Truck Driver/Applicator

About the role

CHS drivers spend their days making life easier for their customers – farmers, ranchers, local feed & seed stores, community gas stations and refineries. You’ll know most of the people on your route and you’ll be home most nights for supper.

More than any other role at CHS, you’re the connector. Moving products from sellers to buyers. Transporting supplies from production facilities to customers. Keeping rural America in business from before spring planting starts to well after fall harvest ends.

Success profile

• Flexible
• Detail-oriented
• Personable
• Positive
• Quick-thinking
• Responsible
• Safety driven

Safety and service

• Safety — You’ll be hauling a variety of materials, some of which are hazardous. That’s why you’re required to have certain licensures and why we provide a new or late-model truck with top of the line safety equipment. This is a job where safety always comes first.
• Service — Once you arrive safely, then it’s all about the customer. You’ll get to know them and become familiar with the unique rhythm of their business. And when it’s harvest time, you’ll go above and beyond because that’s the spirit of a rural community.

Benefits and perks

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k)/ Retirement Plans
• Military pay differential

Responsibilities

• Under general supervision, apply fertilizer and crop protection products. May require use of a high clearance sprayer or floater.
• Pick up and deliver product to customers as needed.
• Work with customers in a courteous and professional manner.
• Educate customers on products being applied to fields, techniques utilized, and how you can continue to support them with products and services.
• Assist the sales staff in ensuring orders are correct and patron needs are met.
• Perform warehouse work including driving loader, forklift, mechanics, and maintenance.
• Lift and load products, 1-2 hours per day.
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations including pre-trip and post-trip reporting, proper load securement and hours of service.
• Maintain cleanliness of vehicle(s) inside and out, and work environment.
• Complete and document daily maintenance inspections. Ensure proper equipment maintenance is completed including repairs and preventive maintenance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Training Provided

• Crop protection product mixing
• Operation of application equipment

Minimum Qualifications (required)

• 1+ years of experience in Agriculture Production, Operations, and/or Agriculture Application
• Must meet minimum age requirement
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English and understand highway traffic signs and signals

Additional Qualifications

• Maintain or be able to obtain a CDL and DOT medical card
• Ability to work additional hours, be available for overnight stays and occasional weekends
• High School diploma or GED preferred
• Hazmat, Tanker, and Air Brake endorsements preferred
• Agriculture background and customer experience preferred
• Bulk liquid, Pressure trailer, or Forklift experience preferred

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift 75 lbs
• Ability to climb rail cars, ladders, stairs and bins, and into back of trailer
• Ability to work in dust and adverse weather conditions and temperatures

Compensation and Benefits

We offer all of the benefits you'd expect from a large, international employer. Plus, we've made sure they're affordable for every stage of your life – whether you're early-career and starting a family, late-career and looking ahead to retirement or at any point in between.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and disability insurance
• 401(k)/ Retirement Plans
• Military pay differential

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in Agriculture Production, Operations, and/or Agriculture Application
• Must meet minimum age requirement
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English and understand highway traffic signs and signals
• Maintain or be able to obtain a CDL and DOT medical card
• Ability to work additional hours, be available for overnight stays and occasional weekends
• High School diploma or GED preferred
• Hazmat, Tanker, and Air Brake endorsements preferred
• Agriculture background and customer experience preferred
• Bulk liquid, Pressure trailer, or Forklift experience preferred

Equal Opportunity Employer

CHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability.