General Labourer

PRIMARY FUNCTION

• Responsible for supporting the operations of the branch/terminal in bulk receiving, handling and shipping crop input products/ fertilizer
• Primary Responsibilities include the operation of Rail offloading

SITE OPERATIONS

• Adhere to all health, safety and environmental regulations
• Maintain professionalism and a customer service attitude towards customers or truck drivers when delivering or picking up products at the branch
• Assist in receiving trucks, (or railcars and vessels where applicable) of fertilizer, seed, chemicals or other products as required
• Working on production line to package fertilizer or other dry products occasionally
• Continuously stack 25kg bags onto pallet
• Assist operators for blending and loading of outbound trucks
• Load packaged products with a forklift
• Make deliveries when requested
• Perform routine clean up and maintenance of the site
• Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor

COMPANY KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUALSUPPORT

• Become knowledgeable about all Sylvite divisions and the products and services they provide to customers
• Documentation of all processes and tasks for which a function is responsible
• Demonstrate a high degree of service to and in collaboration with other business units
• Provide support to other department members maintaining a sense of team
• Provide positive feedback to others when possible; coach others for success
• Recommend opportunities for improvement of processes and systems as a result of the function performed or based on observations
• Recommend opportunities for reducing costs

KEY PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION

• Hard working and takes direction
• Learns quickly
• Ability to foster a teamwork environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Customer service orientation
• Mechanically inclined

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE and/or TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to lift 25kg continuously
• DZ license an asset
• Forklift certificate preferred
• Experience performing safe operation of rail car offloading
• Practice of servicing customers and drivers in courteous and timely manner
• Experience with receiving, handling and shipping bulk material
• Equipment experience in Front End Loader, Lift Truck