Plant/Packaging Operator

Job Summary

This position is accountable for assisting in the day-to-day operations of the plant and warehouse. Key emphasis will be placed on managing the overall process at the plant level from seed treatment to packaging by seed count.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in day-to-day seed count, bagging, and treating operation in plant.
• Operate and manage automatic seed sampling equipment to pull accurate samples from each lot as directed.
• Assist in seed counts for packaging seed and obtaining QA samples.
• Enter plant monitoring data for the treating and packaging area as directed.
• Monitor packaging appearance (printing on bags, printing of placards, bar coding, wrapping, etc).
• Monitor the treatment process for application accuracy.
• General repairs of bag placers, baggers, treater, and palletizer during the season, as well as shut-down periods.
• Participate in cleanup of treating and bagging area for all variety changes.
• During the carryover season, assist management in sorting and doing inventory counts on carryover.
• Assist with the carryover blending process by seed count.
• Assist in all inventory counts of raw goods.
• Other duties as directed by management.
• Maintain good housekeeping practices.
• Follow all OSHA rules and regulations for safety compliance.

Decision Making

• Determine the problem and make corrections when baggers or bag placer scales are not operating.
• Realize the problem and make corrections or retest when see count is not correct.
• Determine the cause and correct when application print is not clean and distinct on the bag top.
• Determine the cause and correct when bagging equipment is not inserting the correct amount of product.
• Determine the cause, make correction, or inform management when treater is out of calibration.

Required Skills/Competencies

• Equipment Repairs
• Working with others
• Stacking bags
• Mechanical abilities
• Communication skills
• Capable of handling 50lb bags if needed