Seasonal Farm Equipment Operator

Downtown Boulder Partnership; Moro (AR); On-site; USD 16,531 - 22,041; Full time

Job summary

Downtown Boulder Partnership seeks a Seasonal/Temporary Agricultural Equipment Operator to manage field operations, including planting, spraying, and harvesting tasks. You will operate tractors, sprayers, planters and other high-horsepower equipment, ensuring proper calibration and safe handling of materials.

This role requires vigilance to detect malfunctions and maintain irrigation and equipment. This seasonal position runs Feb–Mar and involves supporting farm crews with timing and efficiency

Qualifications

• Experience operating farm equipment such as tractors, sprayers, planters.
• Ability to observe, listen and respond to machinery operation to detect malfunctions.

Responsibilities

• Mix specified materials or chemicals and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into planter or sprayer machinery.
• Spray fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungus, weeds and diseases.
• Observe machinery operation to detect malfunctions and adjust controls as needed.
• Operate or tend large, high horsepower farm equipment (tractors, combines, sprayers, planters, etc.) to produce crops.
• Adjust machinery and notify supervisors when malfunctions occur.
• Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farmworkers.
• Attach implements to tractors using bolts and hand tools.
• Operate towable machines to plant, fertilize, dust, and spray crops.
• Irrigate soil and maintain ditches, pipes, and pumps.

Skills

Machinery operation

Equipment monitoring

Truck driving

Job description

Downtown Boulder Partnership seeks a Seasonal/Temporary Agricultural Equipment Operator to manage field operations, including planting, spraying, and harvesting tasks. You will operate tractors, sprayers, planters and other high-horsepower equipment, ensuring proper calibration and safe handling of materials.

This role requires vigilance to detect malfunctions and maintain irrigation and equipment. This seasonal position runs Feb–Mar and involves supporting farm crews with timing and efficiency