Ag Equipment Operator
Employer
73842 321 Ave
Imperial, NE 69033
United States
Job description
Operate self-propelled equipment such as Case IH combines (with draper, stripper, and corn heads) and tractors that reaps, harvests, threshes, swathes, or winnows crops such as wheat, corn, milo, soybeans; Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery including threshing and GPS settings; Perform safety checks on equipment; Operate equipment such as augers, grain carts, fuel/service trailers; Attach implements using hand tools; Clean and maintain equipment and work areas; Drive tractor with grain cart for tendering crops from the middle to the edge of the field, and drive truck with hopper bottom trailer for transporting crops from fields over surfaced (rock, dirt, pavement, etc.) rural roads to storage areas such as elevators, bins, bags, silos, and operating truck for transporting equipment and other tools used for harvesting from one field to another along the itinerary; Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops; Operate tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery (much of which is equipped with GPS) to plow, harrow and fertilize soil, or to plant, cultivate, spray and harvest crops such as wheat, corn, soybeans, hay; Clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping; Regulate conditions; Attend to live farm animals including calving, weaning, processing, sorting, selling; Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment; Set up, repair, maintain, and operate irrigation equipment; Repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures; Mix materials, dump solutions or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery; Attach implements using hand tools.
Special Requirements
Three (3) months recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Must be able to obtain following hire appropriate CDL and obtain clean driving record to drive trucks. Be able to lift up to 75 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive for an illegal/controlled substance or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.