Summary:

Direct and manage all seed processing activities with overall responsibilities for seed cleaning, maintenance, sizing and other processing activities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for directing the activities involving seed processing, seed maintenance, sizing, sampling and quality improvement.
• Establish and monitor overall processing performance and quality standards. Ensures product meets established quality standards.
• Develop and implement processing techniques to improve and accommodate delivery, consistency and throughput.
• Develop and follow detailed planning for all processing activities and resources in order to ensure timeliness and accuracy of all activities.
• Controls and miminizes labor overtime, repair and maintance expenses.
• Implements and maintains preventive maintenance programs.
• Performs all duties in accordance with safety rules and regulations.
• Participate in cross-training activities to ensure that all standard operating procedures are kept in line.
• Through continual communication, work with production, operations, sales, inventory management and quality control to keep informed of on-going activities, issues and concerns.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to communicate effectively and work as part of a team to accomplish company objectives.
• Ability to lead and supervise employees in seed processing to build and improve their work performance.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to motivate people towards a goal.
• Maintain a valid Qualified Applicator’s Certificate or higher or the ability to obtain one within 12 months.

Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in related field or five years of general management experience in a seed conditioning environment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Self-starter or ability to use creative thinking and independent thinking to solve problems and implement solutions.
• Strong technical knowledge in seed conditioning methods.
• Ability to interface with departmental and non-departmental employees.

Applications

Please apply to maria.villagomez@magnumseeds.com

www.magnumseeds.com