Production Specialist - Carthage, MO

Production Specialist | Entry Level

Location: Carthage, MO

Job Type: Full Time, Hourly

Sign-on Bonus: $1,000

Shift(s) Available: The shift schedule includes an 8-hour rotating shift. Ability to work overtime including weekends and holidays with advance notice as needed.

Why Join?

• •Benefits Start First Day
• •Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Insurance
• •Health and Wellness Incentives
• •Paid Vacation and Holidays
• •401K/ESOP, pension with ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) matching contributions
• •Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• •Short & Long-Term Disability
• •Company Paid Life Insurance and Voluntary Life Insurance for Employees,’ Spouse and Children
• •Parental leave (paternity/maternity)
• •Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• •Tuition Reimbursement
• •Advancement Opportunities
• •Weekly Pay
• •Perks at work (discount program with several companies)

• •This is an entry-level position. You will gain knowledge of the facility, general department knowledge, and handle tasks through completion of tasks and look for ways to improve the process and personal performance. Production Specialists are expected to perform a variety of jobs, tasks or duties as assigned.
• •Essential Job Functions:
• •Maintain, monitor and adjust equipment
• •Utilize computer systems to input and record data as required in regard to safety, sanitation, maintenance, and processing equipment operation
• •Work in a fast-paced environment to complete various processes including weighing, bagging, packing, unpacking, labeling, and storing products and sanitizing around facility (sweeping, compressed air cleaning)
• •Interact regularly with peers and management to pursue continuous improvement of facility operations and promote a teamwork focused environment
• •Communicate with team/shift employees concerning proper operation of equipment, changes in flow rates or processing capabilities safety concerns, product quality issues and maintenance issues
• •Understand and adhere to ADM's Safety, Environmental Compliance and Food Quality and goal of achieving a zero-injury culture.
• •Maintaining a safe and clean work environment
• •Exhibit regular and prompt attendance and maintain attendance record in accordance with company policy
• •Operating equipment associated with the sanitation, loadout and unloading process for bulk materials including trucks and/or rail cars, forklifts, hand trucks, skid steers, utilizing scales, pumps, conveyor, scoop, shovel, broom, pressure washer, tape measure, fall restraint systems etc.
• •Other duties as assigned

• •Ambient conditions – Work area is, typically, a non-air-conditioned production environment. Hot or cold Temperatures, all seasonal elements, both indoors and outdoors
• •Atmosphere: Dust and odor
• •Must be able to work around noise levels that may reach or exceed 85 decibels and require use of hearing protection for most of the work shift
• •Company provided protective clothing required: Uniforms, hardhats, earplugs, safety glasses, hair restraints, steel-toed shoes, gloves, and safety harness may be required based on task performed; employees are required to wear all required PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) (i.e., hard-hats, safety glasses, earplugs, uniforms, and steel-toed boots) in addition to job specific PPE requirements. *Employees in roles that require respirators will need to be clean shaven.

Physical

• •Ability to work overtime including weekends, holidays, or different shifts with advance notice as needed
• •The shift schedule includes an 8-hour rotating shift

ADM requires the successful completion of a background check.