Agricultural Equipment Operators

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Our farm is owned and operated in Southern Illinois. We grow soft red

winter wheat, corn and soybeans. We currently operate on approximately

5,000 acres. We can store nearly all the grain we raise in our own

storage, including bins and storage bags. We have equipment including

late model John Deere and Case IH ranging from JD 8400R tractor, S680

and S690 Combine, JD 4038 Sprayer and 4045 Spreader, CaseIH Steiger

tractors and Quadtracs, Kenworth trucks with Timpte hopper bottoms and

Alumatech dump trailers, Ford Pickup trucks, Ford Service truck,

forklifts, and more. Employee will assist with the primary growing

season with planting, spraying, tillage, fertility applications, land

maintenance and upkeep, harvest, hauling and farm maintenance projects.

Employees will assist with mixing and applying chemicals, applying

fertilizer, clean/maintain grain bins, haul grain from field to storage

locations, and dump loads into bins. Employees must have a positive

attitude, and willingness to work through difficulties, and have a

willingness to work late when weather forecast or crow growth stage

demands. We need seasonal employees assist with all aspects of our

operation. Job duties will include: prepare fields for planting, attach

farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to

tractors, using bolts and hand tools, operate tractors, sprayers,

operate other farm equipment, engage in planting, weeding, spraying

and/or harvesting activities, load and unload crops or materials,

manually or using conveyors, forklifts, or transfer augers, manipulate

controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery, mix

specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds

into machinery, observe and listen to machinery operation to detect

equipment malfunctions, attach equipment extensions or accessories,

record agricultural data, drive pickup trucks to haul crops, supplies,

and tools, inspect, adjust, and complete routine maintenance and repairs

on equipment. Additional duties may apply within the reasonable context

of any/all row crop operation as they may arise. Per state regulations,

employer is exempt from a commercial CDL requirement for farm trucking.

No commercial truck driving is required. Employer may provide pay

increases for performance, longevity and/or experience at employers

discretion. Employer may provide performance bonuses at the end of the

contract at the employers discretion.