COOPERATIVE PRODUCERS INC. Custom Applicators Salary in the United States

CPI will train for this position!  5 Open Positions.  

Cooperative Producers, Inc. (CPI) is a diverse company with employment opportunities that cover a wide variety of fields. We are always looking for qualified, passionate candidates that can help make our cooperative more successful! CPI is looking for a Custom Applicator to join our team. We value our employees and are committed to their professional development, engagement, and success. We recruit and retain the best people to continually deliver value. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Follow the safety guidelines and safety programs established by CPI and complete safety reports and required records.
• Implement, promote, and support the grain and agronomy programs.
• Precisely blends and custom apply fertilizers and agricultural chemicals based on recommendations and label directions.
• Maintain equipment in good appearance and always in working order.
• Inform Manager of product inventory levels that could restrict application or delivery schedules.
• Ability to utilize and operate variable rate technology, GPS guidance system, and application software.
• Inform Manager of operational, customer, vendors, or employee issues that may arise.
• Ability to complete and maintain facility, equipment, and application records as required.
• Load and unload inbound and outbound inventory.
• Assist in Grain and Agronomy Attendant operations.
• Perform all assigned housekeeping duties inside and outside location, warehouse, and equipment. Keep all areas clean and orderly.

Required Basic Qualifications

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) or related experience and/or training.
• Able to lift up to 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally and able to sit, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. 
• Able to work with moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles and/or toxic or caustic chemicals.  The employee is occasionally exposed to adverse weather conditions and temperatures, occasionally exposed to high, precarious places and usually loud noise levels.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with a focus on customer service.
• Knowledge of business computer skills (Microsoft Office, Accounting, Database and Internet software).
• Works well independently and in a team environment.
• Efficient business acumen abilities: time management, planning, organization, and decision-making skills.
• Efficient problem solving skills.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Agricultural background
• Grain, fertilizer, or chemical handling experience. 
• An applicator’s license that meets the minimum compliance requirements of the regulatory state in which the applicator operates – CPI will provide training.

What’s in it for you?

Cooperative Producers, Inc. offers all the valuable benefits you’d expect from a top employer, as well as some you might not expect.  We developed our employee benefits with one key objective: to serve the needs of our employees and their families.  CPI offers a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, paid time off, holidays, Coop Retirement Plan (defined benefit), 401(k), Employee Local Savings Plan, major sick leave, industry training and development, Employee Referral Program, and Employee Assistance Program.

CPI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, CPI complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.