Grain Storage Facility Operator

Work description

Job duties include preparing scale tickets, monitoring to ensure compliance with moisture and grade standards; transferring grain to proper storage location; transferring grain from storage bins to truck bins prior to shipment; operating augers and conveyors; clearing grain from automatic conveyor system that is causing jams, stoppages, or gaps in grain movement; performing housekeeping duties to ensure that storage locations are properly maintained; performing maintenance & minor miscellaneous repair on augers, grain bins and other tools involved with the storage of grain. Position also involves the harvesting, drying, packing, and storage of mature pecans as well as orchard management. Job will require workers using hand tools, push propelled pickers, sheets, and other orchard equipment to harvest pecans; operating dump carts, shakers, sweepers, harvesters, hedgers, and pecan carts; hedging, clearing the debris from, thinning and pruning pecan trees; performing orchard maintenance which includes pest control and grounds upkeep; cleaning and performing maintenance on harvest, drying, and storage equipment; stacking harvested product in assigned areas; grading and sanitizing pecans; monitoring orchards daily for pests; keeping harvesting records for harvest area identification in the event of contamination; planting tree seedlings; transplanting; weeding; covering harvesting pecans; loading, unloading, packing, and unpacking harvested pecans (conveyor belts, loading machines, separators, cleaners, dryers, sorting machine, trucks etc). Must be able to climb vertical grain leg. Daily duties may vary depending on weather conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.