Operator, Specialty Meal Loadout
Zeeland, MI - USA
Job Summary
Hours:Monday thru Friday 7am to 5pm and additional hours during harvest time.
Job Summary:
Loads specialty soy meal into rail containers trucks and totes and performs other Elevator duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Inspects and prepares container for loading to assure it meets established quality standards.
- Follow all procedures and policies to meet the requirements of CERT-ID EU non-GMO certification.
- Verifies product being loaded and container numbers against bill of lading.
- Loads product into rail containers totes or trucks to the proper specifications.
- Counts weighs and records number of units of materials moved or handled on daily production sheet.
- Collects sample of product labels with identifying information tests the physical characteristics to determine compliance with customer requirements and records test results and submits to appropriate personnel for testing.
- Make simple adjustments or repairs such as realigning belts or replacing rollers.
- Operates industrial equipment to assist in loading or moving products.
- Follow all company and regulatory food safety policies and procedures. Reports any potential food safety issues to management.
- Attaches identifying tags or labels to containers and completes and maintains records of shipments and product shipped.
- Inspects equipment for defects and safe operating condition at the end of each day. Report any/all defects or safety issues to maintenance supervisor or other appropriate company officials.
- Helps support and ensure compliance with company Safety/Environmental/Quality/HR program policies and procedures.
- 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.
- Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Education and Experience:
- Education: High School or Equivalent
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Working knowledge of plant equipment and safety.
- Ability to interpret and verify bills of lading to proper loads and container numbers.
- Ability to interpret and verify scale tickets bills of lading etc.
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
- 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 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 the companys safety quality environmental and HR policies at all times.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
- While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand; sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
- The employee is frequently required to walk.
- The employee is occasionally required to climb to levels of 125 feet as well as balance; stoop kneel crouch or crawl.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
- While outside the office the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold temperatures; risk of electrical shock and vibration.
- The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Zeeland Farm Services, Inc. is a family-owned and operated business, serving the agricultural and transportation industries since 1950.