Distribution Technician

A Day in the Life

The Distribution Technician performs tasks associated with the receipt, handling, bulk loading, and shipping of vegetable oil and related ingredients.

Position Details

• Primarily works a twelve-hour rotating shift including overtime, nights, holidays, and weekends.
• The starting hourly wage varies from $27 to $32 depending on experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Demonstrates a commitment to supply safe food, maintain a food safety culture within the site, continually improve the site's food safety management system; and comply with customer and regulatory requirements.
• Loads and unloads railcars, trucks, tank containers, and other bulk methods of transporting oil.
• Installs seals, strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
• Follows written work orders, shipping orders, and other written and oral instructions to determine materials to be moved or shipments to be loaded; safely performs the related tasks to complete orders.
• Removes samples of materials and oils, labels with identifying information, and takes samples to laboratory for analysis; checks temperatures of tanks.
• Keeps accurate records of inventory (counts, weights); verifies, and records units of supplies and raw materials received, movements and shipments; accurately completes appropriate paperwork.
• Contains and cleans oil in the event of a spill.
• Assists in preparing the plant equipment for startup, shutdown, freeze plans, and hazardous weather conditions.
• Performs other duties as needed or assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• A High School Diploma or GED.
• Prior experience working and/or training in an industrial setting.
• Ability to work independently sometimes without supervision.
• Ability to read & understand technical documents.
• Ability to complete routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Six months of experience in railcar and/or truck loading or related position is preferred.

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