Equipment Operator - Entry

Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, leveraging our global reach and extensive asset network to serve customers and consumers around the world.

About the role

Drive liquefied gas industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forks or clamps to lift, stack, and move products, equipment, or materials.

Responsibilities

• Move levers and press pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus.
• Position clamps around bales of cotton, loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transport load to designated area.
• Unload and stack material by raising and lowering lifting device and opening and closing clamping and grappling devices.
• Inventory materials on work floor.
• Pull orders accurately using a tag list of bale numbers.
• Scan bales to ensure accurate and efficient work procedures and data exchange utilizing tablets and scanners.
• Load and unload materials onto or off of trailers, conveyor belts, scales, pallets, skids, lifting devices, or railcars.
• Replace liquefied gas tank.
• Perform all related responsibilities as required.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Forklift certificate required.
• One to three years of related experience/training.

Skills

• Ability to read, write, and interpret documents.
• Ability to speak effectively with supervisors or employees and apply common sense and problem-solving.
• Physical ability to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle and feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Must be able to reach with hands and arms; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
• Ability to speak and hear.
• Required to regularly lift/move up to 25 pounds, occasionally up to 50 pounds.
• Good close and distance vision, color and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to focus.

Working Conditions

Duties are performed in typical warehousing conditions in and outside of buildings. Working frequently near moving mechanical parts and could be exposed to fumes and cotton dust.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, and vision care coverage.
• Flexible spending account plans.
• Employee assistance program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• 401k with Company Match.
• Family-friendly benefits including childbirth and parental leave, fertility, and family-building benefits.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays.
• Flexible work available (not applicable to all roles).