Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer: Justin Folvag
Location: Williston, ND
Workers needed: 4
Pay: $19.99/hour
Season: Jan 15, 2027 – Nov 15, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
SOC 45-2091 — 100% of work performed. Seasonal employees prepare fields for planting with tractors and attached tillage equipment, connecting plows, discs, planters, sprayers, harvesters, and other implements to tractors and then operating tractors, seed drills, planters, sprayers, combines, and other agricultural machinery throughout the crop cycle. The work supports the planting, cultivation, weeding, spraying, fertilizing, and harvesting of corn, wheat, sorghum, millet, soybeans, and canola, with machinery used as needed to apply fertilizer or crop treatments and to move through field operations from soil preparation to harvest. Employees also operate irrigation equipment and maintain the associated pipes, ditches, and pumps, including installing, inspecting, maintaining, and repairing pivot irrigation components to support crop growth. In addition, they load and unload crops and farm materials using conveyors, augers, forklifts, or hand tools, watch and listen for equipment problems during operation, report malfunctions, inspect equipment, and perform routine servicing, lubrication, adjustments, minor repairs, and other routine maintenance on farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment, including the tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery used to plow, harrow, fertilize soil, and plant, cultivate, spray, and harvest wheat, corn, and soybeans. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer. Employer may, at its sole discretion, provide pay increases based on longevity or experience. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at their previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities and space for food preparation, as well as the necessary equipment, appliances (including refrigeration), cooking accessories, and dish washing facilities (e.g. adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure) that are in working condition and will be used by workers to sufficiently prepare three (3) meals a day. Employer will offer free transportation to town for personal services (i.e. banking, groceries) at least once per week for non range workers.
Transport: The employer will pay the worker for reasonable costs incurred by the worker for transportation and daily subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer, whether in the U.S. or abroad to the place of employment (inbound/outbound). The employer will permit workers to select any means of transportation they choose and reimburse workers at no less than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved.
Experience wanted: 3 months
Must possess a valid, standard, non-commercial driver's license (e.g., Class C, D, R, E, F or 3 depending on state). Employer will conduct post-hire criminal background checks at no cost to the employee and will not employ anyone with a felony/theft criminal background as required by the workplace safety policy and company HR hiring practices as allowed by law. Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Employee must have 3 months of verifiable experience.
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