Production Technician

Introduction

We are seeking reliable and safety-conscious worker to join our client’s team located in Lethbridge County, Alberta, Canada. The successful candidate will work in warm and cold environments, move product up to 50lbs through out the day, provide production support, and perform minor preventative maintenance and repairs.

This is an eight-month contract opportunity with a rotating shift schedule that is available immediately. The start date is September 1st, 2025. The shift for this role rotates every two weeks (morning shift, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM, evening shift, 3:00 PM – 11:30 PM). This role offers full eight hour days, five days per week, with the possibility of overtime (OT hours include weekends and shift work as required during peak seasons).

Responsibilities

• Perform tasks associated conditioning, some general repair and maintenance, as directed by supervisor.
• Activities from receiving to storage.
• Conditioning activities such as cleaning and sizing, treating and packaging, palletizing, wrapping and sampling.
• Shipping/receiving, interplant movement, rework, warehousing, and inventory management of bagged and bulk seed, including the safe operation of forklifts.
• Compliance with Work Instructions and Quality Plan requirements.
• Complete and maintain appropriate records, documents, or reports such as quality, safety, grower, and inventory records.

Requirements

• Start date requirements:
• Must clear background check prior to starting.
• Pass any other pre-employment screenings if required.
• CCOHS Respiratory Testing to wear an N95 respirator (Medical Eval and Fit Test).
• Two-year agricultural diploma or related field of study.
• Experience in light industrial, manufacturing, seed cleaning and handling, or warehouse.
• High School Diploma is required.
• Knowledge of production agriculture.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Driving is not incorporated into the role but could potentially be required depending on the day.
• Forklift experience is required. Forklift certification required.
• Ability to adjust quickly to changing conditions and anticipate needs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, reliability, work accuracy, and timeliness.
• Ability to work autonomously with limited supervision.
• Competent computer skills.
• Willingness to work both outdoors and indoors in hot, cold, wet, dry, and dusty conditions.
• Ability to climb and/or work in elevated areas; standing and sitting for extended periods.
• Position may involve repetitive motion and/or repetitive lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Have reliable transportation to the site and be able to arrive at the work site as instructed .
• Maintain enthusiasm, good attitude, honesty and a willingness to treat all with respect.
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) :
• The company will provide all PPE except above ankle CSA steel toed boots. Standard PPE for agency workers is:
• Leather gloves.
• CSA approved safety glasses.
• Hearing protection.
• Hi-Viz safety vest.
• Long sleeves (for any handling of our treated seed, packaged or unpackaged).
• CSA approved steel-toe boots (covers the ankle and has the green CSA triangle). Possibly available at south side Marks and/or Peavey Mart.
• Hard hat - hard hat to be Hi-Viz and have a Class E rating.
• Corteva will supply an orange hard hat to the agency worker, along with any other specialty PPE they require for a task.

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