Shipping & Receiving Operator - Ethanol Plant

Valero is the best-in-class producer of essential fuels and products that are foundational to modern life. We invite you to join our ~10,000 employees to drive exceptional results for our company, the energy industry and our community.

As a Shipping & Receiving Operator you will be responsible for unloading raw materials, loading ethanol and distiller’s grain, and the movement of trucks and rail cars on the plant site. This position ensures maximum production quantity and quality while supporting the policies, goals and objectives of the company and works a 12-hour rotating day shift schedule.

Duties

At Valero, this role performs duties that support our commitment to advancing the future of energy through innovation, ingenuity, and unmatched execution. You can help achieve this goal if you can:

• Operate and maintain all processes associated with corn receiving, corn storage, product storage, unloading, and loading.
• Unload corn from trucks and railcars.
• Load ethanol into trucks and railcars.
• Load distiller’s grains into trucks, railcars, and containers.
• Take samples of corn, ethanol, and distiller’s grains for testing.
• Operate plant scale house; probes, analyzes, and grades corn, weighs trucks in and out, enters data into scale house software, issues paperwork to drivers.
• Operate meters and bulk weighers to facilitate product loading.
• Operate locomotive or rail mover to move railcars on plant site to facilitate loading and unloading of product.
• Operate large machinery and equipment such as front end loaders and lifts.
• Participate in safety, health, and environmental programs. (LOTO-lock out tag out, Safe Work Permit, FSMA-Food Safety Modernization Act).
• Perform preventive maintenance tasks as required.
• Perform routine housekeeping duties to maintain a clean work environment.
• Monitor area equipment and assists with maintenance as required.
• Communicate regularly with local rail service to facilitate rail movement activities.
  
  

This position is hourly nonexempt status, which means you are eligible for overtime pay.

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Job

Operations/Skilled Crafts & Trades/Maintenance

Primary Location:

US-IA-Fort Dodge

Job Posting

Sep 30, 2026, 8:31:40 AM

Unposting Date

Ongoing

Minimum Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Able and willing to work on-site and in-person, required.
  
  

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with the movement and loading of rail cars preferred.
• Experience working with heavy equipment in an industrial environment or grain elevator preferred.
• Experience with the operation of front-end loaders, forklift trucks, rail movers, man lifts, and related material handling equipment preferred.
• Experience in the operation of a dry-mill ethanol plant preferred.
• Experience with standard computer software programs, i.e. Microsoft Outlook and SAP, preferred.
  
  

Benefits

Need more reasons to work for a company that is both professionally challenging and culturally rewarding? Take a look at some of our best-in-class benefits:

• Competitive Pay and Annual Bonus Program
• 100% match on 401(K) up to 7%, plus additional discretionary 3% annual company contribution
• Comprehensive Healthcare and Wellness Programs
  
  

Benefits described above are highlights only, subject to an employee’s eligibility and work location.

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Note: Valero’s pre-employment process includes successful completion of a background check and hair-analysis drug screen.

Valero's employees and team-focused culture drive our success. We’re invested in our dedicated workforce through a comprehensive, customizable benefits package, while supporting a caring culture that delivers a rewarding work environment built on teamwork, excellence and career growth. To explore the ways we build a stronger team, visit Valero.com/Careers .

Valero is an EEO Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status, including race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Please be advised, if you are viewing this position on a website that lists an estimated salary rate/range, it was not provided by Valero. Valero’s market specific salary rate/range will be provided during the recruiting process and tends to be higher than what is estimated by such websites.

The posting may close earlier than the advertised date based on applications received.