Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Truck Driver

Posted on: 31 Jul 2024

Story City, IA

Job Description

Truck Driver

This role is part of our Land O’Lakes, Inc., WinField United business that provides crop inputs and insights to farmers through our network independent ag retailers. Through our leadership expertise, high quality products, rich data and innovative ag technology, we strive to help the retailers and farmers they serve intelligently advance agriculture and help farmers win in every field around the world.

As a Class A CDL ?Truck Driver, you will be a valued team member who operates medium to large-sized trucks with trailers for transportation of agricultural materials. You are a “Go-To” employee with extensive job knowledge, able to serve as a resource for co-workers while the manager is absent and require minimal supervision and guidance. You will operate within an assigned regional area. Valid commercial driver’s license is required.

Shift: Day Shift; Monday through Friday, Home every night. 

During peak season, work may need to be performed during non-standard hours, including nights and weekends.  At times, the ability to work overtime also may be required. 

Pay: $29/hr.

The company also provides a comprehensive benefits package as well as other company sponsored benefits.

Minimum Qualifications:

Age:  21 years or older

License: Current driver’s license

License: Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL); HAZ-MAT licensure and Tanker Endorsement (or ability to attain) - additional endorsements may also be required

Experience:  3-5 years of commercial driving experience

Time Management: Showing up on time, reliably completing tasks by the deadline, and adapting to changes in deadlines and priorities with minimal supervision

Safety: Ensuring the complete physical safety of oneself and one’s co-workers at all times without exception

Coordination: Working well with others to meet team goals and adjusting to important changes

Comprehension: Ability to read, write, comprehend, follow verbal and written instructions

Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate.

Physical Requirements for production positions regularly include:

Able to lift 60lbs

Frequent movement including walking, standing, bending/stooping, turning, twisting, pushing, pulling, raising arms, lifting, climbing and other active movements

Performing duties while wearing personal protective equipment

Working across temperature zones that may include cold and/or hot environments for extended periods and may include work in environments where dust and chemicals are present

Shift schedules that include days, nights, and weekends, some holidays and periodic overtime

Nothing in this job description restricts the management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Job offers are contingent upon a successful drug screen and background review.

EOE M/F/Vets/Disabled. Land O’Lakes, Inc. enforces a policy of maintaining a drug-free workforce, including pre-employment substance abuse testing.

The company engages in an interactive process to review requests for reasonable accommodations that may be needed to allow qualified individuals with disabilities to perform all the essential functions of the position.  Requests for reasonable accommodation should be directed to the Hiring Manager.

About Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Join us and be part of a Fortune 250, farmer- and member-owned cooperative that is reimagining the business of food. We have been named a Top Workplace by Indeed and LinkedIn, and to the TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Arden Hills, MN

Land O'Lakes, Inc. is a member-owned agricultural cooperative based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb of Arden Hills, Minnesota, focusing on the dairy industry. The cooperative has 1,959 direct producer-members, 751 member-cooperatives, and about 10,000 employees who process and distribute products for about 300,000 agricultural producers; handling 12 billion pounds of milk annually. It is ranked third on the National Cooperative Bank Co-op 100 list of mutuals and cooperatives.

The co-op is one of the largest producers of butter and cheese in the United States through its dairy foods business; serves producers, animal owners and their families through more than 4,700 local cooperatives, independent dealers and other large retailers through its Purina Animal Nutrition business; and delivers seed, crop protection products, agricultural services and agronomic insights to 1,300 locally owned and operated cooperative and independent agricultural retailers and their grower customers through its WinField United business.

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