Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer
15181 Hwy 418
Lettsworth, LA 70753
United States
Job description
We need seasonal employees to assist with our corn, soybean, and sugarcane production, and workers will support all aspects of growing these crops throughout the seasonal cycle. Duties include preparing fields for planting; attaching farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors using bolts and hand tools; and operating tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, manure spreaders, combines, irrigation equipment, and other farm machinery. Employees will engage in planting, weeding, spraying, cultivating, fertilizing, and harvesting activities, including applying fertilizer or pesticide solutions with hand sprayers to control insects, fungus, weeds, and diseases. Workers will irrigate fields using portable pipes or ditch systems, maintain ditches, pipes, and pumps, and install, maintain, and repair pivot irrigation systems. Additional duties include observing machinery to detect malfunctions, inspecting and adjusting equipment, and completing routine maintenance and repairs on both machinery and irrigation systems. Workers will also drive farm semi-trucks to haul crops, supplies, and tools, disassemble and clean defective machinery or parts using hand and machine tools, and transport tools, equipment, and machinery to and from repair sites. Employees must be able to operate John Deere combines, John Deere sprayers, tractors, trucks, spray rigs, and must know how to run a John Deere planter to plant soybeans and corn. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer.
Special Requirements
Employer will conduct post-hire drug testing at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug-free workplace policy; failure to pass a drug test will result in termination. Employer will also conduct post-hire criminal background checks at no cost to the employee and will not employ individuals with felony or theft convictions as required by workplace safety policies and company hiring practices, as permitted by law. The job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive pushing or pulling, prolonged sitting or walking, and frequent stooping or bending. Applicants must be able to lift 100 lbs and must have a valid drivers license. Require 3 months experience.