Seasonal Grain

The Mennel Milling Company; Alger (OH); On-site; USD 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mennel Milling Company is seeking a detail-oriented grain quality technician to support daily operations and uphold our food safety commitments. The role focuses on weighing and grading grain, using lab equipment, and ensuring clean, audit-ready work areas.

You will contribute to quality, consistency, and timely production. Candidates should be able to work long shifts during harvest, maintain strong organization, and communicate issues promptly.

Qualifications

• Ability to pass a respirator fit test and work with a respirator.
• Must be able to stand on feet for long periods.
• Must be able to work long hours during Harvest season.
• Must have excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task.

Responsibilities

• Weigh and grade grain for quality in inbound and outbound vessels.
• Use lab equipment to assess quality.
• Notify managers regarding potential quality issues, equipment problems or reordering of supplies.
• Maintain a clean work station.
• Follow safety guidelines and training as directed by company policies.

Skills

Respirator fit test

Endurance standing

Harvest season overtime

Organizational skills

Multi-tasking

Job description

Reports To: Refer to location organizational chart

At Mennel, we believe in doing right and bringing our best to our people who are helping to feed the world. We promote teamwork and recognize the individual contributions everyone plays in the overall success of the company.

JOB SUMMARY: In this role, you will help sustain Mennel’s tradition of excellence established in 1886 as well as support our food safety programs and mission to reliably deliver superior quality, uniformity, and service. The purpose of this position is to grade grain quality and assist with daily operations. This position will sustain the Mission and Motto and Food Safety and Quality Statement of the Mennel Milling Company.

PRIMARY WORK SHIFT: Works shift as assigned.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without accommodation.

• Follow all food and personal safety rules and regulations in respect to GMP’s, OSHA, HACCP, the Global Food Safety Initiative, the US FDA Food Safety Modernization Act as stated in the FS&Q Statement, and sanitation guidelines as set forth by the company as listed in Corporate Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) and attend all required training sessions. Maintain the department/facility in an everyday audit ready condition.
• Weigh and grade grain for quality in all inbound and outbound vessels in a timely and accurate manner.
• Use various equipment, including lab equipment to assess quality.
• Notify managers regarding potential quality issues, equipment problems or reordering of supplies.
• Responsible for keeping a clean work station .

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position has no supervisory duties.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job.

• Ability to pass a Respirator Fit Test and work with a respirator.
• Must be able to stand on feet for long periods of time.
• Must be able to work long hours during Harvest season.
• Must have excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, memos, procedures, and plans. Ability to write reports, complete checklists and other basic documentation and correspondence. Ability to effectively present information or data in one-on-one and small group situations to co-workers, supervisors, and managers.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

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

REASONING ABILITY:

Must use common sense and solid judgment when making decisions. Must have ability to quickly recognize and plan for changing work duties and events.

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:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to perform various tasks, use of basic office tools, reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, twist, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to conditions that are typical to a fast- paced manufacturing environment, including: moving equipment and machinery, dusty, hot/humid, and cold conditions; employee must be willing to work in all weather conditions, at heights, in precarious places; in the presence of airborne particles, and with the risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment usually requires the use of hearing protection. Work involves exposure to common wheat allergens.