Mill Laborer

Five Rivers Cattle Feeding; Ulysses (KS); On-site; Part time

Job summary

Five Rivers Cattle Feeding in Ulysses, Kansas is looking for a dedicated individual to assist in various mill operations. The role involves housekeeping, maintenance, and repair, ensuring safety and compliance within the work environment.

Candidates should be prepared for physical demands and be willing to engage in preventative maintenance tasks. This position may include working with mechanical parts and requires adherence to safety standards.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and maintenance manuals.
• Must be able to compute rate, ratio, and percentage.

Responsibilities

• Participates in preventative maintenance tasks.
• Handles operations like receiving, flaking, and loader operation as required.
• Engages in daily housekeeping of the millwork areas.

Job description

Reports To

Feedmill Manager and Assistant Feedmill Manager

FLSA Status

Hourly, Ag-exempt

Function

Assists in various mill operations including housekeeping, maintenance, and repair.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may be assigned.

Participates in preventative maintenance by assisting mill maintenance personnel in carrying out maintenance tasks.

Works in various capacities when another employee is absent or as necessary (may include receiving, flaking, and loader operation).

Participates in daily housekeeping, including cleaning and organizing millwork areas.

Complies with applicable safety rules and policies.

Qualifications

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers; ability to compute rate, ration, and percent.

Competency

Expected to coordinate projects, conserve organizational resources, demonstrate understanding of Company policy, adapt to changes in the work environment, exhibit sound, and accurate judgment, observe safety and security procedures, and report potentially unsafe conditions.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and high temperatures. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and is exposed to work in high, precarious places. May be assigned to duties that require the use of a respirator. Pulmonary function test and respirator fit test would apply.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Employees may be required to wear hardhat; eyes, ears, and respiratory protection daily. See your Manager for the PPE requirements for your job.
• Lifting, carrying, push/pull, pinch/grip, reaching overhead and away from the body, walk, stand, crawl, kneel, squat, and climbing at heights are essential to this job.