Agricultural Equipment Operator

We need a seasonal employee to assist with our corn, wheat, soybean, and horseradish crop production season. The employee will perform all duties associated with the planting, cultivation, maintenance, harvest, and post-harvest handling of these crops. Duties include preparing fields for planting; attaching farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, seed drills, and harvesters to tractors; operating tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, manure spreaders, combines, irrigation equipment, forklifts, and other farm machinery; planting, cultivating, weeding, fertilizing, spraying, and harvesting crops; applying fertilizers and pesticides to control insects, weeds, fungi, and diseases; loading and unloading crops and agricultural materials manually or using conveyors, forklifts, transfer augers, hand trucks, shovels, suction gates, or pitchforks; loading hoppers, containers, and conveyors; guiding products on conveyors to regulate product flow and remove damaged or diseased products; manipulating equipment controls and monitoring machinery during operation to detect malfunctions; driving farm semi-trucks and other farm vehicles to transport crops, supplies, tools, and agricultural products; inspecting, adjusting, maintaining, and repairing farm equipment, vehicles, implements, irrigation systems, buildings, fences, and other farm structures; recording agricultural, operational, and production data; cleaning and maintaining work areas, equipment, facilities, and farm grounds; harvesting crops, plants, fruits, vegetables, shrubs, and flowers by hand; bunching, wrapping, packing, and labeling products for shipment; regulating greenhouse climate controls and indoor and outdoor irrigation systems; participating in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops; loading agricultural products for transport and delivery; and selling and delivering plants, flowers, and agricultural products to customers as needed. Must have experience operating late model John Deere equipment.

Work requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures and varying weather conditions. Position involves extensive pushing and pulling, prolonged sitting and walking, frequent stooping and bending, and repetitive movements. Applicants must be able to lift and carry up to 75 pounds. A valid regular driver's license is required. Applicants must have a minimum of three (3) months of verifiable experience performing the job duties described.