Premier Cooperative is looking to fill an Agronomy and Grain Service Representative position at our Mazomanie location. Responsibilities: customer service, computer systems, accounts receivable and accounts payable.  Requirements: one to three years related experience or combination of education and experience, proficient in computer applications. 

This is a full time position with excellent benefits.  E-mail your resume to careers@premiercooperative.com or stop by any Premier Cooperative location for application.  
 

Premier Cooperative is looking for a Decision Ag Sales & Service Specialist at our Platteville lcoation.
 

Responsibilities:
Sales:

• Meet R7 field data entries deadlines.
• Seed Tech/Trait agreements signed at time of seed order or sale
• Utilize R7 Program for field monitoring, scouting, seed selection and other services. details and data entries
• Utilize NutriSolutions 360 Tissue Testing Program
• Scout Pro APP used for scouting documentation
• Maintain customer list of prospects and GAP
• In season grower calls -field signs, tissue sampling
• VIP Plot Day with key customers and prospects
• Supervise and conduct soil sampling
• Work with sample results and other data to develop recommendations
• Transfer data to formats needed for custom VRT applications
• Work with sales staff as a resource providing information and expertise for customer calls as needed
• Serve as cooperative contact person on all current product matters relating to Decision ag area.

Decision Ag

•  Be knowledgeable in all aspects of guidance, variable rate controllers, light bars, and GPS equipment in the ag industry. Investigate and recommend new Decision Ag products and services.
• Keep up-to-date on new technologies, products, trends, and challenges in order to make educated recommendations to customers/dealers. Provides recommendations on ordering options.
• Troubleshoot and correct issues which arise with customer's Decision Ag equipment.
• Work with Location Managers & personnel to develop and implement Decision Ag.
•  Help develop and administer technical documentation for internal staff and customers (i.e. Service and sales
• bulletins).
• Provide technical support to all employees on Decision Ag Products and or Services.
• Provide excellent documentation on phone logs/daily logs by indicating the customer's issues and steps taken to resolve the issue.
• Develop and facilitate training platforms for Decision Ag Products to sales and service personnel.
• Demonstrates Sprayer/GPS equipment by explaining characteristics, capabilities, and features. Support Decision Farming displays at trade shows.
• Provides recommendations of stocking/inventory requirements for Decision Ag solutions enablement.

To apply, send your resume to careers@premiercooperative.com.

Work Environment:
The work environment for this position will include indoor and outdoor work in various elements. Employee must be able to lift 60# repeatedly.

Duties and Responsibilities

Safety and Compliance:

• Follow regulations and operate delivery vehicle safely
• Maintain a safe, clean, and orderly work environment
• Exceed customers’ expectations in a safe and compliant manner

Grain:

• Maintain physical plant and equipment as needed.
• Prepare for grain season: routine maintenance, weeds, and clean bins.
• Perform all aspects of shipping, receiving, drying, and conditioning of grain.
• Fully and consistently complete scale tickets, grade grain, and test grain quality/moisture/etc\
• Follow the schedule, duties, and maintenance list to work through rush.

Trucking: Grain, Fertilizer, Feed-Bulk, Bag, or Liquid

• Make deliveries and complete pickups in the most efficient and economical way.
• Complete and submit daily trip reports promptly and accurately and inform your supervisor of outstanding conditions.
• Provide customer service that will result in increased sales.
•  Maintain the delivery vehicle.

Agronomy:

• Custom application of crop protection products and plant food.  Professionally and accurately apply products for custom application customers.
• Must possess a valid commercial applicator license at all times.

 Additional Maintenance:

• Additional maintenance involves maintaining property, facilities, rolling stock and equipment.
• Make recommendations on replacement, additions, or deletions of facilities and equipment when needed and/or economically justified
• Ensure property, facilities, and equipment remains in good repair and appearance
• Perform any inspections for maintenance as required
• Keep timely, accurate, organized records of all maintenance including costs

Other:

• Be prepared to help in other departments as needed to help cover labor shortages due to illness, injury, vacation or for any other reason.  This may include learning and being willing to help deliver feed at times during the year.
• Perform any and all duties as assigned by your supervisor or CEO.

To apply, send your resume to careers@premiercooperative.com.

Work Environment:
The work environment for this position will include indoor and outdoor work in various elements. Employee must be able to lift 60# repeatedly.

Duties and Responsibilities

Safety and Compliance:

• Follow regulations and operate delivery vehicle safely
• Maintain a safe, clean, and orderly work environment
• Exceed customers’ expectations in a safe and compliant manner

Grain:

• Maintain physical plant and equipment as needed.
• Prepare for grain season: routine maintenance, weeds, and clean bins.
• Perform all aspects of shipping, receiving, drying, and conditioning of grain.
• Fully and consistently complete scale tickets, grade grain, and test grain quality/moisture/etc\
• Follow the schedule, duties, and maintenance list to work through rush.

Trucking: Grain, Fertilizer, Feed-Bulk, Bag, or Liquid

• Make deliveries and complete pickups in the most efficient and economical way.
• Complete and submit daily trip reports promptly and accurately and inform your supervisor of outstanding conditions.
• Provide customer service that will result in increased sales.
•  Maintain the delivery vehicle.

Agronomy:

• Custom application of crop protection products and plant food.  Professionally and accurately apply products for custom application customers.
• Must possess a valid commercial applicator license at all times.

 Additional Maintenance:

• Additional maintenance involves maintaining property, facilities, rolling stock and equipment.
• Make recommendations on replacement, additions, or deletions of facilities and equipment when needed and/or economically justified
• Ensure property, facilities, and equipment remains in good repair and appearance
• Perform any inspections for maintenance as required
• Keep timely, accurate, organized records of all maintenance including costs

Other:

• Be prepared to help in other departments as needed to help cover labor shortages due to illness, injury, vacation or for any other reason.  This may include learning and being willing to help deliver feed at times during the year.
• Perform any and all duties as assigned by your supervisor or CEO.

To apply, send your resume to careers@premiercooperative.com.

Premier Cooperative is looking for Maintenance Technician/Operator for our Lancaster Agronomy location!
 

The Maintenance Technician / Operator is responsible for performing highly diversified duties relating to installing, troubleshooting, repairing and maintaining facility equipment according to safety, predictive and productive maintenance systems and processes to support the achievement of the site’s business goals and objectives.

While not working as a Maintenance Technician, you will assist the company as a Custom Applicator. As a custom operator, you work directly with our patrons as an integral part of their operation. You mix and load both liquid and dry fertilizer into your sprayer and apply the solution to our producers' crops. Most of your day is spent enjoying the outdoors as you operate equipment.

To apply, send your resume to careers@premiercooperative.com.

Premier Cooperative is looking for a bagged feed delivery driver to serve our members.  This full time position with excellent benefits will be based out of our Mineral Point location. A CDL and clean driving record is required. You must be safety conscious, possess strong customer service skills, a positive attitude, and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. 

Stop by any of our locations for an application or email your resume to careers@premiercooperative.com

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS!!

Program Goal and Objective:
To provide the Intern agronomic skills and sales experience. To enhance customer service that will optimize the cooperatives market share and savings, improve the cooperatives efficiency, and help achieve the cooperatives mission and goals.

Position Responsibilities:

The Agronomy Intern responsibilities involve soil sampling, weed identification, insect identification, scouting techniques, tissue testing, marketing of products and services, planting test plots, signage of fields, daily operational activities and use of Decision Ag Technology.
The Agronomy Intern will maintain a positive attitude that promotes teamwork within the cooperative and a favorable image of the cooperative. The Intern will also perform any other duties as assigned by management.

Job Description:

The job will provide training on agronomic skills such as soil sampling, weed identification, insect identification, scouting techniques, plant tissue testing, and planting of test plots. Recommendations of crop protection products, and crop nutrients will be part of the overall learning experience. The job will provide day-to-day operation experience at a local dealership’s
agronomy department. It will provide a better understanding of agribusiness, while helping develop skills making a more desirable candidate to hire upon graduation.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

-Perform assigned duties as directed by management
-Scout fields for weeds and insect pests as requested
-Take soil samples and tissue samples as directed and requested
-Attaining field maps and seed technology agreements from customers
-Putting up field signs and participate in Answer and Insight Plots
-Participate in training activities, as directed, including after normal hours
-Conduct personal and business activities in a manner that is consistent with projecting a good image within the community
-Perform daily activities in a manner that reflects high integrity
-Report daily activities as directed by management
-Other tasks as requested

Basic estimate of time spent on key duties of intern:

1. Scouting, tissue testing, soil sampling, training (65%)
2. Putting up field signs (seed and custom application) (10%)
3. Implement a marketing plan and survey overall satisfaction (15%)
4. Making Deliveries (5%)
5. Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor (5%)

Term/Hours of Work:

During “spring rush” (typically April 20th to July 1st) hours worked may exceed 40/wk at the discretion of your supervisor. After spring rush is over no more than 40Hrs/Wk unless approved by supervisor. This is a limited term position and typically ends in early August but is up to supervisor discretion.

Premier Cooperative is looking to fill an Automotive Technician position at our Mt. Horeb location. The technician’s responsibilities involve sales, service, inventory and maintenance.  Qualified candidates should have strong computer and mechanic experience.  Truck mechanic experience a plus.  This is a full time, benefited position with competitive compensation.  Please send resume and salary requirements to careers@premiercooperative.com or stop in at any Premier Co-op location to complete an application.

Premier Cooperative is looking to fill a Heavy Truck Technician position at our Mt. Horeb location. The technician’s responsibilities involve sales, service, inventory and maintenance. Qualified candidates should have strong computer diagnostic and heavy truck mechanical experience. Ag equipment experience a plus. This is a full time, benefited position with competitive compensation. Please send resume and salary requirements to careers@premiercooperative.com