General Operator at Rootstaff Corp

Title: General Operator

Duration: 15 Months

Location: Woodhull, IL 61490

Payrate: 19/hr

Description:

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• The General Operator role has a seasonality effect.
• The type of work assigned will vary based on the current season.
• In spring and summer, you will be assigned to teams supporting a variety of responsibilities.
• You could spend time inspecting and maintaining our seed crops or you could support seed inventory management at the plant.
• Fall is a busy season with harvesting and seed packaging in full swing.
• In the winter, you’ll be cleaning & packaging seed, supporting maintenance work, warehousing and shipping seed to ensure our customers have the product they need for the coming planting season.

September-October:

• Receive and process trucks hauling crop from the field for weighing and unloading.
• Complete a wide range of harvest activities: ex.: husk and sort operations
• Operate dryer to dry crop within the prescribed safety, quality, and financial requirements
• Shelling and storage of crop from bins in the dryer facility
• Supply the Conditioning department with a constant supply of seed
• Apply appropriate treatment to seed

November-March

• Label, tag, bag and palletize seed

• Enter inventory information into computer

• Stage seed for shipment in warehouse

• April -August:

• Retag in-house seed.
• Re-bag backhaul (returned) seed
• Inspect pro boxes to ensure they are free of debris and clean
• Wash pro boxes as necessary