Operations Associate - Part-Time

Description

The Landus team offers a phenomenal benefit package that includes:

• Health insurance with options for medical, dental, and vision plans.
• A strong 401K employer match to assist in planning for your retirement
• Time off to assist with a work life balance by giving you 16 days PTO within first year. Other time off includes 8 paid holidays, volunteer time off and paternal leave.
• We offer Flex Time which allows you to have a flexible schedule during approved times.
• Education Assistance.
• Employee profit sharing incentive plan.
• On the job training & career advancement opportunities.

How will you have an impact in this role?

We are seeking a motivated individual to be part of the Landus team who will be responsible for our outside agronomy and grain operations. At Landus, you’ll find a fun team atmosphere and a stable career that offers excellent benefits for full-time employees!  

What would you do?

• Greet all customers promptly and courteously
• Maintain and increase agronomy and feed sales, grain origination and marketing with existing customers and grow business with new customers, as applicable.
• Assist in all aspects of the elevator operations, if applicable to location
• Receiving and unloading grain operations
• Grain drying operations
• Measuring grain inventory on a weekly/monthly basis
• Grain train loading operations including cleaning and sealing cars
• Keeping facility clean, safe and housekeeping records current
• Maintain grain condition by testing temperatures and blending
• Able to operate train locomotive & obtain training certificate on locomotive operations, if applicable to the location
• Identify potential maintenance problems and complete necessary repairs
• Assist in all aspects of the fertilizer and chemical operations, if applicable to location
• Measure inventory and report it to the supervisor
• Assist in unloading bulk and packaged product
• Provide customer service by and loading chemical product orders
• Maintain and repair equipment as needed
• Keeping facility clean, safe and housekeeping records current
• Pumping bulk chemicals into customer tanks
• Tender to applicators
• Fill NH3 nurse tanks during season
• Understand basic agronomy chemistry of all products

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have:

• Must have a valid driver’s license and/or have or be able to obtain a Class A CDL with air brake, tanker, and HazMat endorsements.
• Must be able to move/lift up to 50 pounds; occasionally up to 100 pounds.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Understand the seasonality of an agricultural cooperative and the in-season time commitment.

Other skills that will help you succeed:

• Be able to obtain a Class A CDL with air brake, tanker, and HazMat endorsements.
• Participate in company DOT drug and alcohol program and maintain current DOT physical.
• Two to five years related experience.

Landus is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled