Job Description

Description

Summary: Warehouse/Production Assistant procures ingredients for orders, assists in manufacturing and bagging feed for orders and stock. This position in for the second shift 10 pm - 7 am eastern.

• Supports Superior Ag Resources Co-op’s (SAR) stated Vision, Mission, and Business Values.
• Projects a positive attitude to customers and employees at all times.
• Provides outstanding and courteous customer service.
• Continuously follows the safety guidelines and safety programs established by SAR.
• Coordinate maintenance with site supervisor.
• Receive and record all bag and bulk feed ingredients according to State Chemist, FDA, and SAR’s Policy. Inform the site supervisor of any quality or quantity concerns.
• Retain samples of feed ingredients and finished feed according to State Chemist, FDA, and SAR’s policy.
• Perform housekeeping and routine maintenance and complete necessary records regarding these duties.
• Manage warehouse inventories for freshness and efficiency.
• Procure feed ingredients for customer and production orders.
• Help in manufacturing and bagging feeds for floor stock.
• Be able to follow ration sheets and figure percents in mixtures as well as animal health product levels daily.
• Keep daily feed run sheets and batch mix sheets for all feed manufactured.
• Keep feed mill and storage facilities clean and in proper operating condition.
• Assist in monthly and annual inventory records.
• Load out customers from the dock and be able to communicate and handle problems professionally and courteously.
• Be able to be cross trained in all aspects of the feed mill.
• Performs other activities as directed by the Feed Facility Manager.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities. Employee may be asked to assist in training new hires.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and a minimum of one-year proven track record of truck driving experience.
Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid Driver's License

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand: walk: use hands to finger, handle, or feel: reach with hands and arms: talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit: climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
  
  Work Environment:The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts: fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places: outside weather conditions: extreme cold: extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.