Agriculture Equipment Operator - SEASONAL - Landus : Job Details

How will you have an impact in this role? We are seeking a motivated individual to be part of the Landus team who will be responsible for our outside grain and agronomy operations. What will you do?

• Greet all customers promptly and courteously
• Drive company vehicle to obtain merchandise and transfer products & supplies
• Assist in all aspects of the elevator operations
• Operate a semi-truck to pick up grain from customer or another location and deliver to a Landus facility.
• Operate a pay loader to assist in pile pick-up or loading agronomy products
• Receiving and unloading grain operations
• Loading grain trucks
• Keeping facility clean and safe by cleaning and sweeping areas
• Grain train loading operations including opening lids and sealing train cars
• Operate a skid loader to clean up around the facility
• Understand Lock out/tag out for confined space entry
• Enter confined space with a full-time employee to clean out bins and boot pits
• Assist in tarping piles of grain & pile pick-up
• Operate a trackmobile
• Ability to take inventory
• Operate a grain dryer
• Ability to operate the scale as needed
• Assist in all aspects of the fertilizer and chemical operations, if applicable to location
• Apply chemicals, NH3, and fertilizer to fields via sprayer or fertilizer spreader
• Haul products via tender trucks to the field or other locations
• Fill NH3 nurse tanks during season with another employee
• Perform maintenance on nurse tanks
• Unload fertilizer rail cards
• Load chemical & fertilizer trucks
• Operate a fork lift to move products
• Load chemicals for customers with a Landus employee
• Keep facility clean and safe by cleaning and sweeping areas
• Ability to take inventory
• Assist with general maintenance of the facility
• Ability to learn and run power tools
• Diagnose and perform maintenance on equipment
• Grease chains and bearings
• Identify issues or problems, such as when a bearing is bad or a broken wire on hazard monitoring equipment
• Identify potential problems and repair as necessary
• Operate a lawn mower & weed eater
• Spraying weeds
• Painting assigned areas
• Load and unload products and goods as assigned
• Be willing to perform these duties at assigned Landus locations as needed.
• Champion of safety compliance throughout organization.

Requirements The ideal candidate will have:

• Workers with a clean motor vehicle record and able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be requested to drive company vehicles.
• Must be able to move/lift up to 50 pounds; occasionally up to 100 pounds.
• Understand the seasonality of an agricultural cooperative and the in-season time commitment.