Job Summary:

The Shipping & Receiving Technician is responsible for assisting in the positioning of inventory by daily safe grain loading and unloading of trucks and railcar.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Physically monitor the receiving/loading process to ensure proper flow. 
• Safely operate various heavy equipment used to transfer material, product, and rail cars. 
• Assist in coordinating inbound soybean receiving activities and segregation of product. 
• Verifies loading instructions and paperwork to ensure accurate loading of product. 
• Receive and inspect incoming raw materials, process aids, and packaging materials relevant to department. Inspects interior for cleanliness and exterior for leaks or damage. 
• Take samples of products, analyze quality, and record resulting test data.
• Maintain logs and follow preventative maintenance activities and records.
• Make necessary physical adjustments to meet desired operating parameters. 
• Notify Supervisor or Management of operational or food safety concerns. 
• Assist all other employees and departments as required for efficient plant operation.
• Communicates regularly with all necessary personnel to ensure efficient plant operation. 
• Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, instruction, and all safety requirements. 
• Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times. 
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

• Education: High School or Equivalent. 
• Experience: 1 year in grain handling or railroad related field, preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Possess heavy industrial machinery aptitude and understanding of the railroad and commercial truck industry. 
• Working knowledge of plant equipment and safety. Must be able to safely operate heavy equipment and complete inspection checks.
• Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external customers.
• Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers and senior level management. 
• Ability to maintain good attendance habits. 
• Abide by all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description.
• Abide by company’s safety, quality, environmental and HR policies at all times.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit. 
• Frequently required to climb to levels of 125 feet or more, confined, and harnessed. Use of stairs and ladders are required. 
• Ability to stand, bend, kneel to lift objects of 50 pounds or more.
• Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the production environment is usually very loud.
• This position may require the use of a respirator.

 This job description reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified and shall not necessarily be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the job. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship between the employer and employee. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.