Coord, Facility Ops - AgVantage FS - Chapin, IA

AgVantage FS, Inc.; Chapin (IA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

AgVantage FS, Inc. in Iowa seeks a dedicated operations leader to oversee fertilizer and chemical facility activities.

You will manage inventory, blending, and asset maintenance while partnering with the area operations manager to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable facility performance. The role combines supervisory responsibilities with customer service, invoicing, and collaboration with location managers to plan work assignments and scheduling for both dry and liquid facilities.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree plus 3+ years in fertilizer facility operations.
• Essential abilities include business knowledge, collaboration, communication, customer focus, decision making and skill development.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills.
• Obtain custom applicator license.
• Strong fertilizer and crop protection knowledge.
• Ability to close sales calls and provide agronomic solutions for walk-in accounts.
• General understanding of GROWMARK agronomy facility operations.
• Must obtain/have and maintain a valid CDL driver’s license with Endorsements.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for fertilizer/chemical facility operations.
• Assist area operations manager with inventory management, blending, and asset maintenance.
• Provide customer service, billing information, and timely invoicing to support accuracy and profitability.
• Operate and maintain facility equipment safely and efficiently.
• Coordinate with location managers on scheduling and product batching sequences for dry and liquid facilities.
• Complete delivery, transfer tickets, and invoicing for fertilizer and crop protection loads.
• Perform preventative maintenance and troubleshooting of facilities equipment.
• Coordinate centralized dispatch for dry and liquid facilities.
• Assist in sales during non-blending season with products and services.

Skills

Business knowledge

Collaboration

Communication

Customer focus

Decision making

Leadership

Organizational skills

Sales ability

Fertilizer knowledge

GROWMARK operations

Education

Associate’s degree

Job description

AgVantage FS is headquartered in Waverly, Iowa with branches in Northern and Eastern Iowa. AgVantage FS has about 400 employees (including seasonal workers) and approximately 23,000 customers. The cooperative does business in agronomy, energy, precision agronomy, and agri-finance. AgVantage FS is part of the GROWMARK System, an agricultural cooperative serving more than 100,000 customers across North America and Ontario, Canada.

Purpose And Summary Statement

Responsible for providing leadership for the operations of the fertilizer/chemical facility. Assists the area operations manager with fertilizer/chemical inventory management, blending, and facility asset maintenance.

Essential Job Functions

• Provides customer service and billing information and invoices in a timely and accurate manner to increase inventory accuracy, and maintain the reputation and profitability of the organization.
• Operates and maintains facility equipment and machinery in a safe, efficient, and economical way.
• Assist Plant Manager with fertilizer and crop protection; inventory; ordering; and month end procedures
• Operates product blending equipment and loading / unloading equipment, including trucks
• Collaborates with Location Managers and Crop Specialists on planning, organizing, directing and scheduling work assignments and product batching sequences for dry & liquid facilities
• Completes delivery tickets, transfer tickets, and invoicing for fertilizer and crop protection loads
• Performs equipment and machinery preventative maintenance, trouble-shooting, and maintenance of the dry & liquid facilities
• Coordinate centralized dispatch functions of dry & liquid facilities
• Assist in sales with prospective accounts and upgrades during the non-blending season. Sales will include but not limited to plant food, chemical, seed, custom application, and precision ag.

Other Job Functions

• Responsible for maintaining the appearance of the facility according to company standards, maintains a safe environment of the facility, and maintains the appropriate professional image
• Supports and contributes to total company goals and objectives through collaboration efforts with logistics
• Serves as a back-up custom applicator tending as needed. Includes chemical application, dry application, and NH3 application.
• Follows GROWMARK’s Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Program, Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA and DOT policies and procedures, as they apply
• Performs all other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Normally requires an Associate’s degree in an applicable field, or the equivalent thereof, and 3 years or more of related work experience to demonstrate knowledge of fertilizer facility operations, elevator operations, and equipment operations
• Demonstrates essential abilities including business knowledge, collaboration, communication, customer focus, decision making and skill development
• Strong organizational & leadership skills
• Obtain custom applicator license
• Strong fertilizer & crop protection knowledge
• Ability to close sales calls, provide agronomic solutions for walk in accounts
• Prefer a general understanding of GROWMARK agronomy facility operations
• Must obtain/have and maintain a valid CDL driver’s license with applicable endorsements, a satisfactory driving record, and the ability to work extended hours during peak production times
• Frequently or continuously exposed or required to work in conditions that may include:
  • Extreme weather conditions (hot, cold, wet, snow, ice, etc.)
  • Noisy conditions
  • May include dust, fumes, chemicals, and electrical hazards with appropriate safety measures
  • May be required to work at varying heights
  • Confined spaces
  • Lifting 51-70 lbs
• Demonstrates the ability and willingness to participate in required training that may include education on GROWMARK’s policies and procedures and additional training as it relates to the requirements of the position.
• We are an equal opportunity/Disabled/Protected Veteran Employer. All individuals, regardless of demographic or other background, are encouraged to apply. Further, as a federal, state, and local contractor, we comply with government regulations and executive orders as applicable, including affirmative action responsibilities for qualified individuals with disability and protected veterans.
• Employment is contingent on, among other things, receipt of an acceptable and job‑related background check, drug test, motor vehicle report, and/or reference check, as applicable and permissible by law.