Job Title: Grain Elevator Operator

Job Classification: Full Time

Reports to: Grain Elevator Manager

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

United Grain is looking for a FT Grain Elevator Operator!

WHY WORK FOR UNITED GRAIN?

At United Grain Corporation, (UGC), our employees are our most valuable asset and part of the UGC family. For over 50 years, we have been a premier grain exporter and supply chain management company from the Pacific Northwest for the export of agricultural grain products. We have been serving the needs of American grain producers and suppliers, fulfilling the evolving needs of our global customers, uniting them and creating success for all. In the process of doing this, we feed the world safely and reliably with services built on our core values: integrity, reliability, safety, and inclusivity.

THE BENEFITS! Pay Range: $17.00-$19.00 DOE

• Medical, Dental (with orthodontia), Vision
• Life / AD&D, STD/LTD Insurance-Employer Paid
• 401K with generous company match
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Time off including Community Volunteer time, and Holiday Pay
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee Discounts
• Wellness Program
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Inclusive, team oriented and family friendly culture

WHAT YOU GET TO DO WHEN WORKING FOR US!

Join the team at our Bucyrus elevator, located in Hettinger, ND. You will contribute to the team by providing courteous and responsive customer service. Perform or assist routine maintenance and repairs. Assist in the unloading or loading of grain commodities by truck, rail and barge. Weigh or measure materials and products, using scales or other measuring instruments, or read scales on conveyors that continually weigh products, in order to verify specified tonnages and prevent overloads. Maintain equipment, machinery, and workstations, using hand tools, shovels, brooms, chemicals, hoses, and lubricants. Observe conveyor operations and monitor lights, dials, and gauges, in order to maintain specified operating levels and to detect equipment malfunctions. Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. Inform supervisors of equipment malfunctions that need to be addressed.

You will be trained on grain receiving, storage handling, drying, blending, and loading of grain; monitoring stored grain condition and maintaining and cleaning grain facilities and equipment to provide a safe environment. Grain Elevator Operators will also be cross trained to perform a variety of tasks including driving trucks and other motorized equipment.

Required Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED degree and/or equivalent training required.
• Valid and unexpired driver’s license is required.
• Experience with computer programs such as AS400, Agris, and MS suite of products is preferred; but not required.
• Agricultural experience is preferred but not required.
• Proven interpersonal skills; must support a team-oriented and inclusive approach with a high level of integrity and reliability.
• Ability to communicate both orally and written effectively with employees and customers.
• Ability to understand and follow all safety guidelines.
• Maintenance experience with a mechanical aptitude is required.

Physical Demands and Requirements

• This position can be physically strenuous from time to time. You will be expected to be able to work in tight and confined spaces, walk, climb, bend, kneel, lift, grip, grasp, push, and pull various tools and equipment. May be required to ride a belt lift and occasionally work at significant heights with requisite balance and equilibrium. Ability to frequently lift, push, pull up to 50 pounds and occasionally more. This job will require the ability to ascend/descend ladders.
• Personal protective equipment, including hardhats, gloves, safety glasses, safety shoes, and respiratory protection and ear protection are required.
• Requires the ability to read and comprehend written and oral operational and safety instructions and related rules, policies, and memo, and communicate clearly with your coworkers and supervisors.
• Vision that permits close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. When grading grain, the ability to identify and distinguish colors is also important.
• Ability to detect odors and the ability to understand and discern safety warning systems.
• This is a physical job that includes both indoor and outdoor work in all types of weather and temperature environments. The job may include working in and around grain dust.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas in English by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to customers, public, and convey detailed spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

This job description is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities perform the essential functions of the job. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate.

United Grain Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or age.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $17.00 - $19.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Hettinger, ND 58639: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Can you read and write in English?
• Are you allergic to grain dust?

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Mechanical knowledge: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: One location

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