Material Handler PGP

Job Summary:

Responsible for the customer service aspects of the plant, this would include, but not limited to, corn receiving, ethanol loadout, WDGS loadout, chemical receiving, and other duties assigned by management, while supporting the policies, goals, and objectives of the company.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Unload grain trucks to maintain adequate plant inventories throughout the year. During harvest you will be assigned to assist in the unloading and loading of trucks. 
• Loads ethanol and DDGS trucks and railcars for customer delivery. 
• Maintain complete and accurate logs associated with the Material Handlers area of the plants. 
• Communicates regularly with all necessary personnel to ensure efficient plan operation. 
• Assist all other employees and departments as required for efficient plant operation.
• Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
• Abides by all safety, health, environmental and food/feed safety policies, and procedures. 
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Education and Experience:

• Education: High School or Equivalent. A Post Secondary education and or technical trade certificate is preferred.
• Experience: 1-2 years’ experience preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of the ethanol production process and technology is preferred.     

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of plant equipment and safety.
• Ability to operate industrial size equipment.
• 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 senior level 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 company’s safety, quality, environmental and HR policies at all times.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit. 
• Frequently required to climb to levels of 125 feet or more, confined, and harnessed. Use of stairs and ladders are required. 
• Occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more. 
• Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the production environment is usually very loud.
• This position requires use of a respirator.