Production Technician

Location: Rushville

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Starting Wages from $21.00 to $24.00 per hour!!!

Who We Are, and

What We Do:

Join Vylor—Powering the Future of Agriculture At Vylor, we’re advancing agriculture through breakthrough science—combining elite germplasm, cutting-edge biotech, and next-generation expertise ingene editing and molecular breeding. Our portfolio includes trusted industry brands like Pioneer, Brevant, and Hoegemeyer, delivering performance farmers rely on.

Join us to help scale innovation globally and shape what’s next in crop science.

We are currently seeking a Production Technician to join our team at our Rushville, Indiana production facility. If you have a passion for providing solutions and supporting a high-performing team, this is a terrific opportunity for you!

The Rushville production location runs various production schedules during peak season months (September through March) each year.

This includes but is not limited to the following:

Up to three (3) shifts per week, which will be between 8-to-10-hour shifts5-6 days per week, with 1-2 days off, rotating shifts

Premium Shift Bonus Provided!

During off-peak months (April through August) the site works an 8-hour day shift schedule with occasional overtime when needed. This provides a much better work-life balance than other manufacturing roles and opportunities!

What You Will Do:

Model Safety as the number one focus
100% safety steward of a designated program

Seed corn harvest activities such as receiving, husk/sort, drying, shelling, and bulk operations

Process activities such as color sorting, sizing, gravity table, treating, packaging, and palletizing operations

Use of automation and computerized systems to perform work tasks (PLC, computers, and iPads)
Return and rework activities

Monitor product quality and ensure activities meet the requirements of the quality plan.

Warehousing activities including forklift operation, quality sampling, picking and pooling activities

Data collection for continuous improvement projects that are driven from Bottoms Up Planning Facility and equipment maintenance task assignments

Various other duties as assigned by supervisor

Education:

You have your High School Diploma/GED OR are willing and able to obtain your GED within twelve (12) months of hire as a condition of employment

What Skills You Need:

You are safety minded! You value the safety of yourself and your co-workers and will eagerly participate in safe work practices, on-the-job safety, and work safety programs

You love variety of tasks, enjoy working hard and staying busy!

You possess good written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers

Growing your skills and your career is extremely important to you and you are looking for a company like Corteva where you can do just that!

You are solutions focused! When you see a problem, you look for a way to fix it!

You have a valid US Driver’s License You are willing and able to do the following with or without reasonable accommodation:
Climb and/or work in elevated areas, Stand and sit for extended periods, work outdoors and indoors in hot, cold, wet, and dry conditions, lift up to fifty (50) lbs., and perform work that involves repetitive motion and lifting

You are comfortable with technology and possess good a computer aptitude including the use of Microsoft Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), and are willing and able to learn other company specific applications as required

You uphold health and safety to the highest standard! You consistently help others and demonstrate adherence to safety protocols, policies, and procedures to ensure you and your colleagues go home safely every dayYou understand that delivering to our customers on-time keeps us viable and are willing and able to work a rotating shift and overtime hours, which include nights and weekends during seasonal peaks to support production demand

What Makes You Stand Out:

Two-Year Technical or Associates Degree You have one (1) year of education and/or experience in operations, manufacturing, agriculture, or related industry

Knowledge or experience with LEAN Manufacturing principles such…