Ag Operations Specialist

Job Description

• Location: Taber, Alberta
• Full-time, Salary
• Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. Must be available to work additional hours, including weekends.
• Reports to: Agriculture Operations Manager

As an Agriculture Specialist, you’ll…

• Always maintain and promote safe work practices, while participating in safety programs.
• Build and foster effective business relationships with growers, suppliers, and contractors.
• Collaborate with growers and plant production personnel to coordinate deliveries with plant needs.
• Be responsible for training, evaluation, and direction of employees involved in raw product deliveries.
• Direct the movement of raw product from the source to the plant, to assure that plant raw product needs are met in a manner consistent with goals.
• Train and supervise subordinates in safety and accident prevention practices to assure a safe employee and working environment.
• Provides supervision, training, and leadership to ensure that employees are performing assigned work properly.
• Assure that field equipment, and the operation of the equipment, follows Lamb-Weston guidelines.
• Regularly work outdoors during the growing season, including digging and taking product samples from crop fields.
• Inspect automotive equipment, scheduling needed repair or service work.
• Coordinate the operation and maintenance of equipment, storage facilities, and repair facilities.
• Carry out other duties and responsibilities as outlined by your manager.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or related field preferred.
• Minimum 1-2 years of related experience preferred.
• Knowledge of agronomic characteristics for potato crops is preferred, but not required.
• Must have the capability for daily vehicle travel, including driving on rural roads to and from crop fields, which will be substantial through storage and growing areas (company vehicle provided for daily travel needs).
• Must have a basic mechanical understanding of Agriculture equipment operations.
• Must possess strong computer skills, including Windows & Microsoft Office programs (Word, Outlook, and Excel).
• Must complete company-provided training for First Aid Certification
• Must possess a valid provincial driver's license and meet Company driving standards. A driver’s abstract check is required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position supervises 2 to 6 subordinate employees within the field department during peak seasonal periods and carries out leadership responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

About You

You’ll thrive as an Agriculture Specialist if you:

• Ground your work in best practices for safety & product quality
• Possess knowledge and experience with food safety programs & standards
• Enjoy partnering with team members across an organization to collaborate toward a common goal Possess excellent, inclusive communication skills across diverse types of people and needs
• You maintain a people-centric and "roll up your sleeves” and solutions-oriented mindset and work style
• Have experience working in a manufacturing industry, supporting both customer and business-focused needs
• Take a positive and humble approach to building relationships with your team members
• Have a passion for learning, and are determined to give every task your best effort
• Are self-motivated and open to overcoming complex situations with minimal direction.

Why Lamb Weston is for You

Lamb Weston has revolutionized how fries are made and how they bring the world together. The Taber, Alberta facility hosts an award-winning, top-performing team that has been in the community for over 25 years. Our culture and unique perks empower you with:

• A caring culture. We offer programs for financial hardship relief, incentives for volunteerism, and annual scholarships for children of employees.
• A healthier you. Access to local gym, pool, and golf facilities. Access to extensive life balance solutions, and wellness resources. We also provide excellent health care benefits.
• Community and fun. We are potluck meal enthusiasts, avid ‘French Fry Day’ consumers, holiday dinner partygoers, and Safety Week celebrators.
• Enviable compensation benefits. We offer annual & quarterly bonus programs, evening shift differential pay, and weekend shift differential pay.
• Freedom to grow. We offer opportunities to cross-train in other job areas, an avenue for professional development through a broad micro-learning platform, and a plethora of in-house training programs to build your skills and leadership capabilities.

Our Core Behaviors

• Obsess over safety. We deeply understand the products we make and are committed to delivering high-quality goods for our customers in a safe working environment. Regardless of the circumstances or pressures we face, we do right by our people, our communities, and our customers, and act with integrity.
• Putting our heads together. Great teamwork happens when we encourage perspectives from all corners of our community. We see the bigger picture to become stronger and smarter together.
• Act with confidence. We make smart, informed decisions as we work towards our goals. Each of us is encouraged and empowered to think like a leader, be a self-starter, and ask for help when it’s needed.
• Raise the bar. We constantly challenge ourselves and each other to seek out new ideas and better ways of doing things to define the leading edge of what’s possible in our industry. We learn from our mistakes, celebrate our successes, and drive for results.
• Be you, with us. In an atmosphere of inclusion, we embrace each other’s differences. We make it safe to be ourselves and speak our minds. Through thick and thin, each of us is committed to one another’s well-being and personal growth.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.  Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.  Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works outdoors and near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to hot, wet and/or humid conditions. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Please Note To join Lamb Weston, you'll need valid Canadian work authorization. If you are extended an offer, that offer may be contingent upon your successful completion of a background check, which will be conducted in accordance with applicable laws and company policy.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Matching RRSP program

• Competitive compensation package including off-shift premiums and quarterly performance bonuses

• Opportunities for growth and advancement

• Comprehensive on-the-job training & development

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge-type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

               

Job Requisition ID: Req-255943

               

Time Type: Full time

               

Anticipated Close Date: 12/20/2024

               

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