Plant Grader:

The Plant Grader will be responsible for working at a conveyor line, ensuring that potatoes are graded to various standards and sorted. These duties include sorting green and rotten potatoes as well as other waste.

Core Responsibilities:

• Ability to work varying hours
• Ability to stand for periods of time
• Quickly work with one or both arms and hands, reaching and grabbing out in the sorting process
• Throwing rejected materials into proper receptacles
• Ability to lift or move up to 10 pounds frequently, and 25-50 pounds occasionally

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Must be a minimum of 18 years old.
• Must have the ability to travel locally between our work locations, as necessary.
• Requires the ability to visually separate potato products from other types of foreign material.
• Must be able to sort usable potato products from a secondary product by defect classification.
• Must be detail-oriented & goal-driven.

Preferred Experience:

• While no prior experience is required, you must be 18 years old to apply.
• Proven reliability is crucial to this position.

Work Schedule:

• The Plant Grader's work schedule is highly dependent on the time of year and customer demand. Employees can work 5 to 6 days per week, depending on our product load-out plan.
• Typically, employees will average from 27 to 40 hours per week in this position.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires the ability to work on-site and in multiple locations and settings.
• Requires the ability to clearly understand basic verbal communication from others.
• Requires the ability to stand long hours, picking out defected potatoes from moving conveyors.

With Heartland Farms, Inc., you will work as part of a high-performing agricultural organization where team members collaborate to get the job done and challenge the status quo to find a better way. We highly value challenging work, achievement, and reliability and reward people accordingly.