Facility Operations & Maintenance

Heartland Co-Op; Slater (IA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Heartland Co-Op is seeking a dedicated individual to handle the receiving, loading, and delivery of various commodities including grain, fertilizer, and chemicals. The role demands the ability to work in various outdoor conditions and requires physical stamina due to heavy lifting.

Responsibilities include assisting with scale operation, maintaining inventory, and ensuring compliance with safety protocols. A high school diploma or GED is necessary along with relevant experience.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and comprehend instructions and memos.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small groups.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.

Responsibilities

• Receive and properly store commodities and products.
• Load trucks and trailers with products using equipment.
• Assist in maintaining accurate inventory of commodities.

Skills

Organizational Support

Attendance/Punctuality

Dependability

Safety and Security

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Summary

Responsible for receiving, loading, and delivering commodities and products—including, but not limited to, grain, fertilizer, chemicals, seed, feed, and petroleum products—at Heartland Co-op facilities by performing the following duties as appropriate for the location.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Receive and properly store commodities and products into the facility.
• Loading customer and Heartland Co-op trucks/trailers with products using an end loader, forklift or by hand.
• Assist with scale operation.
• Assist in conducting and maintaining accurate inventory of commodities and products within the facility.
• Perform routine maintenance and housekeeping in elevators, mix plants, mills, warehouses and shops. Responsible for records maintenance and housekeeping performed in appropriate log book or applicable maintenance program.

Grain

• Prepare trailers for loading by opening tarps, inspecting for foreign debris, closing, and sealing bottom.
• Load trailers by running grain spout, conveyors, grain vacuums and other loading equipment.
• Direct grain based on grade to proper bin.
• Monitor and record temperature cables, walking flats, track fan usage, monitor bunker storage, monitor grain dryer output, and other location‑specific duties to ensure exceptional grain inventory quality.

Rail

• Prepare rail/trailer cars for loading by opening lids, inspecting for foreign debris, closing and sealing bottom.
• Load cars/trailers by running grain spout, closing lid after filling and locking lid.
• Inspect locomotive before run to verify specified fuel and ensure general maintenance is in order.

Agronomy

• Assist in scheduling, mixing, and loading liquid/dry fertilizer and chemicals.
• Assist in ensuring the accuracy of mixing liquid/dry fertilizer and chemicals.
• Assist in delivery of fertilizer, chemical and seed products to customers or Heartland Co-op application equipment.

Marine/Barge

• Prepare barges for loading by opening lids, inspecting for foreign debris, checking for leaks.
• Load barges by running grain spout, closing lid after filling and locking lid.
• Prepare facility for unloading barges by directing conveyor to proper storage location in facility.
• Unload barges using backhoe and conveyor system.
• Gauge barge as directed by facility.
• Maintain detailed dock logs to ensure all events are recorded in chronological order.

• Cleaning and general housekeeping performed during seasonal slow times throughout the facility.
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license and commercial insurability at all times.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Work Environment

The employee is regularly exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts; fumes or airborne particles and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and sometimes moderate.

Physical Demands

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee is frequently required to walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to talk or hear.

Lift Level: Heavy – exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly.

Qualifications Competency

• Organizational Support – follows policies and procedures.
• Attendance/Punctuality – consistently at work and on time.
• Dependability – commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.
• Quantity – meets productivity standards.
• Safety and Security – observes safety and security procedures; uses equipment and materials properly.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education/Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Ability

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, and other employees of the organization.

Math Ability

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

No computer skills needed.

Certificates and Licenses

• May be required to maintain a current weighing license and grain grading certificate.
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license and commercial insurability at all times.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.