Material Handler (United Energy Necedah)

Description

Responsible for safely loading and unloading rail cars and trucks for incoming raw materials and outgoing finished products. Day shift from 6:00am-6:00pm 2-2-3 shifts.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Reads work order or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved.
• Responsible for loading dry and wet distillers grain, ethanol, and corn oil onto trucks and railcars.
• Safely and efficiently operate equipment including but not limited to payload and Rail King.
• Assist with lawn care in summer and snow removal during winter months.
• Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area.
• Counts, weighs, and records number of units of materials moved or handled on daily production sheet.
• Removes samples of materials, labels with identifying information, and takes samples to laboratory for analysis.
• Lifts heavy objects by hand or with power hoist, and cleans work area, machines, and equipment to assist machine operators.
• Makes simple adjustments or repairs such as realigning belts or replacing rollers.
• Operate the scale house when needed.
• Understand and operate the Allen Bradley system.
• Assist maintenance and process teams with various duties.
• Participate in regularly scheduled housekeeping of the grains area.
• Receive all daily deliveries (denaturant, chemicals, and van trucks).
• Complete daily transfers in tank farm and provide samples to the lab.
• Responsible for keeping accurate DDG, corn, and ethanol inventories.

Qualifications:

• Must be safety minded and willing to learn.
• Good organizational skills and a strong work ethic is required.
• Must be able to take direction and work independently as the situation changes.
• Must have good oral and written communication skills, the ability to be a team player and the ability to work a variable schedule within a core set of hours.
• Class B CDL with a farm background preferred.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include peripheral vision and depth perception.
• The employee will be exposed to all weather conditions, heights, confined spaces (with training) and dust.
• Able to climb ladders and stairs