Laborer, Warehouse, General Labor

Laborer

Company:
Navajo Agricultural Products Industry (NAPI)

Location:

Farmington, NM

Position Type:
Full-Time / Part-Time Seasonal

Number of Openings: 17

Under direct supervision, the Laborer provides manual and semi‑skilled labor to assist and support various departments, including Alfalfa Crop, Bean Crop, Bean Plant, Conservation, Corn Crop, Farm Support Services, Freshpack, Irrigation, Operations and Maintenance, Potato Crop, Scales, Technical Services, Organic/Conventional Row Crop, and Specialty Crop. Laborers will have a primary job assignment to a department, but will also be assigned as needed to work in other departments.

• General
  
  Duties & Responsibilities:
  
  See Department Job Assignments page 2.
• Other
  • Works collaboratively, cooperatively, and in coordination with fellow team members and with others in the organization, treats them with respect, courtesy and consideration, and shows understanding and the appropriate support of other team members to help get the job done.
  • Provides information, guidance and resources to diverse groups of customers, clients and others outside of the organization; treats them in a friendly manner with professionalism, helpfulness, respect, courtesy and consideration at all times regardless of circumstances.
  • Maintains regular, dependable attendance and punctuality, and physical presence at the assigned worksite; must interact directly with people or objects at the worksite on a regular basis. Communications technology may, for certain tasks and under certain circumstances, enable an employee to effectively perform some of the work‑related duties from home on a temporary basis.
  • Complies with all applicable environmental health and safety policies, procedures and work rules, giving maximum effort to performing job functions in a manner that protects the health and safety of the incumbent, co‑workers, and the general public.
  • Performs other duties as assigned and which are deemed necessary or desirable by NAPI.
• Department Job Assignments
  • Bean Crop
    • Assists in the set up, maintenance and operation of irrigation equipment, including cleaning nozzles, digging out stuck pivots, and replacing nozzle packages when needed.
    • Assists with field maintenance at pivot point in order to keep pivot clean of trash, weeds and other debris.
    • Guides equipment operator when loading and unloading seeds.
    • Assists with prairie dog control during planting season and as needed.
    • May operate Forklift; certification required.
    • Assists with application of fertilizers to crops.
  • Bean Plant
    • Maintains and complies with total quality controls according to USDA standards relating to inspection, grading, sorting, handling, and shipments that ensure NAPI’s concerns on food safety.
    • Assists the plant operations supervisor with shipment and receiving for customer order of beans.
    • Moves, sorts, and stacks product (cartons, beanbags, and boxes) to meet timeliness and quantity requirements of orders and shipments; attaches identifying tags to containers or marks them with identifying information.
    • Packs and handles product containers, pallets or crates to meet order specifications and requirements.
    • Assists in guiding trucks into loading or unloading positions, by providing signals to drivers ensuring that vehicles and loading equipment are properly positioned.
    • Loads and unloads product from machines, conveyors, and trucks in order to maintain flow of beans in Bean Plant.
    • Assists in observing the production line and reports any problems to supervisor immediately.
    • Records numbers of units handled or moved, using daily production sheets or work tickets.
    • Assist machine operators in operating, maintaining and monitoring machinery and equipment used in the production process to ensure their safe and efficient operation.
    • Maintains proper packaging material inventory by replenishing supplies such as bean bags, paper, plastic sheet, boxes, cartons, or labels.
    • Inspects and ensures the integrity and quality of the prepared stitches of beanbags.
    • Provides suggestions and recommendations on improvements to the bean plant operation.
    • Uses cleaning equipment and supplies, such as…