Job Details
Temporary Need: 03/01/24 -- 11/15/24. Two (2) full-time, seasonal, temporary Agricultural Equipment Operators needed. Wage is $16.63/hour. Hours: 45 hours/week, Mon.- Sat., 8:00am-5:00pm. Work location: Fillmore, Utah. Must have 3 months of experience, drive and able to lift 50 lbs. We farm in central Utah. We irrigate approximately 2,300 acres and primarily grow corn for silage, alfalfa hay, wheat, and grain hay. We have 26 pivot sprinklers and 10-wheel line sprinklers. We also irrigate some acreage via ditch and flooding a sloped plain. Most of our water is pumped from wells. We do all tasked required to raise our crops including plowing, planting, spraying, irrigating, fertilizing, harvesting, and hauling crops. Job would include a wide variety of farm tasks. This position would be responsible to adjust and monitor irrigation equipment, including monitoring pivots and wells and making necessary adjustments. Ensuring that all nozzles are unplugged and free of obstruction. Also moving wheel line sprinklers. Equipment maintenance and repairs would also be a daily task. We primarily operate John Deere equipment. Ensuring that the equipment is services regularly and is ready to be always used in a safe and effective manner. Job would also include operating the various equipment needed to complete farm tasks. Equipment our include, but not limited to John Deere tractors with auto steer guidance, windrowers, front end loaders, telehandlers, and various semi-trucks with a variety of trailers. Driving a farm truck hauling our commodities short distances would be a very important component of this job. Most of the task can be and would be completed during daylight hours, but some tasked are required to be completed at night, particularly tasks as part of our alfalfa harvest. Employee would need to be willing to work occasionally during nighttime hours. Employees will need to complete routine repairs and maintenance on equipment. Per state regulations, employer is exempt from a commercial CDL requirement for farm trucking. No commercial or heavy truck driving is required. Employer may provide performance bonuses at the end of the contract at the employe's discretion. Terms and Conditions: Tools, room, board, kitchen facilities and transportation provided at no cost to workers.Workers must be available for the entire work period. Workers are required to keep all property, housing, and farm buildings clean, and must adhere to all safety rules as instructed by the supervisor; employee must be willing to perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision; absences from work and/or failure to perform required tasks will not be tolerated; must be able to provide employment eligibility documentation (I9 verification) upon hire. The employer will provide, at no cost to the worker, Workers' Compensation coverage or private insurance which is equal to Workers' Compensation laws for comparable employment. The employer guarantees to offer the worker employment for a total number of work days equal to at least 3/4's of the total work period beginning with the first workday after the arrival of the worker at the place of employment or advertised contractual first day of need. Whichever is later to occur, and ending on the expiration date specified. If the worker completes 50% of the work contract period, the employer shall pay the worker the cost incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence (minimum $15.46 and maximum $59 per day with receipts) from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer. The offered wage equals or exceeds the highest of the prevailing wage issued and determined by DOL for the time period the work is performed. If before the expiration date specified in the work contract, the services of the worker are no longer required for reasons beyond employer's control due to fire, weather, or other act of God that makes the fulfillment of the contract impossible, th e employer m y terminate the work contract. Whether such an event constitues a contract impossibility will be determined by the Certified Officer. Employer will follow follow all regulations per 20 CFR sec. 655.122(0). This job is in connection with a future H-2A labor certification application.