Operations Associate

To continue providing our customers with the ultimate customer experience, Frontier Cooperative is seeking an Operations Associate to work at our Syracuse rail shuttle facility in Syracuse, NE.  This position is offered as full-time with benefits.

Duties include monitoring and ensuring high-quality grain conditions at the facility, loading/unloading grain trucks, hoppers, and rail cars, operating company agricultural equipment as needed, general preventative and routine maintenance and housekeeping duties surrounding company’s agricultural equipment, grounds, and building maintenance and housekeeping.      

Other duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide exceptional customer service to our patrons, customers, and employees in a courteous and professional manner at all times:  greet customers, drivers, and other employees, provide assistance when needed, be willing to help other departments/facilities/locations.  
• Control all load-out functions including blending and loading agronomy products, loading/unloading grain trucks and maintaining the quality of inventory and blended products.
• Perform warehouse and other agricultural-related duties such as operating tractors, machinery, forklifts, loaders, bobcats, etc.
• Assist with routine building, grounds, vehicle, and equipment maintenance and repair; perform housekeeping inside and outside of all facilities, offices, mills, and elevators.
• Maintain and promote a strong safety culture and follow all safety policies, procedures, complete training and follow regulations.
• Assist in loading and unloading rail cars.

Minimum qualifications include, but are not limited to:

• Ability to lift up to 75 lbs. on occasion; sit, stand, stoop, squat, crawl, walk, jog, run, stretch, reach, pull, push, climb tall ladders at various heights, stairs, and able to work in and around confined spaces such as grain bins and pits, when needed.
• Mechanically inclined. The ability to operate and provide maintenance on heavy machinery used in agriculture.  This position will load and unload bulk fertilizer and grain products for suppliers and customers and must be able to operate forklifts, loaders, conveyors, tractors, farming equipment and other machinery, or have the capacity to learn.
• Ability to work in and around grain, dust, and with Nebraska’s adverse weather conditions and temperatures.
• Ability to work long hours to meet business demands during harvest.
• Ops Associates must also be able to read, write and speak the English language; maintain and promote a positive image of the coop; be dependable with the ability to adapt, take initiative, think and make decisions quickly, be helpful and customer-focused at all times.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen test.
• Farming, grain-handling, and/or elevator experience is helpful, but not necessary.

Benefits Include, but are not limited to:

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• HSA or FSA accounts
• Life, Short-term Disability, Cancer, Accident & other additional coverages
• 401k (Roth or Traditional)
• Coop Retirement Plan
• Direct Deposit
• Paid Holidays, Vacation & Sick Leave
• CDL Driver-Training Program (FC is a Certified Training Provider & is listed on the FMCSA's Training Provider Registry to provide ELDT training to our employees)
• Annual Clothing & Boot Allowances
• Active EAG (Employee Advisory Group)
• Active Safety Committee
• Supportive Safety & Compliance Managers
• Active Wellness Program
• Friendly Co-workers that are willing to help!

For more information & to apply, go to: www.frontiercooperative.com, click on the ‘careers’ tab at the top of the page, and follow the easy application instructions.