Maintenance Helper

Job description

Twenty (20) temporary full-time positions available from 10/01/2025 to 06/30/2026 in New Iberia, Louisiana with Cajun Sugar Company, LLC. Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of industrial equipment used in the processing raw sugar. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other more experienced workers. Cleaning work area, machines, and tools, and holding materials or tools for other more experienced workers during the harvesting season and after harvesting in preparation for the upcoming season. A minimum of 3 months experience required in the job offered in sugar mill equipment. No minimum education required. No on-the-job training provided. $20.31/Hour; $30.47/Hour OT based on single workweek (paid every 2 weeks by check). Shift work: will be required to work various 8 hr. shifts (11am-7pm; 7pm-3am; 3am -11am); 56 hrs a week during harvest season, 40 hrs a week after harvest season, overtime paid after 48 hours during harvesting and after 40 hours after harvesting. Must be willing to work 7 days per week. Overtime Hours will vary and are not guaranteed. The employer will make all deductions from the worker's paycheck required by law. Worker will have 30 minutes paid lunch break during the workday. Optional on-site lodging offered at no charge to workers hired in this temporary seasonal position. Cajun will provide U.S. workers at least the same benefits, wages, and working conditions that will be offered or provided to H-2B workers. Cajun will provide to the worker, without charge or deposit charge, all tools, supplies, and equipment required to perform the duties assigned. Employer guarantees to offer employment equal to at least three-fourths (3/4's) of the workdays of each 12-week period of the total employment period; and, if the guarantee is not met, the employer will pay the worker what the worker would have earned if the employer had offered the guaranteed number of days. The 12-week period will begin the first workday after the worker's arrival or the advertised contractual first date of need, whichever is later. The worker will be reimbursed for transportation and subsistence expenses from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad, to the place of employment by check by the employer upon completion of 50% of the period of employment covered by the job order or earlier, if appropriate. This includes at least $16.28 per day during travel to a maximum of $68.00 per day with documentation of actual expenses. Also, the employer will provide or pay for the worker's outbound transportation and subsistence if the worker completes the job order period or is dismissed early from employment for any reason by the employer before the end of the period. The employer will reimburse the H-2B worker in the first workweek the full cost for all visa, visa processing, border crossing, and other related fees, including those mandated by the government. Cajun will provide or reimburse inbound and outbound transportation and daily subsistence costs for corresponding U.S. workers who are not reasonably able to return to their residence within the same workday. As applicable, daily transportation to and from worksite will be provided by employer. Higher pay may be available to workers with extensive experience. Please send resumes or contact Mr. Dirk Boudreaux at Cajun Sugar Company, LLC, 2711 Northside Road, New Iberia, LA 70563 Tel: 337-365-3401 Fax: 337-365-7820 Email: [email protected]. Website: https://www.cajunsugar.net/. Applicants may inquire about the job opportunity or send resumes/applications directly to Iberia American Job Center, 609 Ember Drive, New Iberia, LA 70560; Tel: 337-347-9537; Email [email protected]. reference job order #1630279.