Heavy Labor Harvesters (Celery)

Tanimura & Antle Fresh Foods, Inc.; Yuma (AZ); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided

Meals provided

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking heavy labor harvesters for celery in Yuma, Arizona. Workers will join a supervised crew to harvest celery, select produce by size and quality, and prepare it for packaging in field conditions.

The employer provides housing and meals, with transportation to grocery access as part of the arrangement. Training is provided on the job, and workers join a larger H-2A workforce in a structured schedule.

Responsibilities

• Harvests celery as part of a heavy labor crew under supervision.
• Selects size and quality of celery and trims as specified by supervisor.
• Packs or places harvested celery for shipping following quality standards.

Job description

Please note that the Employer will require a total of one hundred forty (140) H-2A workers under this contract. Of these, forty (40) workers will commence employment on December 21, 2026, and the remaining one hundred (100) workers will commence employment on approximately January 15, 2027.

The following is a job description for heavy labor harvesters working in celery.

A member of a heavy labor harvest crew working in celery must be able to perform all the responsibilities and general job specifications outlined below:

The employee must work as a member of a celery heavy labor harvest crew performing the following tasks in the harvesting of celery under the direction of a foreperson, crew leader, and/ or supervisor. Employees shall work under close supervision and receive specific instructions on required tasks and results expected. Employees perform routine tasks that require a limited exercise of judgment to eventually build harvesting skills and efficiencies. On-the-job training is provided as specified below. Specifically, an employee:

• Harvests produce by walking in assigned furrows, on top of growing beds behind or in front of a harvesting machine platform or harvesting cart, selecting size and quality of the produce to be harvested as specified by the supervisor; Bends and grasps selected produce and cuts it from its roots and or stalks using a harvesting knife; Trims the product according to specifications of supervisor; Discards produce that does not meet specified quality standards; and inserts trimmed produce meeting quality specifications into specified packaging or containers and/or places the freshly harvested produce on the table for taping/clipping by the clipper and packing by packer in the field.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: All Company-provided housing facilities located within the city of Yuma, Arizona and Imperial, California include paid utilities and full kitchens. Cooking and eating utensils shall be provided at no cost to occupants of Company-provided housing with kitchens. Employees shall purchase food at their own expense and prepare their own meals.

The Company shall provide employees in Company-provided housing with free and voluntary transportation to purchase groceries and/or shall ensure that employees have access to transportation to purchase groceries at least once a week at designated times.

Kitchen and eating facilities, in housing that contains kitchens, shall be shared with other employees occupying the Company-provided housing facilities. Common eating areas will be shared only with employees occupying the housing in that facility.

No kitchen facilities or meals are provided to employees not occupying Company-provided housing.

Transport: Inbound and Return Transportation: The following provisions pertaining to provision or reimbursement for inbound and return transportation and subsistence apply only to persons recruited from outside the normal commuting distance.

Experience wanted: 0 months

Employee must stand, sit, crouch, bend, reach, lift and carry items weighing up to 66 pounds in the course of performing required activities. Employees must listen to, understand, and follow instructions of Company row bosses, forepersons, supervisors and managers.

Employees are expected to assist in maintaining work areas and Company property in a neat and clean condition by not littering or in any deliberate way defacing Company property.

Rest and meal periods must be taken in the assigned area(s) for food safety reasons unless an off-site rest or meal period is elected by the employee.