Feedlot Facilities Maintenance (Grand View, ID)

Simplot • Grand View, ID

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides the day to day maintenance of the feedlot facilities to promote the effective and efficient use of the feedlot resources. Assists in the installation, maintenance, and repair of machinery, physical structures, and water/sprinkler systems in the feedlot.

Requirements

• Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to walk; sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in welding, construction, or maintenance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment. Detects malfunction and discusses machine operation variations with supervisors or other maintenance workers to diagnose problem or repair machine.
• Repairs and maintains physical structures of the feedlot to include fences, gates, buildings, water troughs, or plumbing systems.
• Maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment.
• Daily maintenance and repairs to ensure smooth and efficient operation of the feedlot. Assists with construction projects as directed.
• Operates cutting torch or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree