Sugar Warehouseperson

Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative•Emmet Township, MN

10d

About The Position

The Sugar Warehouseperson assists with loading and packaging sugar and safely performs warehouse duties, including packaging, loading, and forklift operation. Duties include filling super sacks; operating the remelt system; cleaning, loading, and sealing rail cars and semi-trucks; processing paperwork; and entering data into computer systems. The role requires thorough, accurate documentation, including bills of lading, weight tickets, the master sanitation schedule, and other business-related paperwork. The employee also performs routine cleaning and operates sanitizing equipment such as a sweeper. The position requires basic mechanical aptitude and the ability to perform basic maintenance, such as checking bearings, adjusting equipment, and greasing. The employee must obtain basic computer skills for entering and verifying data, understand and follow written and verbal instructions from supervisors and the Sugar Warehouse Assistant Foreperson, and communicate effectively with truck drivers and employees. The employee must pass the sugar warehouse test, which covers mathematical, computer, and good manufacturing practice knowledge and skills. The position also requires passing computer and hands-on Rail Safe assessments and the warehouse fall protection program. Work includes using equipment such as water hoses, squeegees, brooms, and shovels. The employee must know safe operating procedures, personal protective equipment, quality standards, Good Manufacturing Practices, Safe Quality Foods (SQF), the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and sanitation standards. Required documentation includes logbooks, standard operating procedures, JSAs, LOTO procedures, and confined space entry permits. Other duties may be assigned, and overtime is worked.

Requirements

Basic mechanical aptitude and ability to perform basic maintenance.
Basic computer skills for inputting and verifying data.
Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions.
Ability to communicate effectively with truck drivers and employees.
Pass the sugar warehouse test, covering mathematical, computer, and good manufacturing practices knowledge and skills.
Pass computer and hands-on Rail Safe assessments and the warehouse fall protection program.
Knowledge of safe operating procedures, personal protective equipment, quality standards, Good Manufacturing Practices, Safe Quality Foods (SQF), the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and sanitation standards.
Ability to use equipment such as water hoses, squeegees, brooms, and shovels.
Ability to complete required workplace documentation.

Responsibilities

Assist with loading and packaging sugar in the warehouse.
Safely perform warehouse duties, including packaging, loading, and forklift operation.
Fill super sacks and operate the remelt system.
Clean, load, and seal rail cars and semi-trucks.
Process paperwork and enter data into computer systems.
Accurately document information using bills of lading, weight tickets, the master sanitation schedule, and other business-related paperwork.
Perform routine cleaning and operate sanitizing equipment such as a sweeper.
Perform basic maintenance, including checking bearings, adjusting equipment, and greasing.
Follow written and verbal communication from supervisors and the Sugar Warehouse Assistant Foreperson.
Communicate effectively with truck drivers and employees.
Complete required documentation, including logbooks, standard operating procedures, JSAs, LOTO procedures, and confined space entry permits.
Perform other duties as directed and work overtime.