Facility Operations & Maintenance

HEARTLAND CO-OP•Fairfield, IA

About The Position

Responsible for receiving, loading, and delivering commodities and products—including grain, fertilizer, chemicals, seed, feed, and petroleum products—to and from customers, as well as maintaining and performing routine upkeep at Heartland Co-op facilities. Duties vary as appropriate for the location and may include work involving grain, rail, agronomy, or marine/barge operations. The role also includes facility housekeeping, inventory assistance, and maintaining required records and logs. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, or one to three months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, and to write simple correspondence.
Ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations to customers and other employees.
Ability to perform basic arithmetic with whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and compute rates, ratios, and percentages.
Ability to use common-sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Must maintain a valid driver's license and commercial insurability at all times.
Must be able to perform the essential duties satisfactorily, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.
Must meet the physical demands of the job, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 100 pounds and frequently walking, sitting, handling objects, reaching, climbing or balancing, and stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
Must be able to work in an environment with regular outdoor weather exposure, frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles and vibration, occasional work at heights, and usually loud noise.

Nice To Haves

Current weighing license may be required.
Grain grading certificate may be required.

Responsibilities

Receive and properly store commodities and products at the facility.
Load customer and Heartland Co-op trucks or trailers using an end loader, forklift, or by hand.
Assist with scale operation and maintaining accurate inventory of commodities and products.
Perform routine maintenance and housekeeping in elevators, mix plants, mills, warehouses, and shops; record maintenance and housekeeping in the appropriate logbook or maintenance program.
Prepare grain trailers for loading by opening tarps, inspecting for foreign debris, and closing and sealing the bottom; load trailers using grain spouts, conveyors, grain vacuums, and other equipment.
Direct grain based on grade to the proper bin and monitor and record temperature cables, walking flats, fan usage, bunker storage, grain dryer output, and other location-specific grain quality duties.
Prepare rail or trailer cars for loading by opening lids and inspecting for foreign debris; load them, then close and lock lids and seal bottoms as required.
Inspect the locomotive before operation to verify specified fuel and general maintenance are in order.
Assist in scheduling, mixing, and loading liquid or dry fertilizer and chemicals, and help ensure mixing accuracy.
Assist with delivery of fertilizer, chemical, and seed products to customers or Heartland Co-op application equipment.
Prepare barges for loading by opening lids, inspecting for foreign debris, and checking for leaks; load barges and close and lock lids after filling.
Prepare the facility for barge unloading by directing the conveyor to the proper storage location, unload barges using a backhoe and conveyor system, and gauge barges as directed.
Maintain detailed dock logs in chronological order.
Perform cleaning and general housekeeping throughout the facility during seasonal slow times.
Maintain a valid driver's license and commercial insurability at all times.
Perform other duties as assigned by management.