Alaska Mill Feed and Garden Center is hiring: FEED MILL OPERATOR ...
Alaska Mill Feed and Garden Center - Anchorage, Alaska, United States
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Overview
Full-time
Description
Job purpose Alaska Garden and Pet Supply Feed Mill division is seeking an individual to effectively and efficiently manufacture high quality feed in a timely manner. This position focuses on producing high quality feed. Successful candidates will demonstrate positivity, have an attitude toward safety, sales, customer service and employee team-work. This position has opportunity for growth within the company.
APPLICANTS MUST HAVE FEEDMILL EXPERIENCE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION.
Duties and responsibilities
- Experience operating a Bliss or CPM pellet mills.
- Experience mixing various feed rations.
- Assists in the efficient scaling of hand additives, following all HACCP SOP's (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point's Standard Operating Procedures).
- Perform and monitor proper documentation of the batching, grinding, and load out process.
- Bag & Sew bags of feed produced from the mill if needed to fill in for a bagger.
- Daily cleaning inside of feed mill and load-out areas, outside feed storage area, and computer area.
- Ability to sample and unload railcars.
- Forklift and Confined space entry certification (in-house) will be required
- Experience with equipment operations and maintenance.
- Displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assigned tasks.
- Ability to multi task and work in a fast-paced environment
Requirements
Qualifications
- 3 +years feed mill experience
- Minimum HS Diploma or GED required
- Ability to problem solve in situations involving variables in standardized situations.
- Excellent verbal communication
- Computer skills
- Ability to apply common sense understanding, receive instructions, which can be furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Preferred: Lock and Out Tag Out Certified (in house certification)
- Preferred: Forklift Trained (in house certification)
- Preferred: Mechanical/Maintenance Experience
- Willing to work in a non-smoking facility
Physical Demands
- Ability to lift up to 60 lbs. repeatedly and up to 100 lbs. on occasion.
- Requires high level of physical activity for 8-10 hours a day.
- Position requires standing/walking on hard surface for extended periods of time
- Ability to bend, crouch, reach overhead and work in confined spaces.
- Ability to work in a dust and adverse weather conditions and temperatures.
Working Relationship Works closely with Feed Mill Manager and other feed mill and warehouse employees. Requires ability to work as a team player with all company employees and management. Relocation Assistance is possible.