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PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Receive all ingredients by truck and rail, and transfer to the appropriate bins. Follow pre-established procedures to prevent cross contamination.
• Monitor bin inventories to ensure adequate operating inventories.
• Sample all loads prior to receiving according to established procedures.
• Safely operate the above mentioned equipment, starting and stopping in a manner so not to harm the equipment, yourself, or other employees.
• Commit to being at work on time and on assigned days.
• Maintain an attitude of teamwork and cooperation.
• Keep work area clean, well swept, and neat in appearance at all times.
• Perform other duties as assigned within the limits of training and physical and mental abilities.
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
• Report directly to grain elevator lead man.
• Work closely with and assist Maintenance Department.
• Work closely with the feed mill control room operator, feed mill ingredient transfer operator, and shift supervisors.
• Work closely with the Quality Assurance Department.
• Work closely with the Truck Office.
• Work closely with the Pet Food Plant.

SPECIFIC JOB DUTIES
• Unload rail cars and trucks.
• Check and record bin measurements.
• Probe and sample rail cars and trucks.
• Perform work area clean-up.
• Use rail car unloading cable system.
• Transfer grain and ingredients.
• Communicate problems concerning products or equipment to the lead man.
• Examine every load of ingredients visually.
• Fill out ingredient receiving reports.
• Follow all established elevator safety rules.
• Load and unload company trucks.
• Transport ingredients to the pet food plant.
• Weigh-in and weigh-out ingredient trucks.
• Unload and sweep out company ingredient trailers.
• Assist block manufacturing personnel with folding boxes as needed.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
• Eye-hand coordination.
• Manual and finger dexterity.
• Frequent climbing, kneeling, pushing and pulling.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds on a frequent basis.
• Ability to determine various types of odors.
• Must repeatedly maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, stooping/bending, or climbing.
• Frequent stooping/bending; requires full use of lower extremities and back muscles.
• Must be able to climb a ladder.

COGNITIVE REQUIREMENTS
• Ability to react quickly in emergency situations.
• Must know the start-up and shut-down procedures.
• Must have adequate reading skills to read information on shipping list, bin inventory report, posted safety signs, and to follow written instructions.
• Must have adequate writing skills to enter all data on weight tickets and elevator bin inventory.
• Must have adequate mechanical skills to operate and maintain dump trucks, front-end loader, and elevator transfer equipment.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Employees in this position must be able to perform under the following conditions:
• Dusty conditions that frequently requires the wearing of goggles and dust respirator.
• Exposure to both indoor and outdoor environmental conditions.
• Areas of varying light intensity, some quite dim.
• Frequently in confined areas.
• Repeated proximity to moving mechanical parts.
• Frequent exposure to high places of 250 or more feet.