Overall Job Function:The Assistant Eastern Agronomy Operations Manager assists with daily operations of application equipment and with products of mobile application in coordination of the Operations Manager. This individual will help to load and unload inbound and outbound deliveries, as well as assist with the overall maintenance and appearance of the location. This is done while maintaining a focus on a high level of customer service.Essential Job Functions:Assist with the dispatching of tender equipment for the application equipment in a safe, efficient, and accurate manner.Provides direction and help to the team on the handling of the equipment maintenance to ensure that equipment is kept in good working order.Has daily communication meetings with the Operations Manager to ensure location, facility, and safety priorities are met and expectation are clear.Assists with administrative functions as needed, becoming familiar with all operating systems necessary to manage the location, employees and handle customer sales and purchases.Supports daily plans and directions of the Operations Manager’s decisions to ensure a positive work environment that will benefit the company.Learns to manage maintenance expenses and performs monthly inventory.Assists in the daily movement of product between locations.Observes, recognizes, and follows all safety procedures.Works with applicators, agronomy employees, and customers daily to ensure that all application equipment is kept running in a safe manner at all times whether it is at the location or in the fields.Keeps the facilities neat and clean.Handles products in a safe manner that avoids unnecessary damage or accidents.Assists agronomy employees in the preparation of loading and unloading trucks arriving and leaving the facility with all products needed to run the operation.Ensures all outbound loads are loaded correctly, secured, and placarded properly.Help to provide direction to agronomy operation employees to deliver set expectations in coordination with the Operations Manager.Expected to help other departments as time allows/as needed or as directed.Other duties as assigned.Secondary Responsibilities:Understand DOT placarding and DOT Hazardous rules.Mechanical skills are needed to perform minor maintenance tasks on equipment and buildings around the facilities.Competencies:High level of customer service focus.Ability to run or learn to run application equipment to assist on an as need basis.Supports a consistent professional image of the company.Observes safety policy and procedure as an absolute.Attitude of positivity and react calmly under pressure.Work ethic of the highest integrity.Commitment to dependability and willingness to work to meet goals and deadlines.Competent in adding, subtracting, multiplication and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.Effectively solved problems of agronomy department.Qualifications:Must be 18 years of age and have a high school diploma or equivalent.Class A CDL or the ability to obtain along with an acceptable driving record.Possession of all necessary fertilizer handling licenses or have the ability to obtain.Prefer experience in a warehouse setting and mobile equipment operations.Work Requirements:This position is based in a fast-paced agricultural setting and is regularly exposed to outside weather conditions and vibrations. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, and airborne particles. The noise level is usually moderate but occasionally may be loud. PPE will be provided and must be utilized according to safety standards. Typical working hours are based on customer and organizational demand; hours may be long, irregular and include weekends and holidays during peak season.While performing job functions the employee will be required to talk and hear most of the time. The employee will spend frequent intervals moving and sitting, while also needing to climb ladders, work at heights, reach, bend, twist, crawl, crouch, stoop or kneel. The employee will need to be able to lift up to 75 pounds frequently and maneuver on and off mobile equipment. The physicality of this job is high.*FCS job descriptions are a representation of job requirements knowledge, skills, and abilities. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.Benefits:401k Company matches 50% up to 10%PTO accrual after 30 days of employment, 13 days accrual the first yearPaid HolidaysCompany bonus incentiveExcellent health insurance plansDental & Vision availableShort & Long-Term Disability provided at no cost to youLife InsuranceIdentity Theft InsuranceAccident InsuranceClothing Allowance10% Discount on purchases at the How-To Building CenterShift Differential
