Farm Worker/laborer

Job description

Workers will be part of the preventative maintenance team. Workers will provide day-to-day troubleshooting and repairs to the managed farms including mowing and maintaining the farm grounds.

On farms, under the supervision of a Maintenance Technician, workers will assist with duties including conducting maintenance walkthroughs at farms for preventative maintenance programs, prioritizing maintenance projects to ensure those with the highest safety issues are serviced first, performing maintenance on PSM Farms as assigned, install or replace machinery, equipment, and new or replacement parts and instruments, using hand or power tools, diagnose electrical problems and install and rewire electrical components as assigned by the Maintenance Manager or Maintenance Technician.

Workers must understand limitations regarding electrical work and when an outside contractor should handle work involving arc flash issues, identify and note other necessary repairs at farms and report them to the Maintenance Technician and/or Maintenance Manager, and may assist the Maintenance Manager or Maintenance Technician with troubleshooting and resolving maintenance issues.

Workers will also repair, to the extent possible, tractors, pressure washers, and other equipment at the farms, as assigned by the Maintenance Manager or Maintenance Technician, apply protective materials to equipment, components, and parts to prevent defects and corrosion, design, weld, and fabricate parts, using blueprints or other mechanical plans, assemble and maintain physical structures, using hand or power tools.
Workers will follow company biosecurity protocol and ensure outside contractors do the same, working not only in a safe manner but also ensuring employees and contractors do as well. May perform other related duties as assigned.

The employer will provide workers with one 24-hour day of rest in every seven-day consecutive period, which will be either a Saturday or Sunday as mutually agreed upon at the commencement of the job opportunity based on employee preferences and employer needs.

Special Requirements

Post-employment drug tests are paid for by employer when applicable. The employer reserves the right to conduct a background check post-hire at the employers expense IF the employer deems it necessary.

See Addendum C for additional requirements.