Shipping Receiving Technician ZFS Ithaca - Night Shift

Job Summary:

Responsible for assisting in the positioning of inventory by daily safe grain loading and unloading of trucks and railcar.

Rate:

$19.20 an hour with a $1.50 hourly night shift premium.

Hours:

2-2-3 Work Schedule, 4:50 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Week 1: Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday

Week 2: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday

Extended hours are required during bi-annual facility shutdowns and mandatory departmental trainings.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Physically monitor the receiving/loading process to ensure proper flow.
• Safely operate various heavy equipment used to transfer material, product, and rail cars.
• Assist in coordinating inbound soybean receiving activities and segregation of product.
• Verifies loading instructions and paperwork to ensure accurate loading of product.
• Receive and inspect incoming raw materials, process aids, and packaging materials relevant to department. Inspects interior for cleanliness and exterior for leaks or damage.
• Take samples of products, analyze quality, and record resulting test data.
• Maintain logs and follow preventative maintenance activities and records.
• Make necessary physical adjustments to meet desired operating parameters.
• Notify Supervisor or Management of operational or food safety concerns.
• Assist all other employees and departments as required for efficient plant operation.
• Communicates regularly with all necessary personnel to ensure efficient plant operation.
• Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, instruction, and all safety requirements.
• Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
• Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• There are no supervisory responsibilities in this position.

Education and Experience:

• Education: High School or Equivalent.
• Experience : 1 year in grain handling or railroad related field, preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Possess industrial machinery aptitude and understanding of the railroad and commercial truck industry. Working knowledge of plant equipment and safety.
• Ability to safely operate heavy equipment and complete inspection checks.
• Ability to adapt to changes in the work environment; manages competing demands; changes approach or method to best fit the situation; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Ability to build relationships with internal and external customers.
• Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers and senior level management.
• Ability to maintain good attendance habits.
• Abide by all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description.
• Abide by company’s safety, quality, environmental and HR policies at all times.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Frequently required to walk, stand, sit.
• Frequently required to climb to levels of 125 feet or more, confined, and harnessed. Use of stairs and ladders are required.
• Occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more.
• Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the production environment is usually very loud.
This position requires use of a respirator.

This job description reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified and shall not necessarily be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the job. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement, implied or otherwise, other than an “at-will” relationship between the employer and employee. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.