What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grader - Plant position at HEARTLAND FARMS INC?
Job Details
Level: Entry
Job Location: Heartland Farms Headquarters - Hancock, WI
Position Type: Full-Time/Part-Time
Salary Range: $16.50 - $18.00 Hourly
Job Shift: Any
Description
Qualifications
Plant Grader:
The Plant Grader will be responsible for working at a conveyor line ensuring that potatoes are graded to various standards and sorted. These duties include sorting of green and rotten potatoes as well as other waste.
Core Responsibilities:
- Ability to work varying hours.
- Ability to stand for periods of time.
- Quickly work with one or both arms and hands, reaching and grabbing out in sorting process.
- Throwing rejected materials into proper receptacles.
- Ability to lift or move up to 10 pounds frequently, and 25-50 pounds occasionally.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Must be a minimum of 18 years old.
- Must have the ability to travel locally between our work locations, as necessary.
- Requires the ability to visually separate potato product from other types of foreign material.
- Must be able to sort useable potato product from secondary product by defect classification.
- Must be detail oriented & goal driven.
- You must be 18 years old to apply.
Preferred Experience:
- While no prior experience is required, it is preferred.
- Proven reliability is very important to this position.
Work Schedule:
- The Plant Graders work schedule is highly dependent on the time of year and customer demand. Employees can work 5 to 6 days per week, depending on our product load-out schedule.
- Typically, employees will average from 27 to 40 hours per week in this position.
Physical Requirements:
- Requires the ability to work on-site and in multiple locations and settings.
- Requires the ability to clearly understand basic verbal communication from others.
- Requires the ability to stand long hours, picking out defected potatoes from moving conveyors.
With Heartland Farms, Inc., you will work as part of a high performing agricultural organization where team members collaborate to get the job done and challenge the status quo to find a better way. We highly value hard work, achievement, and reliability, and reward people accordingly.
Salary : $17 - $18
