Grain Operation Superintendent

Full-Time Heartland Co-op in Grain Email Job
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Job Description

Assists the location manager by directing day-to-day receiving, production, and distribution operations to ensure grain quality for truck, rail, barge, and processing mill facilities in assigned territory by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate employees. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Coordinates movement of grain, grain quality, truck, and rail unloading, and bin logistics.
  • Assign mixing and blending of grain from multiple bins each day by communicating to the team through written orders indicating which bins of grain to move, where to move the grain,  scheduled sampling of the grain as directed by management, and ensuring the proper quality of grain is shipped.
  • Ensure that maintenance and housekeeping are performed in accordance with Heartland Co-op procedures. Create and follow daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly maintenance programs and record maintenance records in the RCI computer system.
  • Assist with completing and logging pertinent state, local, and safety compliance.
  • Schedule and assign daily job duties to employees. Assist in scheduling to ensure sufficient staffing for loading and unloading trucks, railcars, and/or barges as well as staffing needs for processing mill facilities where applicable.
  • Recommend plant and elevator upgrades and budget items that may assist with better product quality as well as time and money savings.
  • Reviews expenses and inventory control programs to maintain and enhance the profitable operation of the location.
  • Limit outbound product discounts to levels assigned by management and maintain an overall positive mix and blend margin.
  • Assist Manager with overseeing, assigning, and managing all listed daily tasks and operations at assigned locations.
  • Develop a thorough understanding of the processing mill and assist with overseeing daily operations with an emphasis on accurate and consistent testing procedures and product quality.
  • Able to work flexible hours to accommodate inbound/outbound grain by truck, rail, and/or barge as well as assist in managing a 24-hour operation schedule.
  • Must maintain a valid driver’s license and commercial insurability at all times.
  • Other duties may be assigned. 

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