Laborer

Innovative Livestock Services•Ellinwood, KS

13d•Onsite

About The Position

Barton County Feeders in Ellinwood, Kansas, is hiring a full-time yard maintenance laborer to perform general yard maintenance and repairs. The role may operate heavy equipment to level, shape, or distribute dirt and other materials inside and outside feed yard pens. The employee also assists the feed department by driving a feed truck every other weekend. The successful candidate must be able to perform the essential duties satisfactorily and pass post-offer employment testing. The position offers competitive wages commensurate with experience and a generous benefit package. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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 a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers.
Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with tens and hundreds, including using American units of weight, volume, and distance.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and solve problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Must pass post-offer employment testing.

Responsibilities

Operate and maintain heavy equipment.
Pull or relocate fencing and install new pen fencing.
Drain and clean water tanks.
Set out or apply insecticides or pesticides under the direction of a licensed private applicator.
Clean and repair feed bunks, which may require heavy equipment training.
Dig trenches and install water lines.
Perform hot work, including welding and fabrication.
Operate and maintain sprinkler and dewatering systems.
Perform farm maintenance, including work on windmills.
Operate the cement plant.
Remove dead animals from pens and move them to a designated area.
Perform electrical maintenance.
Maintain general yard and building housekeeping.
Drive a feed truck for the feed department every other weekend.
Comply with OSHA and other safety procedures, rules, and regulations.