Grain Facility Operator in Training

Thank you for your interest in joining our team! At CGB, you can contribute to meaningful work, grow professionally and personally, and belong in a place where everyone has a voice. Founded in 1969, CGB Enterprises, Inc. is known as an innovative and progressive leader in the grain and transportation industries. Today, CGB operates an enterprise with over 100 locations and nearly 2,000 U.S. employees overseeing a diverse family of businesses that provide an array of services for producers and logistics services for an international base of customers.

The combination of our assets provides a growing organization that is celebrating over 50 years of strength and stability!

Are you an ambitious worker who is looking for more than just a job? If so this might be just the opportunity you are looking for. Begin your career with Consolidated Grain and Barge in our Grain Facility Operator in Training Program. Through this program, you can move up through our newly designed Career Path. Every step of the way you will be able to see what it will take to advance to the next level of responsibility and pay.

We are primarily focused on safely and the efficient loading and unloading of railcars and trucks with grain. This is a great opportunity for a person who loves to work in an outdoor work environment and wants a career with a great company. This job is primarily responsible for working at a facility that loads and unloads railcars and trucks. This is a general position that performs a wide variety of duties that are based on the daily needs of the operation.

• Fully participate in the company Safety Program and attend daily pre-shift meetings.
• Perform all duties within compliance of OSHA, company safety, and environmental regulations, including wearing appropriate PPE for the task being performed.
• Perform duties to transfer, load and move grain to the appropriate location.
• Perform rail duties (prep, unload, load, placement) of rail cars where applicable.
• Perform duties associated with the weighing of trucks and grading of grain.
• Complete documentation timely, accurately and legibly.
• Perform general clean‑up including sweeping, shoveling, washing, painting and other housekeeping responsibilities.
• Perform preventative maintenance and/or repairs where applicable.
• Perform duties required to maintain grain quality while being stored and/or transferred.
• Depending on facility and location, may be responsible for any variety of the following: movement of product to storage, loading of trucks using heavy equipment, loading of rail; operating, running, monitoring, and shutting down dryer; operating a variety of heavy equipment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required – High school diploma or equivalent, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required – None.

Preferred – 1 year’s experience working in an industrial environment with a dependable work record.

• Basic mathematical skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
• Effective interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of people within and outside the organization.
• Ability to complete documentation requirements.
• Ability to follow directions and use logical thought process to interpret oral and written instructions, and troubleshoot problems.
• Ability to work well both independently and within a team environment.
• Ability to use tools appropriate for the assigned task.
• Ability to remain focused on exceptional customer service, both internally and externally.

• Ability to balance constantly/continuously.
• Ability to bend, stoop, twist, crouch, crawl, kneel and squat frequently.
• Ability to climb stairs and climb ladders and work at significant heights.
• Ability to concentrate on tasks without becoming distracted.
• Ability to distinguish grade, color, odor and various damage characteristics in grain samples (at some facilities).
• Ability to distinguish differences or similarities in intensity or quality odors, or recognize particular odors using the nose.
• Ability to enter information into a…