Operator/Applicator - West Central FS - Ellisville, IL (Ellisville, IL, US, 61431)

pspan style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"The FS brand represents a standard of excellence for agricultural and energy-related products. It's the people who represent the FS brand that set it apart. As local cooperatives, FS Companies believe it is their responsibility to ensure that our earth, our communities, and businesses perform together, sustainably. FS Companies are committed to ensuring the continued profitability for the company, their owners, and their customers, while enacting to help the environment and greater good./span/pp style="margin:0.0in;text-align:center;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /p p style="margin:0.0in;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /p p style="margin:0.0in;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /p p style="margin:0.0in;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"stronguspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"COMPENSATION/span/u/strongstrongspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black": /span/strongspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"$18 - $20 hourly/span/p p style="margin:0.0in;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"strongspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black" /span/strong/p p style="margin:0.0in;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law. /span/p p style="margin:0.0in;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /p p style="margin:0.0in;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"stronguspan style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"BENEFITS/span/u/strong/p p style="margin:0.0in;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif" /p p style="margin:0.0in;background-color:white;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:#39;Times New Roman#39;, serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"FS offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, along with a variety of supplemental plans. To promote a healthy work-life balance, employees enjoy generous paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays. FS is dedicated to supporting the long-term financial well-being of our employees through a fully funded pension and a 401(k) plan with company matching to help you plan for retirement. Benefits eligibility may vary depending on position./span/p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black" /p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"stronguspan style="font-size:10.0pt"PURPOSE AND SUMMARY STATEMENT/span/u/strong/p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black" /p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"span style="font-size:10.0pt"O/spanspan style="font-size:10.0pt"perates commercial sprayer or floater for the purpose of applying crop inputs to producer field. In addition, operates and maintains single or tandem axle trucks and other equipment. Schedules and performs vehicle and equipment repairs./span/p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black" /p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black" /p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"stronguspan style="font-size:10.0pt"ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/span/u/strong/p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black" /p ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px" li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Applies crop production inputs to fields and growing crops according to recommended rates, procedures, and following all pesticide labels/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Records application data according to regulations and standards/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Sets up material handling, blending, storage, transport and application equipment for blending and delivery of products/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Blends products according to recommended rates and procedures/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Demonstrates knowledge of and the ability to safely operate sprayers, floaters, single or tandem axle trucks and other equipment to meet company and DOT standards/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Performs and records daily safety checks of assigned vehicle(s) and associated equipment by conducting pre-trip inspections, such as checking fuel and oil levels, inspecting tires, lights, and brakesspan style="color:black" /span/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Loads and unloads containers, pallets, or materials and products, safely on/off trucks, trailers, or railcars/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Ensures products are evenly balanced and distributed on trucks/trailers and proper axle weights are met/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Responsible for the inventory control and turns in application records on a daily basis/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Assures all product is accounted for with either an invoice or delivery ticket./span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Schedules maintenance and repairs of vehicles and equipment as requested/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Maintains an appropriate inventory of parts necessary for repairs and maintenance/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Maintains service records of each piece of equipment and vehicle to document a quality maintenance program and meet DOT requirements/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Responsible for the housekeeping of the shop/span/li /ul p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;line-height:115%" /p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black" /p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"stronguspan style="font-size:10.0pt"OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS/span/u/strong/p p style="line-height:10.0pt;margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black" /p ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px" li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Responsible for maintaining, repairing, rebuilding, and/or servicing location equipment, vehicles, and structures as needed/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Collects/records soil sample information using proper procedures/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Follows Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA and DOT policies and procedures, as they apply/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Performs all other duties as assigned/span/li /ul p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"strongspan style="font-size:10.0pt" /span/strong/p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black" /p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"stronguspan style="font-size:10.0pt"REQUIREMENTS/span/u/strong/p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black" /p ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px" li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"span style="font-size:10.0pt"Normally requires a high school diploma or the equivalent thereof, and /spanspan style="font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext"5 years/spanspan style="font-size:10.0pt" of related work experience./span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"span style="font-size:10.0pt"Required skills include fabrication, cutting, welding, bearing replacement, engine service/maintenance/adjustments (both gas amp; diesel), automotive electrical, brake adjustment/repair (both mechanical amp; air) and hydraulic troubleshooting/repair/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"span style="font-size:10.0pt"Demonstrates essential abilities including business knowledge, collaboration, communication, customer focus, decision making and skill development/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"span style="font-size:10.0pt"Must have or obtain and maintain a CDL license with required endorsements, a satisfactory driving record and valid medical card/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"span style="font-size:10.0pt"Normally requires an acceptable CDL with Hazmat and tanker endorsements/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"span style="font-size:10.0pt"Must hold and maintain, or have the ability to obtain, all required pesticide or fertilizer applicator licenses or certifications in states where crop production inputs are applied  /span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"span style="font-size:10.0pt"Responsible for renewing licenses or certifications as required and reporting status of licenses or certifications to the Location Manager/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"span style="font-size:10.0pt"Ability to work extended hours and on-call as business conditions warrant/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"span style="font-size:10.0pt"Occasionally exposed or required:  /span/li /ul ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px" li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 24.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Extreme weather conditions (hot, cold, wet, etc.)/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 24.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Noisy conditions/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 24.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Working conditions may include dust, fumes, chemicals, and electrical hazards, requiring utilization of appropriate safety measures/span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 24.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"May be required to work at varying heights /span/li li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt 24.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif"span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"Lift 51 - 70 lbs. /span/li /ul p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;line-height:115%" /p p style="line-height:12.2pt;margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black" /p p style="margin:0.0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black" /ppspan style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:black"FS is an equal opportunity employer, including protected veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities. Employment may be contingent upon receipt of an acceptable and job-related background check, drug test, motor vehicle report, and/or reference check, as applicable and permissible by law./span/p