Shipping & Receiving Operator - Ethanol Plant

About the role

As a Shipping & Receiving Operator at Valero, you will unload raw materials and load ethanol and distiller’s grain, work 12-hour rotating day shifts, and move trucks and rail cars on the plant site. You will ensure maximum production quantity and quality while supporting the company’s policies, goals, and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Unload corn from trucks and railcars.
• Load ethanol into trucks and railcars.
• Load distiller’s grains into trucks, railcars, and containers.
• Take samples of corn, ethanol, and distiller’s grains for testing.
• Operate plant scale house: probes, analyzes, and grades corn; weighs trucks in and out; enters data into scale house software; issues paperwork to drivers.
• Operate meters and bulk weighers to facilitate product loading.
• Operate locomotive or rail mover to move railcars on plant site for loading and unloading.
• Operate large machinery and equipment such as front-end loaders and lifts.
• Participate in safety, health, and environmental programs (LOTO—lock out tag out, Safe Work Permit, FSMA—Food Safety Modernization Act).
• Perform preventive maintenance tasks as required.
• Perform routine housekeeping duties to maintain a clean work environment.
• Monitor area equipment and assist with maintenance as required.
• Communicate regularly with local rail service to facilitate rail movement activities.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Able and willing to work on-site and in-person required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with the movement and loading of rail cars.
• Experience working with heavy equipment in an industrial environment or grain elevator.
• Experience with the operation of front-end loaders, forklift trucks, rail movers, man lifts, and related material handling equipment.
• Experience in the operation of a dry-mill ethanol plant.
• Experience with standard computer software programs, e.g., Microsoft Outlook and SAP.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and annual bonus program.
• 100% match on 401(K) up to 7%, plus an additional discretionary 3% annual company contribution.
• Comprehensive healthcare and wellness programs.

Benefits described above are highlights only, subject to an employee’s eligibility and work location.

Schedule

12-hour rotating day shifts.

This position is hourly nonexempt status, which means you are eligible for overtime pay.