Position Objective:

The Production Assistant is expected to meet the qualifications as outlined below. This position is a vital part of the overall success of our organization as a manufacturer of animal feed and nutritional products and services. This position will handle manufacturing, production and packaging of inventory for individual store and outside sales needs. This person will maintain production needs by mixing, loading and unloading bags of products and working in and around the facility.

You will be proud to work for a company with a strong family history in the animal feed industry and opportunities to grow personally and professionally. We are a company committed to family values, integrity, and innovation.

In this role, you should be prepared to work in a fast paced, team-centered environment that will challenge you and allow you to use your experience and expertise to develop the company and enhance your continued growth within the animal feed and nutrition industry.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Use batching software to complete orders
• Weigh out hand adds
• Mixing a minimum of 10 #50lb tubs per hour to keep up with production
• Loading bags on conveyor for bagger
• Check bag weights to ensure accurate operation
• Maintain bagging efficiency by removing completed pallets and replacing with new pallet and slip-sheet
• Ingredient maintenance
• Periodically checking micro hoppers, filling if needed
• Periodically checking tote hoppers, replacing if needed
• Loading bulk feed from bulk loadout onto bulk trucks
• Additional projects required or directed by the Plant Manager.

Preferred Qualifications:

• General knowledge of feed ingredients and their properties
• General knowledge of milling equipment and good manufacturing practices
• Effectively communicate with staff and management
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities

• Strong work ethic, self-motivated, and results-driven