Seasonal Agronomy Operations Technician

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

About the Role

As an Operations Associate specializing agronomy operations, you will play a vital part in ensuring the efficient handling, storage, and distribution of fertilizer, seeds and crop protection products. Your responsibilities will include operating equipment, maintaining facilities, assisting with inventory management, and providing excellent service to our farmer-owners and customers. This role may include traveling to locations to support operations and maintain housekeeping duties.

What will you do?

· Assist in all aspects of the fertilizer, seeds and chemical operations.

· Measure inventory and report it to the supervisor.

· Unload bulk and packaged products and pump bulk chemicals into customer tanks.

· Tender to applicators.

· Fill NH3 nurse tanks during the season.

· Understand basic agronomy chemistry of all products.

· Perform equipment and facility maintenance including housekeeping records and cleanliness.

· Provide prompt, professional, and courteous customer service.

Requirements:

Licenses: Must have a Class A CDL with applicable endorsements or be able to obtain one, if applicable to the location. This position requires the safe operation of a motor vehicle to perform the essential functions of the job. The employee must meet the qualifications set forth in the company’s vehicle safety policy. Failure to meet these qualifications could result in removal from this position.

Physical Demands : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform 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 and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.