Agricultural Equipment Operators

Norwich Meadows Farm LLC; City of Norwich (NY); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Transportation to store

Job summary

Norwich Meadows Farm LLC is seeking seasonal Winter Building and Grounds maintenance crew to handle winter care from late November through mid-March at our 3 locations, covering over 55 acres.

You will clean, sanitize and prepare farm machinery, maintain high tunnels, clear snow with plows and loaders, and ensure storage facilities and greenhouses are ready for spring. A valid driver's license is required, lifting up to 80 pounds, and health/safety rules apply. Housing and meals are provided.

Qualifications

• Must be physically able to lift up to 80 pounds.
• Minimum 2 months experience in performing tasks described.
• Must possess or obtain a standard driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Perform winter maintenance on farm buildings, roads, and equipment.
• Prepare machinery and vehicles for storage and spring planting.
• Operate tractors with snow plows and loaders to move snow.
• Inspect storage units and maintain temperature control.

Job description

Norwich Meadows Farm LLC requires seasonal Winter Building and Grounds maintenance crew to handle specific needs tied to the Winter Season running from late November through mid-March at our 3 locations with structures needing winter care and maintenance totaling over 55 acres.

At the conclusion of the growing season and throughout the winter will clean, sanitize and prepare all farm machinery including 5 commercial trucks, 4 commercial vans, 3 passenger buses, 14 tractors and various other equipment for winter storage. Prepare vehicles and equipment for spring planting and other seasonal usages.

Clean and repair high tunnels over winter including the placement of wooden and/or steel braces to support snow loads. Clearing & cleaning of heavy snowfall during and after snowstorms from structures and lanes between structures to include farm roads and lanes in addition. Workers will operate 75-115 HP tractors with snow plow blades attached, pickup trucks with attached snow plows and front-end loader to move snow to disposal locations, as well as hand tools. Repair and/or replace any damaged high tunnels due to wind storm damage. This can include repair/replacement of plastic, doors.

Regularly clear and clean snow off 220 high tunnels + 6 nursery greenhouses.

Clean, sanitize and maintain storage facilities through the winter. Will perform deep cleaning on empty greenhouses to include removal of grow tables and other structure structures to facilitate disinfectant cleaning.

On a regularly scheduled basis check temperatures of storage units and make sure AC units are working correctly and report status to management/supervisor(s).

Monitor storage crop holding areas for quality of product. Cull and remove product that begin to show stages of decay or decomposition to maintain quality of remaining product.

Prepare all structures- greenhouses/high tunnels for following seasons plantings.

Due to health and safety concerns relating to use of sanitizing/sterilizing solutions and the operation of equipment on our farm, workers are required to have the ability to comprehend simple oral and written instructions. After hiring, employer may conduct random drug tests at employer’s expense. Must be physically able to lift up to 80 pounds *Workers referred against this order must have a minimum of 2 months experience in performing tasks described in this order.

Workers will be required to possess or obtain a standard driver’s license to operate pickup trucks on NYS and county highways en route to different farm locations where building and grounds maintenance is required.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: All furnishings and equipment supplied by the employer, e.g., furniture, eating and cooking utensils; and utilities available, such as gas, electricity, heat.

Workers must buy and prepare own meals. Kitchen facilities, pots, pans, dishes and utensils provided at no cost to employees.

Employer will provide the workers free weekly transportation to the store to buy groceries and other supplies. Transportation will be provided in the following vehicle: 2013 Chevy Express Van capacity of 11; 2020 Ford Transit Van capacity of 5. providing multiple trips when needed.

Transport: Employer agrees to reimburse inbound transportation and subsistence expenses on behalf of the worker, has paid or advanced such transportation and subsistence expenses, 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, after the worker has completed 50% of the stipulated period of employment.

Experience wanted: 2 months

a. Workers must be able to demonstrate that they are physically able to perform the work as described.

b. The employer will provide 0 days of training.

c. Employer may require worker to perform any available general farm work if the guarantee referenced in Section 17a Additional Assurance for Clearance Orders is invoked.

d. Employer may terminate worker with timely notification to the NPC and DHS, if the worker: 1) Refuses, without cause, to perform work for which the worker was recruited and hired; 2) Commits serious acts of misconduct; 3) Abandons Job (Job Abandonment) is absent for five consecutive previously scheduled days without prior notification to employer.