Othello House Patrol

Stemilt Growers; Greenwich Township (NJ); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Stemilt Ag Services LLC seeks a House Patrol to oversee housing facilities for H2A workers, ensuring safety, cleanliness, and rule compliance. The role involves coordinating with the ranch manager and responding to housing-related requests and emergencies.

The ideal candidate maintains logs, conducts inspections, and enforces visitor rules while supporting on-call shift duties and nontraditional hours as required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED or equivalent.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions.
• First Aid Certification and valid driver’s license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Patrol housing areas and enforce rules.
• Protect property and monitor entrances.
• Conduct monthly inspections of housing units and report needs.
• Maintain daily logs and cleaning schedules.
• Coordinate transport to medical appointments and emergencies.

Skills

Communication skills

CPR

Honesty

Trustworthiness

Cultural awareness

Flexibility

Education

High school diploma or GED

First Aid Certification

Valid Driver’s License

Job description

Stemilt Ag Services LLC

Job Description

Job Title: House Patrol

Department: Stemilt Ag Services LLC

Reports To: H2A Warehouse Manager

Prepared By: Rebecca Derrick

Revised: 2/2019

Summary:

This individual will be responsible to shepherd the H2a workers (local and guest) upon arrival to the company housing and/or hotel facilities in the corresponding contract. Coordinate with ranch manager that the workers needs are met. Oversee the safety of the occupants and ensure that labor housing is maintained, and rules are followed by performing the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Communicate clearly with employees living in housing areas.
• Protect property by constantly patrolling the housing area at random times. This includes unannounced inspections.
• Conduct daily safety morning walk through of housing facilities.
• Monitor the entrance of the housing facilities to any visitor. Ensure that visitor sign-in and sign-out sheet is being used at all times.
• Enforce visitor rules and ensure that visitors do not stay on the premises during unscheduled times.
• Respond to any alarms and calls of distress. Call for aid if necessary.
• Report any missing worker immediately to direct supervisor and H2A program coordinator.
• Initiate investigation of complaints in the houses and report immediately to direct supervisor
• Apply corrective actions as necessary when workers break housing rules. Update and report incidents to ranch manager.
• Maintain cleanliness of housing facilities and premises by performing the following duties:
• Schedule, coordinates, and directs routine cleaning schedules on weekly basis for the workers.
• Keep a daily log of cleaning tasks and schedules
• Follow a preventative maintenance schedule
• Maintain H2A supplies list
• Create and present Corrective Actions, as needed
• Assign workers to their correspondence housing and food storage, if applicable.
• Oversee that Stemilt housing units are safe and in adequate conditions by:
• Conduct monthly inspections (or more frequently as needed) of Stemilt housing units for needed services and responds to service and repair requests in a timely matter to the corresponding staff. Communicate repair needs to supervisor for approval.
• Maintains supplies inventory for cleaning and housing and submits written request of items required by H2A contract.
• Drive employees living in housing to medical appointments as needed.
• Prevent fraternization between supervisors and employees living in housing facilities.
• This position requires a willingness to work non-traditional shift hours, and the ability to be on call after-hours for housing related requests or emergencies.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Directly supervises employees living on site and at hotel premises, which are under an H2A contract.

Qualifications:

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.

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• First Aid Certification
• Valid Driver’s License

Other skills and abilities:

• Basic maintenance knowledge of carpentry, heating and ventilation systems, appliance maintenance, construction, etc.
• Great communication skills with clients (workers) and public.
• Knowledge of CPR

Other qualifications:

• Be honest and trustworthy
• Be respectful
• Possess cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Be flexible
• Demonstrate strong work ethic and ability to deal with public in a positive and courteous manner.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is:

• Regularly required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand; sit; reach with hands and arms and climb or balance.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is:

• Frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions and extreme heat.
• Occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.