Part-Time Operations Associate

Landus Cooperative•Perry, IA

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

As an Operations Associate specializing in grain and agronomy operations, you will play a vital part in ensuring the efficient handling, storage, and distribution of grain, as well as supporting agronomy services. Your responsibilities will include operating equipment, maintaining facilities, assisting with inventory management, and providing excellent service to our farmer-owners and customers. This role will be traveling to locations to support operations and maintain housekeeping duties.

Requirements

Ability to safely operate equipment and perform physical, hands-on work
Willingness to travel between locations to support operations and housekeeping
Basic mechanical aptitude and ability to assist with equipment and facility maintenance
Comfort working in outdoor and seasonal conditions
Ability to follow safety procedures and SOPs
Strong focus on customer service and teamwork
Willingness to obtain required training and certifications (e.g., locomotive, NH3)
Must have a Class A CDL with applicable endorsements or be able to obtain one, if applicable to the location.
The employee must meet the qualifications set forth in the company’s vehicle safety policy.
Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and taste or smell.
Occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

Responsibilities

Assist in all aspects of elevator operations.
Receive, dry, and unload grain.
Measure grain inventory on a weekly/monthly basis.
Assist in grain train loading operations including cleaning and sealing cars.
If applicable to location, operate a train locomotive & obtain a training certificate on locomotive operations.
Maintain grain conditions by testing temperatures and blending.
Assist in all aspects of the fertilizer and chemical operations.
Measure inventory and report it to the supervisor.
Unload bulk and packaged products and pump bulk chemicals into customer tanks.
Tender to applicators.
Fill NH3 nurse tanks during the season.
Understand basic agronomy chemistry of all products.
Perform equipment and facility maintenance including housekeeping records and cleanliness.
Provide prompt, professional, and courteous customer service.