What are the responsibilities and job description for the Chemical Blender position at Nutrien?
Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.
Nutrien Ag Solutions is the retail division of Nutrien, providing full-acre solutions through our network of trusted crop consultants at more than 2,000 locations in North America, South America, and Australia. For more than 150 years, we have been helping growers achieve the highest yields with the most sustainable solutions possible, offering a wide selection of products, including our proprietary brands: Loveland Products, Inc.; Proven®Seed and Dyna-Gro®Seed; as well as financial, custom application and precision ag services.
Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien and Nutrien Ag Solutions.
This individual’s role is responsible for loading and mixing raw materials to produce finished agricultural products in a safe and precise manner.
What You'll Do:
- Follow prescribed product recipes, ensuring measurements are precise and correct raw material is incorporated into a batch.
- Monitor blending machinery to ensure proper functioning during production runs. Conduct pre and post operation checks to maintain equipment in good order.
- Review and interpret customer orders to maximize production yields and minimize waste.
- Accurately weigh raw materials to be used in production according to the process order.
- Identify defects in raw materials and notify manager of quality issues or unusual product characteristics.
- Ensure that samples are pulled during production runs for quality control evaluation.
- Maintain accurate production records, noting order of addition, mixing times, and required supporting documentation.
- Utilizing fall protection and safety precautions, offload raw materials from bulk tanker ensuring that substance is transferred to the correct tank.
- Exercise initiative to identify areas of process improvement, communicating recommendations to manager.
- Efficiently and safely move packaged products with a forklift for shipping.
- Accurately label packaged products with correct product information.
- Collaborate with team members in completing daily warehouse housekeeping tasks.
- Complete routine maintenance on equipment, making minor repairs as needed. Ensure manager is promptly notified of equipment requiring significant repairs.
- Model our core value of safety by always utilizing personal protective equipment (PPE) and following safety protocols.
- Embrace a safety-mindset, committing to safe work practices through Key Daily Actions.
- Demonstrate a willingness and enthusiasm to complete additional task to meet business objectives.
What You'll Bring:
- High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
- Understanding of procedures for safely operating plant packaging equipment.
- Skilled in basic reading and math skills to accurately comprehend written product information.
- Follow through on assigned tasks from start to finish.
- Accountability to team with dependable attendance and completing share of workload.
- Organized approach to completing work in alignment with priorities.
- Proven capability to build and maintain positive working relationships with team members.
- Capable of lifting 50 pounds occasionally.
- Able to stand and walk for extended periods of time.
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This job will remain posted until filled. In accordance with Nutrien policies, you will be required to undergo a background check, and may be required to undergo a substance test. While we appreciate all applications we receive, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Applicants must meet minimum age requirements, as permitted by law.
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