**Job Title: General Operator** **Job Description** The General Operator role has a seasonality effect. The type of work assigned will vary based on the current season. In spring and summer, you will be assigned to teams supporting a variety of responsibilities. You could spend time inspecting and maintaining our seed crops or you could support seed inventory management at the plant. Fall is a busy season with harvesting and seed packaging in full swing. In the winter, you'll be cleaning, packaging seed, supporting maintenance work, warehousing, and shipping seed to ensure our customers have the product they need for the coming planting season. September-October: - Receive and process trucks hauling crop from the field for weighing and unloading. - Complete a wide range of harvest activities, e.g., husk and sort operations. - Operate dryer to dry crop within the prescribed safety, quality, and financial requirements. - Shelling and storage of crop from bins in the dryer facility. - Supply the Conditioning department with a constant supply of seed. - Apply appropriate treatment to seed. November-March: - Label, tag, bag, and palletize seed. - Enter inventory information into the computer. - Stage seed for shipment in the warehouse. April-August: - Retag in-house seed. - Re-bag backhaul returned seed. - Inspect pro boxes to ensure they are free of debris and clean. - Wash pro boxes as necessary. Monitors and operates equipment and facilities, including field equipment, ensuring quality and conformance with standard operating procedures. Maintains safety standards at all times and initiates and follows emergency procedures when necessary. Rotates through various roles within the area, including in some cases, a control room rotation. **Hard Skills** + Operate dryer + Shelling and storage of crops + Apply treatment to seed + Label, tag, bag, and palletize seed + Enter inventory information + Stage seed for shipment + Inspect and clean pro boxes **Soft Skills** + Maintain enthusiasm + Good attitude + Honesty + Willingness to treat all with respect + Ability to communicate verbally and in writing **Job Type** This is a contract position with a duration of 66 Weekly. **Work Site** This is a fully on-site position in Woodhull, Illinois. **Work Environment** Pass pre-employment screenings. Have reliable transportation to the site and be able to arrive at the work site as instructed. Ability to work long hours and rotational shifts, including overtime as needed. Ability to lift, push, and pull up to 60 pounds, work indoors and outdoors, and walk on uneven surfaces **About Aerotek:** We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry – from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies’ construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow. Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts. The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.