Production Specialist
Location: Mankato, MN
Job Type:
Full Time, HourlyShift(s) Available: Rotating shift of 12 hours. (4 days on/4 days off/4 nights on/4 nights off/back to days) Ability to work overtime including weekends, holidays, or different shifts with advance notice as needed
Why Join?
Benefits:- Start First DayMedical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Insurance
- Health and Wellness Incentives
- Paid Vacation and Holidays – available immediately
- Paid Sick Leave 401K/ESOP, pension with ADM matching contributions
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Short & Long-Term Disability
- Company Paid Life Insurance and Voluntary Life Insurance for Employees,' Spouse and Children
- Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Advancement Opportunities
- Weekly PayPerks at work (discount program with several companies)
Summary:
This position includes a variety of responsibilities and reports directly to the Shift Supervisor.
Essential Job Functions:- Assist with grain and meal handling
- Maintain safety and cleanliness of equipment and building
- Work in a fast-paced environment to complete various processes including weighing, bagging, packing, unpacking, labeling, and storing products and sanitizing around facility (sweeping, compressed air cleaning)
- Interact regularly with peers and management to pursue continuous improvement of facility operations and promote a teamwork focused environment
- Communicate with team/shift employees concerning proper operation of equipment, safety concerns, and maintenance issues
Operating equipment associated with the loadout and unloading process for bulk materials including trucks and/or rail cars, forklift, skid-steer, front-end loaders, utilizing scales, pumps, conveyor, semi-automatic packing system, etc.
Utilize computer systems to input and record data as required in regard to safety, sanitation, maintenance, and processing equipment operation
Understand and adhere to ADM's Safety, Environmental Compliance and Food Quality and goal of achieving a zero-injury culture.
Exhibit regular and prompt attendance and maintain attendance record in accordance with company policy
Other duties as assigned
Requirements:- Must be 18 years or older
- Must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
- Ability to understand and effectively communicate in English (verbal/written)
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Experience in production and/or similar military environment (preferred)
- On-the-Job Training Requirements:
- Complete ADM safety, food safety, quality, and environmental training (Good Manufacturing Practices, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Safety Regulations, environmental programs, and operational procedures to ensure the safety of coworkers and product integrity)
- Participate in company planned operations training
Equipment training may include but not limited to JLG, forklift, non-DOT truck, reach lift, etc.
Working Conditions:- Ambient conditions – Work area is, typically, a non-air-conditioned production environment. Hot or cold Temperatures, all seasonal elements, both indoors and outdoors
- Atmosphere: Dust (Peanut - known allergen), cotton, canola seed, and odor
- Must be able to work around noise levels that may reach or exceed 85 decibels and require use of hearing protection for most of the work shift
Company provided protective clothing required: Uniforms, hardhats, earplugs, safety glasses, hair restraints, steel-toed shoes, gloves, and safety harness may be required based on task performed; employees are required to wear all required PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) (i.e., hard-hats, safety glasses, earplugs, uniforms, and steel-toed boots) in addition to job specific PPE requirements. *Employees in roles that require respirators will need to be clean shaven.
Physical Requirements:- Ability to move about or to a work site by ascending/descending stairs, bending, kneeling and prolonged periods of standing and sitting, stooping, bending, kneeling, or squatting frequently
- Ability to operate equipment or machinery that may be located at different heights; may require work on ladders, scaffolding or other work at heights or in confined spaces
- Ability to lift and transport materials and equipment weighing up to 40 pounds on a frequent basis, up to 55 pounds on an occasional basis and up to 50 pounds overhead
- Requires ability and willingness to wear respirators
- Ability to traverse up to two (2) miles during the course of a workday
- Work Hours
- Ability to work overtime including weekends, holidays, or different shifts with advance notice as needed
- The shift schedules include a 12-hour shift on a rotational (4 days on/4 days off/4 nights on/4 nights off/back to days)ADM requires the successful completion of a background check. REF:113579BR
