Elevator Worker - Grafton, ND

Archer Daniels Midland • Grafton, ND

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This is an hourly position where the employee will assist with the receiving, processing, and shipping of dry edible beans. Responsibilities include dumping trucks and taking samples during harvest, loading finished product into rail cars, bulk trucks, totes, or bags during processing, and inspecting samples. Daily housekeeping duties are also required. The role involves ensuring the process runs smoothly by managing product flow, analyzing sample results to maintain quality, troubleshooting equipment malfunctions, and reporting issues to the plant manager. Safety is paramount, requiring compliance with all plant safety policies and the use of personal protective equipment. Effective communication and teamwork are essential for coordinating the production process and operating the process and loading finished product. The role also includes performing Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures, adhering to all safety and process requirements, identifying sources of trouble through various sensory techniques, controlling product flow to the final destination, and maintaining awareness of and adherence to all relevant FDA, GMP, BATF, EPA, OSHA, and employer standards and guidelines. The employee is expected to suggest improvements, attend departmental meetings, perform light maintenance on machinery, and immediately report any hazards, unsafe equipment, accidents, injuries, or near misses. Participation in training and reporting to work in a condition to perform all duties are also expected, along with practicing proper personal hygiene and understanding workplace hazards and safety responsibilities.

Requirements

• Ability to work overtime/weekends
• Work from multiple height platforms.
• High or low temperature extremes
• Work in cramped positions on a frequent basis (boot pits, tunnels)
• Potentially slippery/wet conditions.
• Frequently move up to 10lbs overhead (quality inspecting empty totes for finish product), occasionally lift up to 55 lbs.
• Stand 3-4 hours per 8 hour shift, up to 8-10hrs during a 13hr shift
• Move from area to area per process requirements during shift
• Sit 45 minutes at a time doing various forklift tasks.
• Position self to conduct work at various heights on frequent basis
• Ascend/descend from various levels (stairs, ladders and ramps)
• Position self around equipment on a frequent basis
• Repetitive use of hands
• Work with vibrating equipment on a frequent basis
• Rotate body 45 degrees numerous times per day, for forklift activity.
• Successful completion of a background check.

Responsibilities

• Assists with keeping process running by ensuring dirty product is feeding the process along with handling the finish product by filling bulk truck/rail cars or packaging it.
• Analyzes sample results, verifying product quality and adherence to specifications and determines the adjustments needed to correct deviations.
• Observes and acknowledges all alarm warnings.
• Collect incoming and 100# samples and processes the 100# finish product sample, recording the data per plant requirements.
• Troubleshoots problems by investigating and inspecting all process and machine malfunctions and utilizes mechanical, to solve and eliminate process related problems.
• Report problems to plant manager.
• Works safely to prevent on-the-job injuries by complying with all plant safety policies regarding the use of hard hats, hearing protection, safety glasses and other personal protective equipment.
• Communicates with personnel to ensure efficient coordination of the production process.
• Works as a member of the team, operating the process and loading finish product.
• Performs Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures on various equipment such as motors, conveyors and processing equipment.
• Adheres to all safety and process requirements
• Locates sources of trouble through multiple observation techniques such as sound, sight, touch and smell.
• Controls flow of product to final destination (rail cars or bagging).
• Maintains awareness and adheres to all FDA, GMP, BATF, EPA, OSHA and employer standards and guidelines.
• Suggests improvements in work methods and procedures by communicating with area leaders, other operators or engineers and discussing recommendations of existing production practices.
• Attends respective departmental meetings in order to review and discuss production or other department and plant issues.
• Performs light maintenance on various department machines (bucket elevators, conveyors, drags, process equipment.)
• Informs supervisor immediately of any hazards, unsafe equipment and/or acts.
• Additionally reports immediately any accidents, injuries and near misses to supervisor.
• Recommends solutions to correct deficiencies or improve work and operational practices.
• Participates actively in training.
• Reports to work in a condition to be able to perform all duties.
• Practices proper personal hygiene.
• Familiarizes themselves with the hazards in their work area and how to protect themselves.
• Understands that accidents are preventable and that safety is everyone’s responsibility.

Benefits

• medical/Rx
• dental
• vision
• on-site wellness center access or gym reimbursement (as applicable)
• flexible spending accounts
• health savings account
• 401(k) with matching contributions and cash balance plan
• discounted employee stock purchasing program
• life insurance
• disability
• workers’ compensation
• legal assistance
• identity theft protection
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Colleague Giving Programs (ADM Cares)
• Paid time off including paid holidays.
• Adoption assistance and paid maternity and parental leave.
• Tuition assistance.
• Company-sponsored training and development resources, such as LinkedIn Learning, language training and mentoring programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed