Grain Storage Facility Worker

H2ajobs; Doddsville (MS); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-provided housing

Free meals provided

Transportation reimbursement after 50%

Job summary

H2ajobs in Mississippi is seeking a farm worker to perform general crop handling, shipping logs, and logistics within a holding facility. Daily duties vary and may include operating equipment, housekeeping, and basic repairs. Requires a valid driver’s license within 30 days and basic English literacy; experience is welcome but not required.

Employer provides housing and meals, and transportation repays after 50% of the contract. The position involves outdoor work in varying weather conditions.

Qualifications

• Ability to read basic English and follow instructions.
• Hold a valid driver's license within 30 days of hire.
• Willingness to work in varying winter weather.

Responsibilities

• Keep shipping logs and monitor crops for quality and sale standards.
• Move crops and transfer to storage and shipment containers.
• Operate storage facility equipment and perform housekeeping.
• Clear jams in the automatic transportation system and assist with moving crops.
• Transport crops and perform general housekeeping duties.
• May operate non-CDL farm trucks as needed.
• Climb vertical grain leg as required.

Skills

Basic English

Driver's license

Job description

Job duties include keeping shipping logs; monitoring crops to ensure compliance with quality and sale standards; ensuring crops are in the correct containers based on their quality and condition; transferring crops to proper storage location; transporting crops from holding facility as required and transferring crops from storage to shipment containers prior to shipment; moving crops around holding facility; clearing crops from automatic transportation system that is causing jams, stoppages, or gaps in crop movement; performing housekeeping duties to ensure that holding locations are properly maintained; transporting crops; and performing maintenance & minor miscellaneous repair on conveying equipment, holding facilities and other tools involved. Must be able to climb vertical grain leg. Workers may be required to operate machinery for storage facility maintenance and non-CDL farm trucks. There are few typical days and workers may be required to engage in various general functions. Daily duties may vary. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The employer will provide, without charge or deposit, free and convenient kitchen and cooking facilities to prepare meals. The workers will be allowed time to drive themselves or will be transported to a store or market to purchase their own food and cooking supplies. Employer provided housing contains a refrigerator, stove, oven, and operational sink with hot and cold water under pressure. In the event that the workers are unable to prepare meals at the housing location, the employer will provide three sufficient meals a day free of charge.

Transport: After worker has completed 50% of the work contract period, employer will reimburse worker for the cost of transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of employment. Employee transportation will be arranged to and from their country of origin by either plane, train, bus, taxi service or own vehicle; whichever is most economical. The employer will properly reimburse employees for such travel as defined in 20 CFR 655.122(h). Continued in Addendum C.

Experience wanted: 2 months

Job requires having or being able to obtain a drivers license within 30 days of hire. Basic English literacy skills are required. Job will require periods when workers may be exposed to varying winter weather conditions and extensive pushing and pulling.