What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operator, Specialty Meal Loadout position at Zeeland Farm Services, Inc.?
Job Summary:
Loads specialty soy meal into rail containers, trucks, and totes and performs other Elevator duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Inspects and prepares container for loading to assure it meets established quality standards.
- Follow all procedures and policies to meet the requirements of CERT-ID EU non-GMO certification.
- Verifies product being loaded and container numbers against bill of lading.
- Loads product into rail containers, totes, or trucks to the proper specifications.
- Counts, weighs, and records number of units of materials moved or handled on daily production sheet.
- Collects sample of product, labels with identifying information, tests the physical characteristics to determine compliance with customer requirements, and records test results and submits to appropriate personnel for testing.
- Make simple adjustments or repairs such as realigning belts or replacing rollers.
- Operates industrial equipment to assist in loading or moving products.
- Follow all company and regulatory food safety policies and procedures. Reports any potential food safety issues to management.
- Attaches identifying tags or labels to containers and completes and maintains records of shipments and product shipped.
- Inspects equipment for defects and safe operating condition at the end of each day. Report any/all defects or safety issues to maintenance supervisor or other appropriate company officials.
- Helps support and ensure compliance with company Safety/Environmental/Quality/HR program policies and procedures.
- 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.
- Other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Education and Experience:
- Education: High School or Equivalent
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Working knowledge of plant equipment and safety.
- Ability to interpret and verify bills of lading to proper loads and container numbers.
- Ability to interpret and verify scale tickets, bills of lading, etc.
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
- 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 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 the company’s safety, quality, environmental, and HR policies at all times.Physical Demands and Work Environment:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
- The employee is frequently required to walk.
- The employee is occasionally required to climb to levels of 125 feet as well as balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
- While outside the office, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold temperatures; risk of electrical shock and vibration.
- The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.