Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer
27619 Herman Ranch Rd
Draper, SD 57531
United States
Job description
We are a farming operation in central South Dakota. We farm 6000-7000 acres of corn, wheat, oats, sorghum, millet and soybeans. We need help planting, harvesting, and transporting crops. Our farming season typically runs from March to December, so this is when we need extra employees. We do not do any farming from around mid-December until March, so our operation slows down during this time, and we do not need extra help then. Job duties will include: prepare fields for planting, attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools, operate tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, manure spreaders, operate other farm equipment, plant trees, engage in planting, weeding, spraying and/or harvesting activities, fertilize, dust, and spray crops, load and unload crops or materials, manually or using conveyors, forklifts, or transfer augers, load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks, manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery, mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into machinery, observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions, load crops and unload crops, operate equipment to harvest crops, drive farm trucks to haul crops, supplies, and tools, inspect, adjust, and complete routine maintenance and repairs on equipment. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. 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 tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements. Must be able to lift 100 lbs. Must have a regular driver's license. Requires 3 months farm experience.