Equipment Operator Apprentice

Federated is seeking to grow and train an Equipment Operator Apprentice to work out of our Osceola Country Store location! As an Equipment Operator Apprentice, you will be responsible for supporting daily Agronomy Operations working out of one of our retail agronomy locations. This is a great opportunity for hands-on agricultural learning experiences and lifetime career. You will learn how to blend, load, deliver and apply our products. Plus, on-farm learning experiences. This position will teach you how to operate new application equipment, such as row-crop sprayers and fertilizer spreaders, operating delivery trucks and delivering the product to the customer. You will also gain the opportunity to learn propane and fuel delivery to support our winter propane operations. Your focus will be to provide excellent customer service to our customers in order to ensure the best possible customer experience. Ability to do light-duty truck and equipment maintenance and daily vehicle inspections. If you are customer-focused, have a great work ethic and a desire to build a career in the Agriculture industry, we would like to talk with you!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities of the Equipment Operator Apprentice include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provide excellent customer service at our customer location while providing counter sales support.
• Fork Lift and loader operation - Load products for customer delivery by hand or with company equipment as needed.
• Delivery Driver - Deliver fertilizer, seed or chemicals to customers via pick-up or tender truck.
• Sprayer and spreader operations - Apply fertilizer and chemicals purchased by our customers.
• Vehicle Maintenance - Evaluate and maintain trucks and equipment by performing repairs as needed.
• Issues or obtains customer signature on receipt for pickup or delivery.
• Bag fertilizer, sweep, clean and maintain the warehouse and surrounding areas.
• Interacts with customers and answers questions at our Country Store location or on customer worksite.

• Ability to operate Ag equipment - Previous Agriculture and farm operations experience is preferred
• Previous fork lift, loader and or bobcat experience preferred
• Computer savvy ability to learn computerized equipment operations
• Commercial Drivers License (CDL) with Tanker endorsement preferred - Ability to obtain required
• Current Health Card preferred - Ability to obtain required
• Support propane delivery by acquiring certifications needed including Hazmat endorsements.
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends during busy season required
• Ability to perform accurate application of fertilizer and chemical products at customer site

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 sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The actual pay offered will vary based on multiple factors which include, without limitation, experience, education, training, specialized skills and certifications.

Below is a summary of the benefits Federated Co-ops Inc. offers to employees and are subject to eligibility requirements for each benefit plan.

FT Benefits:
Federated Co-ops Inc. offers a competitive benefits package to those who qualify which includes medical insurance, HSA employer contribution, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, matching 401(k), employee assistance program, disability insurance, employee discounts, referral program, clothing allowance/uniforms, paid holidays, floating holiday, PTO and direct deposit.