Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer
3841 Washington County Road CC
Flagler, CO 80815
United States
Job description
We need seasonal employees to assist with our crop production (wheat, corn, millet, sorghum, hay, and millet hay). Employees will need to operate equipment including tractors, combines, grain carts, silage cutters, feed trucks, loaders, sprayers, semi-trucks, swather, baler, hay raking equipment and other farm equipment. Employees will need to assist with all aspects of planting, spraying, raising, harvesting, and hauling of these crops. Employees will need to complete routine repairs and maintenance on equipment including oil changes, blowing out filters and radiators, fixing tires, greasing equipment, changing brakes, bearing and blades on the equipment as directed. Employees will operate four and two-wheel drive tractors and implements using guidance GPS systems including Trimble and JD Greenstar. Understanding technology is important for that reason. Employees must have previous experience driving semi-tractor/trailers to haul crops from the fields to storage. Job also include general farm duties including repair and build new barbed and electric fences, welding, shovel stuck sprinklers, change sprinkler gear boxes and u-joints. Employees will need to unload grain with grain augers and complete other general farm duties as assigned.
Special Requirements
Job requires extensive walking, pushing, pulling, sitting and frequent stooping. Must have a regular drivers license and be able to obtain a CDL within 30 days. Require 3 months experience.