2027 PLP Student Technician Program

PrairieLand Partners, LLC; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

PrairieLand Partners, LLC, in partnership with AgriVision Equipment Group, offers a Future Student Technician program. You will learn in-dealership operations and gain hands-on experience in farm equipment service while enrolled in an Ag Diesel program.

Reporting to the Service Manager, you will train with experienced technicians, follow hours and safety rules, complete assignments on time, and support customers and staff as you develop skills for a career in agriculture technology.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• One year of customer service experience preferred.
• Must have reliable transportation and valid driver's license.
• Willing to undergo background checks and drug screen.

Responsibilities

• Learn from service technicians to assist customers with equipment needs.
• Follow dealership hours, policies, and ethics.
• Maintain professional relationships with customers and staff.
• Complete assignments thoroughly and on time.
• Participate in dealership training opportunities.
• Assist with service tasks as needed.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Teamwork

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Who We Are

AgriVision Equipment Group and PrairieLand Partners (AVE-PLP, LLC) is a joint venture between two of the top John Deere Dealerships in the United States. By joining forces, we continue to lead the charge in technology, innovation, and best-in-class service and support for our respective customers. Our purpose is to lead agriculture in rural America.

Who We Are

AgriVision Equipment Group and PrairieLand Partners (AVE-PLP, LLC) is a joint venture between two of the top John Deere Dealerships in the United States. By joining forces, we continue to lead the charge in technology, innovation, and best-in-class service and support for our respective customers. Our purpose is to lead agriculture in rural America.

We credit our success to our knowledge, competitive, hardworking, and passionate employees that strive for excellence in everything they do. We live out our Guiding Principles of Integrity, Servant Leadership, Courageous Innovation, and Performance.

With over 100 years of experience in the agricultural industry we have a rich heritage, growth mindset, and entrepreneurial spirit. Today, we have a strong presence in numerous locations with our support spanning through western Iowa, eastern Nebraska, central and eastern Kansas, and northwest Missouri.

We are seeking driven, highly motivated, collaborative, and intellectually curious professionals who want to be part of cultivating the highest impact culture in the agriculture equipment industry. Previous experience and knowledge of large ag equipment or commercial/turf equipment is welcomed but not required. We can train with the right individual who is willing to work hard and make customers their #1 priority.

Look Forward. Adapt Often. Lead Always.

General Purpose

The Future Student Technician is responsible for learning in the dealership before expanding classroom learning through hands‑on experience at AVE-PLP as part of their school’s curriculum. The Future Student Technicians are students who are enrolled in an Ag Diesel program at a technical school or community college and are selected to be sponsored by AVE-PLP while attending school. The Future Student Technician reports to the Service Manager.

Essential Functions

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Learns from the Service Technicians how to deal with real customers who need their equipment fixed correctly and in a timely matter.
• Adheres to dealership work hours, policies, procedures, and rules governing professional staff behavior.
• Adheres to dealership and professional ethics governing the handling of confidential information.
• Assumes personal responsibility for his/her actions and activities.
• Maintains professional relationships with dealership employees, clients, and customers.
• Develops a self-awareness of attitudes, values, and behavior patterns that influence the work environment.
• Participates in training opportunities that are offered by the dealership.
• Completes work assignments in a thorough, consistent, and punctual manner.
• Performs other duties as required and necessary to ensure the success of AVE-PLP.

Supervisory Duties

• None.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to consistently promote, support, work, and act in a manner in support of AVE-PLP’s DNA.
• Excellent customer relationship skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, employees, and peers.
• Ability to use standard desktop load applications such as Microsoft Office and internet functions.

Education

• High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) equivalent is required.

Experience

• One year of customer service experience is preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year for year basis.

Additional Requirements/Licenses/Certifications

• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver's license.
• Passing a driving record (MVR), criminal history background checks, employment verification, and drug screen will be required prior to the start of employment.

Working Environment

• Occasional outdoor work in extreme weather conditions (hot/cold); walking on uneven terrain; occasional exposure to insects.
• Regular and long‑term exposure to work areas containing toxic/caustic/hazardous/volatile chemicals; extreme conditions such as hot/cold; sharp hazards; dust/fumes/gasses; electrical shock; moving mechanical parts; high pitched and/or constant loud noise.
• Work may involve assisting with sampling, calibration of equipment and process instruments calibration / maintenance in difficult areas.
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required including cold weather gear, eye protection, gloves, and provided uniform.
• A clean and safety‑conscientious work environment is required.
• Work may involve long hours and overtime during holidays, weekends, and evenings.
• Required to rotate on‑call responsibilities for up to a week at a time.

Physical Activities

• Ability to stand, sit, walk, walk on unpaved terrain, talk, reach with arms and hands, have good manual dexterity, use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard, handle or feel, hear alarms/telephones/normal speaking voice.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• May involve climbing ladders, stairs, steps, and traversing catwalk grating, pushing, pulling, bending, stooping, and kneeling on a frequent basis and working in confined space and manual dexterity required to complete work tasks through safe and proper operation of power and hand tools, and motor vehicles.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• Moving, positioning, and carrying loads of up to 5 pounds upstairs and loading on four-foot-high surfaces frequently.
• Strenuous physical work involving heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling of objects up to 50 pounds frequently and 100 pounds occasionally.

AgriVision Equipment Group and PrairieLand Partners (AVE-PLP, LLC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any person in any condition of employment based on race, color, creed, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, or veteran status.