Job Title: Operations Assistant (Level 1)
Location: G3 Wetaskiwin
The Operations Assistant supports the safe, efficient handling of grain throughout the facility. This role contributes to maintaining a safe and respectful workplace, clean and well-maintained facilities, reliable operations, positive customer service, and effective working relationships with colleagues, customers, and business partners.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Receive grain by truck, including weighing loads, collecting required documentation, and following site procedures.
- Collect grain samples and assist with grain quality assessment and grain cleaning activities in accordance with established procedures.
- Bin, transfer, monitor, and ship grain while following operational, safety, and quality requirements.
- Operate terminal control systems, programmable logic controllers (PLCs), and other equipment, where trained and authorized.
- Support rail car and locomotive-related activities, where trained and authorized.
- Provide timely, respectful, and professional service to farmers, commercial truck drivers, customers, business partners, and other visitors.
- Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with team members and other stakeholders to support safe and efficient operations and respond to changing priorities.
- Follow Environmental, Health and Safety policies, procedures, and safe work practices, and help maintain clean, organized, and well-maintained facilities.
- Complete other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:
- A commitment to following safety procedures, operating instructions, and site policies while completing assigned work safely, accurately, and on time.
- Ability to communicate clearly and respectfully with team members, supervisors, customers, and business partners, and contribute to a respectful workplace.
- Willingness to learn and apply grain handling procedures, equipment operation, quality assessment processes, documentation requirements, and programmable logic controller (PLC) systems, with training provided.
- Flexibility to adapt to changing operational priorities and work requirements in a grain handling environment.
Assets
The following experience or knowledge would be considered an asset, but is not required:
- Knowledge of grain grading.
- Experience with grain cleaning operations.
- Familiarity with grain handling equipment and processes.
- Previous elevator or terminal experience.