What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operator I - Twin Falls, ID position at Archer Daniels Midland?
Operator I - Twin Falls, ID
This is a full-time, hourly position.
Position Summary:
Properly operate and maintain all processing equipment to ensure it is working to its fullest potential and produce the desired quality and quantity of end product.
Job Responsibilities:
REF:112688BR
This is a full-time, hourly position.
Position Summary:
Properly operate and maintain all processing equipment to ensure it is working to its fullest potential and produce the desired quality and quantity of end product.
Job Responsibilities:
- The mill person is responsible for monitoring the product being processed and to set equipment for maximum processing efficiency.
- A complete clean-down (respirator required) and removal of all seed from the previous variety when changing varieties to be processed. Including removal of mill screens if necessary. The frequency of cleaning duties depends upon the plant’s processing schedule. Mill screen cleaning requires employees to reach both overhead and below the knee to pull screens out of the cleaner. Cleaning duties may also involve lifting, rotating and twisting motions such as sweeping and picking up debris and other objects.
- All processing machines being maintained in a timely and proper manner. If a repair is needed, advise management and repair or assist as needed. Employees are expected to perform machine maintenance on a daily basis. Maintenance work may include reaching below, at or above employees’ shoulder depending upon the machine involved. Maintenance duties also require the use of fixed and portable ladders up to approximately 24 feet. Extended period of work at elevated positions are periodically required. Duties also require rotating and twisting motions.
- Following the scheduled mill order and keep all processing equipment operating at peak efficiency at all times.
- Complete accurate processing reports including weights of product to and from mill, box numbers, cull weights, dates of processing, grading, and tracking lot numbers.
- Constantly run quality analysis to ensure desired standards as well as keeping a record on processing documents regarding quality and advise management of any potential problems.
- Prepare processed products for storage
- Tagging
- Forklift safety including stacking boxes
- Stage and prepare product for processing
- Package final product by either hanging bags, sewing bags or stacking bags. Bags will range between 25 and 110 pounds. In this operation, employees remove bags from a conveyor belt and transfer those bags to adjacent pallets for loading. Employees must lift the bags, turn towards the pallet and place bags on the pallet. Employees begin with loading bags on pallets that are approximately 4 inches from the ground and stack the bags until the bags reach four feet high. Transferring or restacking of pallets is also required on occasion to meet customer demands or fix mistakes.
- Participate in daily housekeeping including sweeping, spill and pile cleanup as necessary
- Participate actively in all other ADM-EBSI safety and Quality Assurance programs, including regular safety meetings and audits etc.
- Regular use of Powered Industrial Trucks including; Forklifts, Skid steer loaders and wheel loaders
- The employee will also be exposed to dusty environments during harvest and other times of the year where a respirator will be required to be worn for extended periods of time. An example of this condition is unloading product from trucks
REF:112688BR