issues, automate processes, test data solutions, and document systems. The role collaborates with data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders while gaining exposure to databases, orchestration tools, APIs, industrial data systems, and enterprise technologies. This is an on-site internship in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Analyzes grain, livestock, and feedstuffs markets to identify business opportunities, develops risk and market reports, supports commodity trading strategies, maintains business databases, and delivers strategic and ad hoc analyses to commercial and senior leadership teams.

Produces daily position and profit-and-loss reporting for the trading group, management, and financial reporting teams. Responsibilities include compiling contract, shipment, and settlement data; preparing mark-to-market entries; performing reconciliations; reviewing trading policies; communicating business developments; supporting trading-system development and testing; and improving documentation and processes.

Supports procurement activities including bid requests, spend analysis, vendor research and relationship management, contractor compliance, order tracking, delivery follow-up, vendor scorecards, data extraction, and procurement reporting. The intern works with internal stakeholders and suppliers to execute sourcing, purchasing, and performance-tracking processes while providing project updates and strategic recommendations.

Acts as the primary IT contact for company operations, analyzing business and systems processes, gathering requirements, designing and testing solutions, documenting processes, and supporting application implementations. The role develops test plans, acceptance criteria, reports, and ROI analyses; leads small to medium projects; manages scope and stakeholder expectations; resolves systems conversion issues; and provides user training and post-implementation support.

Plant Engineer supporting bioprocessing facilities through capital projects, continuous improvement, process troubleshooting, data analysis, shutdown planning, process safety documentation, and operational optimization. The role collaborates with facility and corporate teams, develops unit-operation expertise, coordinates procedures, and promotes safety and environmental compliance. This is an on-site position requiring work in industrial conditions, including heights, confined spaces, extreme temperatures, PPE, and occasional physical labor.

Supports international export container logistics by communicating with customers, securing container bookings, processing transportation instructions, reviewing shipment documentation and freight invoices, coordinating with accounts payable, and helping improve logistics processes and metrics. This is an on-site summer internship in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, focused on bioproduct transportation and international shipment operations.

Supports logistics schedulers, dispatch teams, production facilities, carriers, and commercial partners. Responsibilities include creating shipping orders and bills of lading, forecasting customer demand and facility production, monitoring inventory, dispatching shipments, verifying delivery details, and communicating production, inventory, and shipment updates. The role is onsite in Wichita, Kansas, with training and opportunities for professional growth.

The Plant Engineering Intern supports plant operations, efficiency improvements, process optimization, troubleshooting, and predictive and preventative maintenance programs. Responsibilities include analyzing operational data, developing maintenance procedures, supporting environmental compliance, strengthening operating procedures, and collaborating with plant managers, maintenance teams, and vendors. This on-site role requires shift flexibility, physical work in industrial environments, adherence to safety and food quality standards, and occasional overnight travel.

Accounting Interns will support invoicing, purchase invoice processing, reconciliations, cash application, payment discrepancy resolution, ACH and wire file preparation, vendor maintenance, and process documentation. The role involves collaborating with customers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams while maintaining accurate accounting records and supporting financial statement preparation. This is an onsite summer 2027 position in Wichita, Kansas.

Plant Engineering Intern supporting bioethanol plant efficiency, process optimization, troubleshooting, operations, and predictive and preventative maintenance programs. Responsibilities include analyzing data, developing operating procedures, coordinating with maintenance teams and vendors, researching plant-specific improvements, and supporting environmental compliance and safety. This on-site internship requires working varied shifts, at least 40 hours weekly, and performing physical tasks in plant, laboratory, and office environments.

Supports business leaders and customers by identifying technology and process challenges, documenting requirements, evaluating solutions, coordinating process changes, testing acceptance criteria, and assisting with training. The intern may also develop desktop-tool solutions and collaborate with Information Technology to improve efficiency across business units.

Schedule and optimize biofuel shipments across multiple sites, managing inventories, deliveries, carrier relationships, transportation rates, and transaction accuracy. Collaborate with marketing, planning, operations, accounting, production facilities, carriers, and customers to resolve issues and maximize shipment value. This on-site Wichita role requires strong organization, communication, problem-solving, and willingness to travel up to 5%.

The Commodities Assistant is responsible for loading feed and fuel products using equipment, maintaining the work area, and assisting with grain grading.

Process grain settlements, issue timely payments to grain customers, reconcile general ledger and bank accounts, ensure regulatory compliance, maintain documentation, support cross-team information flow, and identify process improvements to ensure accurate financial reporting.