Come Grow with Us

Richardson values its highly-skilled workforce, which is why we work closely with our people to help them develop and achieve their career goals. This is accomplished by providing opportunities for employees to grow personally and professionally through an active performance management program and comprehensive training and development opportunities.

Beginning at orientation, employee training encompasses the fundamentals of safe work practices and required job skills. We utilize a number of resources to further grow our employees’ knowledge base including in-house expertise, external facilitators, online learning and post-secondary courses. Course topics include Agronomics, Grain Merchandising, Business Planning, Time Management, Quality Assurance, Leadership, Coaching, and other areas important to our business.  

To emphasize the importance of ongoing education in helping employees reach their career goals, we actively promote our tuition reimbursement program, covering the cost of books and tuition for external courses.

In order to support career growth opportunities for employees and business needs, it is sometimes necessary to move talented individuals to different locations to gain valuable experience in another part of our business. To help facilitate such a transition in a seamless manner, Richardson is pleased to offer a comprehensive employee relocation program.  

Our Total Compensation Package

Salary

To ensure we remain competitive in the agriculture industry and in the markets in which we operate, Richardson regularly conducts internal salary reviews using the most recent comparative data available. We believe in a pay-for-performance philosophy, whereby loyal employee contributions are recognized and rewarded accordingly through effective goal setting and performance management.

Benefits

Richardson offers a Flexible Benefits Program to employees enabling them to make appropriate coverage selections to their meet individual or family needs. The Options program includes:

• Group Life Insurance
• Employee Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability Income protection
• Health coverage (Hospital, Ambulance, Medical)
• Dental coverage
• Spousal Life Insurance
• Children's Life Insurance
• Spousal Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Children's Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Health Care Expense Account
• Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is also available to all employees and their immediate family members as a confidential, voluntary counseling resource and referral service designed to help with personal or work-related issues before they become more serious.

Pension Plan

We offer a Defined Benefit Pension Plan whereby the pension benefit to be provided is based on years of plan membership, average earnings, age, etc. in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Employees are given the choice to be either a Contributory or Non-Contributory participant.

Recruitment and Selection Process

Not only does Richardson endeavour to hire candidates who possess the necessary skills and knowledge for the position, but we also strive to find individuals who demonstrate a positive attitude and ability to fit into our professional, service-oriented organization.

New employee recruitment will normally encompass a combination of screening interviews with head office Human Resources staff, management and/or facility/department personnel. Richardson is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals.