What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grain Operations Supervisor position at NEW Cooperative, Inc?
Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Include but are not limited to the following:
Administration
Safety
Administration
- Provides direction on safety practices and awareness of established safety needs as defined by safety staff.
- Assists manager with openings by evaluating and interviewing potential candidates.
- Coaches and trains new employees hired to the Grain Operations team.
- Reviews inventory reconciliations with location manager when presented with inconsistencies.
- Maintains awareness and compliance with all regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Develop an understanding and ability to blend grain to optimal grade factors utilizing the working knowledge of the grain inventory.
- Ensure that all grain quality meets the expected quality standards and is maintained.
- Maintain communication with all people concerned regarding grain quality and inventory.
- Loadout of grain to trucks at correct weights and grade.
- Receiving of grain including unloading and elevation.
- Assist in other areas of the location as needed including but not limited to:
- Operation of fertilizer tender truck
- Application of crop protection products, dry and liquid fertilizer, and lime.
- Fill and transport of NH3 product and equipment.
- Loading and unloading products from vehicles based on work orders.
- Safely operate forklift/loader to move grain, seed, chemical, fertilizer, etc.
- Develop an understanding of all bin or storage locations and maintain records of grain inventory in each (i.e., wet/dry corn, wet/dry beans)
- Accountable for all-grain equipment maintenance and record-keeping.
- Ensure that the work area, equipment, and vehicles are all neat, clean, and well maintained.
- Maintain cleanliness of equipment to promote a positive company image.
- Position/maintain quality of grain for mill usage/grind.
- Light preventative maintenance.
- Responsible for all housekeeping and cleaning duties on a grain facility.
- Remain in complete compliance with Spill Prevention Rule for mineral oil handling (SPCC).
- Use all tools, equipment, and vehicles carefully and for their intended use.
- Works extended hours as requested by supervisor to ensure good customer service in busy season.
Safety
- Performs work safely and uses the appropriate PPE.
- Checks the work area for hazards and corrects/reports unsafe conditions.
- Consider the safety of oneself, and other employees, and customers.
- Follows all safety protocols and seeks advice from supervisor when uncertain.
- Maintains open communication and cooperates with supervisors, departments, and fellow employees.
- Communicate with supervisors and others immediately when unexpected problems cause absence, lateness, or the need to leave early.
- Abides by policies set forth in the employee policy manual.
- Carries a fair share of the workload.
- Promotes NEW Cooperative through positive, friendly, and professional interactions.
- Is punctual, follows directives, and works in an efficient and timely manner; accepts personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of the work.
- Understands that satisfactory attendance is essential to the efficient operation of the work environment.
- Continually works to satisfy customers to address questions/concerns through effective communication, solving problems, responding to questions, and managing their expectations.
- Establishes personal performance goals and works toward these goals.
- Continually upgrades and demonstrates knowledge of the job.
- Must be licensed and insurable to drive.
- Must have or the ability to obtain a Class A CDL (Commercial Driver s License) with tanker and HazMat endorsement.
- Must be able to pass a D.O.T. physical every 2 years at a minimum as required by law.
- High school diploma or GED with 1-3 months of related experience.
- An understanding of the importance of providing very high levels of customer service and a great interest in serving in the agricultural industry.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Understand the seasonality of the farm supply business and the in-season time commitment.
- Must be able to interact and effectively communicate with customers and individuals at all levels of the organization.
- Possesses good computer skills, problem solving capabilities, understanding of the operational processes, and self-motivation.
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is rarely required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Position will rarely work in wet or humid, extreme cold/heat (all non-weather) conditions, vibration.
- Position will occasionally work near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious places, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, or work in an explosive atmosphere.
- Position will frequently work in outdoor weather conditions.