Shuttle Drivers/Chauffeurs

H2ajobs; Florida; On-site; USD 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking employment for a farm shuttle driver to transport workers between housing and fields and to assist with supervision during planting and harvesting. The role requires supervising casual and seasonal staff, maintaining safety, and following SOPs in a field setting.

Employees may work extended hours during peak periods, including weekends or holidays, and must be able to work on their feet in outdoor conditions while adhering to safety practices and company instructions.

Qualifications

• Must have 2 months of shuttle driving experience.
• Ability to work long hours outdoors in heat.
• Willingness to work weekends/holidays as needed.
• Adherence to food safety and quality SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Transport workers to the worksite and back to housing.
• Direct and monitor casual/seasonal workers.
• Follow supervisor instructions and maintenance tasks as assigned.
• Work in field conditions with exposure to heat and weather.

Skills

Shuttle driving

Physical stamina

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Job description

The farm work position includes duties associated with transporting workers and the directing and monitoring of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting. Workers will pick up fellow workers, take them to the worksite and drive them back to their housing unit at the end of the workday. This work requires adherence to important food safety and quality standard operating procedures and the ability to work quickly and consistently alongside fellow workers with a positive, professional, team-based attitude and a consideration for the safety and health of fellow workers.

General maintenance

Workers to follow supervisors instructions to determine what degree of maintenance may be required. Maintenance may pertain to weeding, cleaning, trimming, plastic work, and/ or any work required to keep the crop functioning.

Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related chemicals, etc may affect workers' ability to perform the job. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations. Workers are exposed to wet weather early in the morning and heat throughout the day while working in the fields. Temperatures may range from 10 to 100 F. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Workers will report to work at the designated time and place as directed by the grower each day. The standard work is 8 hours per day. In peak periods of seasonal crop demands, employees may be requested but not required to work up to 12 or more hours per day and/or on the Sabbath or Federal holidays depending upon the conditions in the fields, weather, orders, and maturity of the crop. Employees may volunteer to work additional hours when work is available. Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather, crop or other conditions beyond the employer's control. These periods can occur any time throughout the season. All operational specifications can change during the season due to crop or market condition. Workers will be expected to conform to the specific instructions given for each day's work. A farm manager, supervisor, or a designated employee will provide instructions and general supervision. The grower or supervisor will make daily individual work assignments, team or crew assignments, and determine location of work as the needs of the operation dictates. Workers may be assigned a variety of duties in any given day and different tasks on different days. Person seeking employment as a shuttle driver and must be available for the entire period requested by the employer and possess 2 months experience. All domestic and/or nonresident seasonal workers employed pursuant to this job order who satisfactorily completed the previous crop season may be compensated above the stated hourly wage rate. The decision to pay above the stated prevailing hourly rate will be made by the employer, at his sole discretion, and will be based on factors including the recipient's performance and tenure. Employer retains the right to discharge an obviously unqualified worker, malingerer, or recalcitrant worker who is physically able but does not demonstrate the willingness to perform the work necessary for the employer to grow a premium product. All terms and conditions in the job order will apply equally to all workers, domestic and foreign, employed under this job order.

Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)

Meals: Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. No charge will be made for the provided beds, appliances, cooking utensils and similar items furnished to workers to whom housing is provided hereunder unless unlawfully removed or damaged beyond normal wear and tear. Employer will provide (on a voluntary basis) weekly transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries. If for any reason the kitchen facilities become unavailable due to fire or calamity, the employer will provide 3 meals per day for which a deduction shall be made until the kitchen facilities become operable.

Transport: After a worker has completed fifty percent of the work contract period, the employer will reimburse the worker for the cost of transportation and subsistence from the place the worker came from to the place of work, if such costs are borne by the worker.

Experience wanted: 2 months

Employer may conduct criminal background checks post-employment and at the employer's expense.

Employer may conduct drug/alcohol testing post-employment and at the employer's expense.