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Ag Partners Cooperative · 3 months ago

Operations Technician

Axtell, KS, US

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

Ag Partners Cooperative is a company focused on providing agricultural services, and they are seeking an Operations Technician to ensure excellent customer service while assisting various departments. The role includes responsibilities such as driving fertilizer tender trucks, loading and unloading grain trucks, and performing general maintenance and housekeeping duties.

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Responsibilities

Driving fertilizer tender truck

Unloading and loading grain trucks

Loading feed

Filling anhydrous tanks and maintenance of anhydrous facilities

Assisting with filling bunkers with grain at harvest

Loading and unloading fertilizer

Assisting with warehouse duties as needed

Performing general housekeeping duties, maintains clean work areas, and secures equipment and facilities when closing

Providing a high level of customer service

Promoting and adhering to the company Core Values of honesty, integrity & teamwork

Adherence to safety policies

Adherence to cooperative credit policy

Works with other cooperative staff at other locations to ensure cooperative goals are met

Present a clean and professional appearance

Promptly and regularly report to work and work overtime hours as needed

Employee is required to perform all other duties as directed

Qualification

Commercial Driver’s License ClassHaz-Mat EndorsementAirbrake EndorsementTanker EndorsementGrainFertilizer experienceMathematical skillsCustomer serviceSafety adherenceTeamwork

Required

Previous experience related to grain, feed, fertilizer, chemicals and/or farms supplies is preferred

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence

Ability to speak effectively with customers or employees of the cooperative

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, volume, and weights

Commercial Driver's License Class A with Haz-Mat, Airbrake and Tanker Endorsements and/or the ability to obtain and maintain

The ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form

Able to deal with problems with several concrete variables in standard situations

Must be able to think quickly and perform a mental assessment of workplace hazards, take appropriate precautions, and choose appropriate PPE as dictated by need, regulation and labeling

The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and/or smell

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 65 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds

The employee is regularly required to legally operate a grain elevator manlift with the door closed, (300 lb. weight limit), climb stairs, and climb ladders to the top of the elevator (approximately an additional 30'-40')

The employee may occasionally need to climb ladders and or stairs that may range from 20' to 180'

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; wet and/or humid condition; extreme cold and extreme heat; toxic or caustic chemicals and vibration

The employee is frequently exposed to high, precarious places; risk of electrical shock and explosives

The noise level in this work environment usually loud (although not believed to exceed the eight-hour threshold for working in or around loud equipment)

Employee must understand and implement all related safety policies, procedures and programs for prevention and protection while performing job duties in various work environments