Agricultural Equipment Operator

H2ajobs; Liberty (MO); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 2,755,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Free meals

Transportation to town

Job summary

H2ajobs in Missouri seeks farm employees to prep fields during winter. Duties include tile installation with tractors, building irrigation systems, and fertilizer application before spring planting. Ditch cleaning with heavy equipment is also required during flood periods along the Missouri river.

Housing and meals are provided by the employer, with transportation to town for personal services as needed. Experience is valued at 3 months and a valid driver’s license is required.

Qualifications

• 3 months experience preferred.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
• Regular driver’s license required.

Responsibilities

• Install tile on our farms using tractors in winter.
• Construct new irrigation systems on river-bottom fields.
• Apply fertilizer with applicators before spring planting.
• Perform ditch cleaning with heavy equipment during floods.

Skills

Equipment operation

Driving license

Job description

We are a large farming operation that has 10,000 acres of row crops primarily in the Missouri river bottoms and in the hills along it. We install irrigation systems on our own farms, do tile work on our own farms, and spread all our own fertilizer across those acres. We are looking for farm employees to help us get our farms ready over the winter while crops are out of the fields. Their duties will consist of installing tile using tractors on our own farms in the fields while the crops are out over the winter in the hills to reduce wet spots. Employees will be constructing new irrigation systems on the fields we have in the river bottoms while the crops are out to reduce crop failures. Another job duty will be applying fertilizer with applicators before spring planting time. They will also be preforming ditch cleaning with heavy equipment while the crops are out due to the flooding along the Missouri river. Employer may provide performance bonuses at the end of each pay period at the employer’s discretion. Returning workers for more than 1 year will be paid the same hourly rate they received during the prior season if that rate is higher than the current minimum required wage.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and space for food preparation, as well as the necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration),cooking accessories, and dish washing facilities (e.g., adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure) that are in working condition and will be used by workers to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will offer free transportation to town for personal services (i.e. banking, groceries) at least once per week for non range workers.

Transport: The employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad to the place of employment (inbound/outbound). The employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved.

Experience wanted: 3 months

Job requires a regular drivers license Job requires extensive sitting. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Require 3 months experience operating equipment.