GRAIN LAB TECH - SEASONAL

Legacy Cooperative; Alliance (NE); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee benefits

Employee discount

Seasonal role

Job summary

Legacy Coop in Alliance, Nebraska seeks a seasonal grain lab technician to support and administer the grain scale/lab, delivering outstanding customer service and helping the cooperative run efficiently.

The role focuses on operating scales, grading equipment, providing grain bids and yields information, and upholding cooperative policies while ensuring safety and accuracy. Excellent communication with customers and team is essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Grain grading certification or course completion is required.
• Ability to read and follow instructions and cooperate with staff.

Responsibilities

• Operate truck scales, grain prob and grading equipment at one or multiple locations.
• Operate grain loading and unloading equipment at multiple locations.
• Provide customers with requested information including grain bids and proof of yields.
• Promote the image of the cooperative.
• Uphold cooperative policies, perform other duties as assigned by management, and will enforce and uphold the cooperatives credit policy.
• Maintain lab equipment and grain lab.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Grain scales

Grain grading equipment

Job description

Legacy Coop is looking for a seasonal grain lab technician at our Alliance, Nebraska location. The grain lab technician will bring a focus of customer service to Legacy Coop by supporting and administrating the grain scale/lab in a manner that will optimize the cooperatives efficiency, help achieve the cooperatives mission and goals, and result in outstanding customer service. This position is seasonal/temporary but comes with Legacy Coop's employee benefits including competitive pay and employee discount!

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Operate truck scales, grain prob and grading equipment at one or multiple locations.
• Operate grain loading and unloading equipment at multiple locations
• Provide customers with requested information including grain bids and proof of yields
• Promote the image of the cooperative
• Uphold cooperative policies, perform other duties as assigned by management, and will enforce and uphold the cooperatives credit policy
• Maintain lab equipment and grain lab

Department Communications

• Answer the telephone and route calls
• Greet customers and assist patrons
• Effectively communicate both orally and in writing
• Communicating with grain operations, freight vendors, and grain management

Other duties as directed by supervisor

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education And/or Experience

• A high school, or equivalent, degree is required.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Grain grading certification or course completion

Language Skills

• Ability to read, interpret, and comprehend simple instructions, correspondence, memos, cooperative policies and procedures, safety rules, and operating and maintenance instructions. Be able to write routine reports or correspondence. Be able to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organizations.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Be able to compute rate, ratio, average, percent, weighted averages and measurements, and volume. Apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Be able to interpret an extensive variety of technica