Farm Worker
Employer
701 Nixon Rd
Yazoo City, MS 39194
United States
Job description
Employees will assist in crop production and improvement/maintenance of the farm’s infrastructure. They will be required to perform all duties that management deems necessary to accomplish these things including, but not limited to, the following: Employees will operate equipment to enable crop production and harvesting. Equipment includes tractors, combines, cotton pickers, planters, sprayers, grain trucks, implements/equipment necessary to hook behind tractors, etc.. They will perform mechanical repair and maintenance on equipment and physical infrastructure of the farm, clean grain bins and shop areas, clean out ditches, and maintain on-farm roads. They will operate excavators, backhoes, bulldozers, dirt buckets, box blades, etc. in maintaining the farm’s infrastructure. Duties also will include manual labor such as laying poly tubing to facilitate irrigation of crops during the growing season. Employees will be cleaning equipment, greasing equipment as necessary, unloading trucks at grain bins, shoveling, and welding. They will help to maintain and service pivots that irrigate a portion of the crop. 3 months of experience is required and the ability to acquire a driver's license within 30 days of hire. Increase or bonus may be possible depending on experience and merit.
Special Requirements
Employees must be able to lift 50 pounds. Moderate phone use is allowed at the worksite. Employees will need to have, or be able to obtain, a CDL. Criminal background checks and drug screens may be done post-hire at the employer's expense to protect employees and equipment from potentially dangerous individuals and to keep employees and equipment safe when heavy machinery is being operated.