Plant Operator

This position was created to control and maintain facility equipment by performing preventative and routine maintenance on all equipment and machinery. The operator will handle in-bound and out-bound freights, operate equipment and machinery for the best quality and production, provide final checks on outgoing products, assist with inventory, and perform daily safety checks/inspections.

The following statements are essential functions of this position and not intended to be all-inclusive; rather, they are intended to describe the general nature and level of work to be performed. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the incumbent, and an employee may be directed to perform other reasonably related job duties and responsibilities.

NAPI reserves the right to revise or change the job duties and responsibilities as the need arises, based on business need, and this position description may be updated accordingly. This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

• Maintains and complies with quality assurance practice according to USDA standards relating to inspection, grading, sorting, handling, and shipments that ensure NAPI’s concerns on food safety and Global Gap requirements.
• Read source documents such as canceled checks, sales reports, or bills, and enter data in specific data fields or onto tapes or disks for subsequent entry, using keyboards or scanners.
• Compares data with source documents such as printed price tickets with entries on purchase orders to verify accuracy and notify supervisor of any discrepancies, locate and correct data entry errors.
• Records all receipts of products, packing materials, and other materials ordered and received for use.
• Verifies perpetual inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock and initiate investigating discrepancies or adjusting errors.
• Operate vehicles, mechanized devices or equipment used in the agricultural production, such as tractors, forklifts, or passenger vehicles
• Monitor control display to ensure proper grain flow during receiving and loading grain.
• Prepares orders for product based on phone or mail in orders from outside customers and internal NAPI communications. Communicate these orders verbally and follow up in written format to the Manager/Supervisor so that they can prepare production scheduling.
• Sets up functions on tag printers using a computer.
• Inspect and monitor for insects, rodents around the Plant to ensure that the Pest Control Program is in full affect to prevent pest infestation.
• Indicates item size, style, color, and inspection results on tags, tickets, and labels, using rubber stamp or writing instrument.
• Load and unload hopper trailers during harvest seasons and ship-outs
• Conduct physical end-of-the-month inventory, collect grain samples for analysis for quality.
• Maintain and ensure proper daily operations by performing daily routine inspections, maintenance and repairs of the equipment(s).
• Must maintain documentation(s) of all inspections, maintenance and repairs conducted on the Plant.
• Must maintain a safe work environment by ensuring grounds/housekeeping, cleanliness of the Receiving/Boot Pits and around the facility.
• Adjust, repair, and service plant machinery and notify supervisor when machinery malfunctions.
• Direct and monitor the activities of work crews engaged in harvesting activities.
• Guide products on conveyors to regulate flow through machines, and to discard diseased or rotten agricultural products.
• Position boxes, bags or attach bags at discharge ends to…