Seasonal Bin Welder / Seed Technician

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Job Title: Seasonal Bin Welder / Seed Technician
Location: Dayton, WA, West United States, USA

Company: Seneca Foods Corporation
Industry Sector: Agribusiness
Industry Type: Food & Beverage Products and Processing
Career Type: General
Job Type: Full Time
Salary: Competitive
Job Description: Seneca Foods is one of North America's leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States. Our high quality products are primarily sourced from over 2,000 American farms. Seneca holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries. Products are also sold under the brands of Libbys, Aunt Nellies, READ, Seneca Farms, Green Valley, CherryMan, Paradise, Pennant, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips. Seneca also provides vegetable products to other companies under various co-pack arrangements.

Seneca Foods Corporation in Dayton, WA has an opening for a Fulltime Bin Welder / Seed Technician to join our team. Seneca Foods offers an excellent benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K, paid time off, and much more!
Help us make our Farm Fresh Goodness Great!

The Seasonal Bin Welder, under the direction of the Maintenance Supervisor, has the responsibility for repairing seed bins, including welding as needed; AND, receiving, milling, treating, inspecting, bagging, palletizing, loading, weighing, or moving processed seed product,and performing general maintenance on processing equipment, as a member of the Seed Team. The expected compensation range for this position is $17.00 - $22.00 per hour, depending upon skills & experience.

Responsibilities:

Perform maintenance on seed bins; straightening and welding.
Operate a forklift in activities of storing and transferring seed.
Support Team's work environment.
Perform general duties in seed process equipment fabrication and repair.
Load and unload materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device, and maintain related records.
Utilize forklift skills to transport loads to designated areas. Unolad and stack material by utilizing lift/lower device.
Work in other departments as assigned, such as operating processing or packaging equipment, cleanup, record keeping, or shipping.
Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Understanding of metal fabrication processes including welding. Including types of welders, MIG, ARC, GAS, TIG, and other fabrication equipment.
Simple mathematical abilities: addition, multiplication, decimals.
Achieve a satisfactory score to maintain a forklift certification.
Must be able to perform duties satisfactorily.
Ability to read and understand instructions and present information to suppliers, clients, and other employees.

Education:

High School Diploma and/or equivalent work experience

Experience:

Welding and steel fabrication processes.
Forklift operations.

Seneca Foods Corporation is committed to providing equal opportunity for all, through a positive and continuing affirmative action program. No employee or applicant will be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, military and/or veteran status or any other Federal or State legally protected classes. Seneca Foods Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and feel you need a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), or call 585-495-4100.

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Job Post Date: 07/24/24