Elevator Operator (Seasonal)
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Kanza Cooperative Association
OK
Summary
The Elevator Operator is responsible for receiving, storing, and shipping grain while providing excellent customer service. They must also perform routine equipment maintenance and ensure all safety protocols are strictly followed.
Job Description
Description
Join our team for the fall harvest season! We’re seeking a Seasonal Elevator Operator to join our team and play a key role in ensuring smooth and efficiently handling operations. This position is responsible for delivering exceptional customer service while assisting with the receiving, storing, and shipping of grain, as well as performing maintenance tasks as qualified. The ideal candidate will contribute to a positive, team-oriented environment by promoting open communication, collaboration, and shared responsibilities. Above all, the Elevator Operator is expected to uphold and enforce all safety protocols, maintaining a safe, productive, and efficient workplace for everyone.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. (Other duties may be assigned.)
- Greet customers in a courteous, positive manner and assist with inquiries, complaints, or concerns in a prompt and professional way.
- Load and unload grain trucks, inspect grain for moisture, insects, and foreign material.
- Operate equipment to move grain into storage or loadout, including conveyors, trippers, and flow pipes.
- Monitor grain temperatures using thermometers and record readings.
- Perform routine maintenance and minor repairs on elevator equipment.
- Fill anhydrous ammonia tanks as needed.
- Maintain a clean, organized facility that meets safety and operational standards.
- Work a flexible schedule during harvest season, including variable days, shifts, and potential overtime.
- Accurately complete required paperwork and maintain clear verbal/written communication with customers, coworkers, and supervisors.
- Follow all safety protocols and company procedures; maintain a professional appearance and punctual attendance.
- Perform other duties as assigned to support team and location goals.
Kanza Cooperative Association (www.kanzacoop.com) is a farmer-owned agribusiness cooperative founded in 1915. Headquartered in Iuka, KS, Kanza Coop specializes in grain, crop production, commodity trading, and feed. Kanza also offers quality energy products and services for agricultural, commercial, and residential customers in numerous Kansas counties, including four C-Stores in Pratt, Stafford and Sedgwick counties.
Kanza Coop has established itself as a trustworthy transportation partner‚ providing products when and where they’re needed. The Kanza fleet consists of equipment to haul grain, fertilizers, feed, and energy products to our customers throughout the Great Plains and southwestern United States. Furthermore, we pride ourselves in linking producers to end users through Sunflower Commodity Trading, which buys and sells ag-related consumable products.
Kanza Cooperative Association is about people -- generations of hard-working Kansas farmers who decided over 100 years ago that working together, we are stronger. Those relationships, and that vision, brought Kanza to where it is today, and will lead it into the future by helping today’s Kansas farmers use the best products and the latest practices to get the most out of every acre they farm.
At Kanza we are working together for the love of the land.
Visit our website! http://www.kanzacoop.com
Visit us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/KanzaCoop/
Founded
1915
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Farming
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Iuka, KS
Kanza Cooperative Association (www.kanzacoop.com) is a farmer-owned agribusiness cooperative founded in 1915. Headquartered in Iuka, KS, Kanza Coop specializes in grain, crop production, commodity trading, and feed. Kanza also offers quality energy products and services for agricultural, commercial, and residential customers in numerous Kansas counties, including four C-Stores in Pratt, Stafford and Sedgwick counties.
Kanza Coop has established itself as a trustworthy transportation partner‚ providing products when and where they’re needed. The Kanza fleet consists of equipment to haul grain, fertilizers, feed, and energy products to our customers throughout the Great Plains and southwestern United States. Furthermore, we pride ourselves in linking producers to end users through Sunflower Commodity Trading, which buys and sells ag-related consumable products.
Kanza Cooperative Association is about people -- generations of hard-working Kansas farmers who decided over 100 years ago that working together, we are stronger. Those relationships, and that vision, brought Kanza to where it is today, and will lead it into the future by helping today’s Kansas farmers use the best products and the latest practices to get the most out of every acre they farm.
At Kanza we are working together for the love of the land.
Visit our website! http://www.kanzacoop.com
Visit us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/KanzaCoop/
Founded
1915
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Farming
Org type
Public Company
Headquarters
Iuka, KS