Job Description

• Operates equipment to perform farming functions including but not limited to discing, plowing, ripping, planting, spraying, and cultivating in order to prepare soil and plant crops according to schedules.

• Directs job assignments of farm workers; ensures farm workers and operations comply with established safety procedures and guidelines.

• Performs a variety of maintenance tasks during the winter months to ensure smooth operation of the farm.

• Examines farm equipment for malfunctions; schedules regular maintenance service on farm equipment; performs minor mechanical repairs to equipment and machinery in order to reduce costly equipment downtime.

• Assists inexperienced equipment operators and/or farm workers with new tasks in order to maximize productivity and minimize costs associated with training.

• Analyzes and resolves work problems, or assists workers in solving work problems in order to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of employee work hours.

• Other duties may be assigned.

• Associate’s degree (AA) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Demonstrated knowledge of pivot irrigation systems' repair and maintenance.

• Must have basic computer skills.

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.

• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

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 sit while driving a pickup truck.

• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle, manipulate, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, and peripheral vision, as well as the perception of depth, and the ability to adjust focus.

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

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions.

• The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals.

• The employee is occasionally exposed to vibration from operating a motor vehicle.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.