• Job Description

  Req#: Req-233229
  Title: Sr Ag Operations Specialist

  Location: Richland, WA

  About Lamb Weston

  Lamb Weston is a leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the world. For more than 60 years, we’ve produced innovative, inventive products that make life better for our customers and their customers.

  Job Description Summary

  Serves as a liaison between the company and growers. Signs contracts, samples and evaluates crops, works with growers with their field and storage management. Assists in scheduling field and storage deliveries to meet production quantity and quality requirements. 3 years related experience.

  Job Description

  Job Summary

  Serves as a liaison between the company and growers. Signs contracts, samples crops, evaluates crops and works with growers on their field and storage management. Assists in scheduling field and storage deliveries to meet production quantity and quality requirements. In event of this person’s absence, coverage will be provided.

  Position Responsibilities

  • Grower Service, Education and Crop Inspection
  • Grower Contracting
  • Seed Production Management
  • Seed Distribution
  • Harvest
  • Grain Conditioning, Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Responsible for maintaining food safety and quality
  • Plant Specific Duties as Assigned

  
  

  Physical Requirements

  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 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 employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature. 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.

  Basic & Preferred Qualifications

  Position Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED equivalent required, BS degree in Agriculture, Agronomy or related field preferred
  • Must be able to read and write English and communicate with crop growers
  • Computer knowledge: MS Word, Excel, Outlook helpful
  • Forklift experience desired
  • Valid driver’s license
  • Ability to learn operation of quality control equipment
  • Some mechanical ability
  • Facilitate and/or perform repairs as needed

  Industry-Competitive Benefits

  Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

  • Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

  • Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

  • Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

  • Paid Time Off

  • Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

  • Family-Friendly Employee events

  • Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

  Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

  Job Requisition ID: Req-233229

  Time Type: Full time

  In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate’s work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $72,030.00 - $108,060.00

  Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law

• About the company

  Lamb Weston, North America's premier potato company, manufactures innovative frozen potato, appetizer and vegetable products and provides ideas and recipes customers will enjoy.

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