Student Employee

Start Building Your Future While Making a Difference

Looking for a part-time job that's active, meaningful, and different from the ordinary?

At Marshall Farms, our mission is helping improve the lives of people and pets. As a Student employee, you'll gain valuable hands-on experience while supporting the daily care of our animals and helping maintain a clean, safe, and healthy environment.

Join Our Mission

If you're looking for more than just a job—if you're looking for meaningful work where you can contribute to improving the lives of people and pets while growing your skills in a supportive team environment—we encourage you to apply.

What You'll Do

As a Student employee, you'll support our animal care teams by:

• Assisting with the daily care and well-being of animals.
• Cleaning and maintaining animal housing to support a healthy environment.
• Safely moving animals and supplies throughout the facility, including operating a motorized transport buggy when trained.
• Supporting animal husbandry activities as directed by experienced team members.
• Maintaining clean and organized work areas.
• Following animal welfare, biosecurity, workplace safety, and company procedures.
• Working independently while collaborating with a supportive team.
• Helping wherever needed to support the success of daily operations.

What You'll Learn

This position is an excellent opportunity to develop valuable workplace skills, including:

• Responsibility and accountability
• Teamwork and communication
• Time management
• Attention to detail
• Safe animal handling practices
• Workplace safety and biosecurity
• Professionalism and strong work habits

These skills provide a great foundation for future careers in agriculture, animal science, veterinary medicine, healthcare, manufacturing, skilled trades, and many other industries.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for students who:

• Have a positive attitude and a willingness to learn.
• Take pride in doing quality work.
• Care about animal welfare and maintaining a clean environment.
• Can work independently and as part of a team.
• Follow instructions carefully and pay attention to detail.
• Demonstrate reliability, professionalism, and a strong work ethic.
• Communicate respectfully with coworkers and supervisors.

No previous animal care experience is required—we'll provide the training you need to be successful.

Schedule & Pay

School Year

• Monday through Friday: 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
• Saturdays:  6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Summer

• Additional hours are available based on business needs.

Pay

• $17.00 per hour

Work Environment

This is an active, hands-on position where you'll spend much of your day moving throughout our facilities.

Team members can expect to:

• Perform physical work, including lifting, moving, and cleaning.
• Work in environments with varying temperatures.
• Interact with animals throughout the workday.
• Wear required personal protective equipment (PPE), including hearing protection when needed.
• Operate a motorized transport buggy after receiving appropriate training.

Why Marshall Farms?

At Marshall Farms, you're more than a part-time employee—you're an important part of a team making a positive impact every day. We believe in developing future talent by providing meaningful work, valuable experience, and opportunities to learn alongside knowledgeable professionals.

If you're dependable, eager to learn, and ready to contribute to something bigger than yourself, we'd love to have you join our team.

Start your career with purpose. Help us improve the lives of people and pets—one day, one task, and one team at a time.

About Marshall Farms Group, Ltd.

Our mission is to help improve the lives of people and pets. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on fulfilling this mission by supporting our ability to provide animals and related services to the top research organizations across the globe – aiding their lifesaving biomedical and veterinary research. In addition, we are the leading provider of Pet Ferrets. Over the last 80 years we have grown from a local to a global company, but we haven't lost our family feel and employee-centric focus.

Marshall Farms Group, LTD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.