ODP Participant

Recent technology and productivity advancements have created exciting career paths in operations. And we are looking for recent college graduates with a strategic vision to guide people, projects, processes and systems to drive business results to join our ODP.
As an ODP participant, you will complete a 24-month experience with roles in supply chain, manufacturing and continuous improvement/quality to accelerate your leadership experience. You will gain knowledge in a variety of areas throughout the business while building an extensive internal network.
During this program, you will complete experiential, hands-on and classroom educational opportunities to accelerate your professional development. At the same time, you will be consistently collaborating with senior leaders, dealers, vendors and customers to gain a broad understanding of business needs. You will gain exposure to the unique culture we’ve built while growing skills that lead to success within your first years with Vermeer and throughout your career.
The goal of the program is to fine-tune your skills, apply your knowledge and further develop by:
Building a foundation of competence within the Vermeer framework.
Strengthening communication, interpersonal and leadership skills through hands-on experience.
Solving problems and designing new and innovative solutions.

Upon completion of the program, you will be assigned an operations role aligned with your area of interest and your strengths as well as business needs.
ODP roles are posted in August for the following June cohort.
ODP participants are based at our headquarters in Pella, Iowa, USA.
You strive to transform processes, build strong partnerships and influence both small and significant change.
With nearly 400 of our team members in engineering roles, Vermeer is about solving problems. We are looking for recent college graduates who thrive on tackling complex challenges fueled by a need to do things differently and better to join our EDP.
As an EDP participant you will immerse yourself in your new engineering role. You will work alongside seasoned professionals on initiatives that drive the business forward.
At the same time, you will complete an eight-week training experience that provides an overview of engineering and manufacturing processes at Vermeer. During the program, you will complete experiential, hands-on and classroom educational opportunities to accelerate your professional development.
You will gain exposure to the unique culture we’ve built while growing skills that lead to success within your first years with Vermeer. The relationships you develop with your fellow EDP cohorts become useful business contacts as well as valued friendships.
The goal of the program is to fine-tune your skills, apply your engineering knowledge and further develop by:
Building a foundation of technical competence within the Vermeer framework.
Strengthening communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.
Meaningfully contributing to engineering programs and innovations.

EDP roles are posted in August for the upcoming January cohort and in December for the upcoming June cohort.
EDP participants are based at our headquarters in Pella, Iowa, USA.
You have a desire to know how everything works and interacts and are driven to learn something new every day.
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