Transload Driver- Hatton ND

Anchor Ingredients is an originator of premium food, pet food, and feed ingredients–from farmers’ fields to our customers’ facilities. We’re looking for hard workers and difference makers; people who want to be part of a fast-paced, growing company and are eager to take care of our farmers, our customers, and everyone in between.
Aside from competitive wages, we provide full-time employees a fully loaded benefits package that includes 100% paid single coverage premiums for health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as long-term disability, and dollar-for-dollar 401(k) matching up to 4%.

PURPOSE OF POSITION:
Responsible for loading and shipping products to meet Anchor Ingredients' high-quality standards while ensuring the day-to-day operational needs are met in a safe and timely manner. This position will prep, stage, and load rail cars and then drive transfer trucks between facilities in free time. Applicant must be able to drive a manual transmission.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Transload Operations

• Be able to safely and efficiently clean and stage rail cars in the loading area.
• Operate payloader or track mobile to move rail cars into position.
• Drive onto or back over the transfer conveyor with a semi-truck and trailer.
• Unload the trailer while monitoring the level in a rail car, moving the car as it fills.
• Seal and document rail car, submitting paperwork and product retain sample.
• Be able to work between facilities transferring products when needed.
• Scale, and ensure correct product, quantity, and destination.
• Ensure correct paperwork and retain samples for proper documentation.
• Understand workflows to reduce wait times where possible.
• Be part of the team.
• This position supports the overall production of multiple facilities.
• Must be able to work with on-site supervisors to ensure a proper schedule.
• Must be able to work with other scale houses or process operators.

Housekeeping

• Clean up any mess before going home for the day ensuring no personal belongings or garbage is left at workstations or other shared common areas.
• Sweep around the pit between loads and the entire scale once per shift
• Put tools back in their places after each use.
• Disconnect air hoses when they are not in use.
• Take trash to the dumpster with it is full.
• Other Duties: mow lawn, shovel snow, move trailers, extra clean up, and any other tasks that need to be completed around the facility as assigned.

General

• Troubleshoot and communicate breakdowns to our Maintenance team and Supervisor.
• Repair minor issues, etc. replace drive belts & patch holes where and when able.
• Utilize all members of the team to accomplish tasks, holding yourself and others accountable for duties performed. Ask for help when needed.
• Prioritize employee and food safety first, facility production second and dumping and loading trucks as the third priority.

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QUALIFICATIONS:
The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Hold a valid Class A CDL license to drive a Semi Truck and Trailer.
• Demonstrated ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and cooperative working relationships.
• Ability to:
• lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
• stand for extended periods of time.
• work in dust.
• open traps on trailers/trucks.
• work in extreme heat/cold.
• work in confined spaces.
• work at significant heights.

ABOUT THE COMPANY:
Anchor Ingredients, LLC headquartered in Fargo, ND, sources and supplies a wide range of specialty ingredients catered specifically to the human and pet food markets. With the ability to source ingredients worldwide, AI is uniquely positioned to meet all of the ingredient needs of its customers. At Anchor Ingredients, we have assembled a world-class team of professionals with years of industry experience and a commitment to our core foundation of honesty, integrity, and reliability.

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DISCLAIMER:
This job description is not a complete description of responsibility but reflects the general qualifications, duties, and/or responsibilities necessary to perform this position. All candidates who receive a written offer of employment will be required to successfully pass a background check, as well as testing for commonly abused controlled substances in accordance with the company’s Drug-Free Workplace Policy. Anchor Ingredients reserves the right to revise the job description as circumstances warrant. Anchor Ingredients is an at-will employer, which means that either the employee or the company may terminate the relationship at any time, with or without notice, and with or without cause. We are an equal-opportunity employer.