Agricultural Equipment Operator
Employer: HD Planting Company
Location: Tippo, MS
Workers needed: 2
Pay: $9.95/hour
Season: Jan 20, 2027 – Nov 19, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Job duties include the operation of farm equipment including tractors with various implements, sprayers, mowers, and other large farm equipment to assist with tilling soil and prepping fields and planting, spraying, irrigating, cultivating, and harvesting crops. Job will require servicing, cleaning, and performing maintenance on all field equipment; maintaining turnrows, grass, and tree lines around fields; maintaining and repairing irrigation equipment such as irrigation pipe and well motors; walking fields puncturing irrigation pipe and removing irrigation pipe from fields when necessary; lifting and loading seed bags into planters; cleaning and maintaining farm shop areas; transporting water to spray rig; using hand tools in fields to repair equipment and remove any undesirable weeds and plants; sweeping grain bins; using shovels to remove grain that cannot be removed by augers. There are few typical days and workers may be required to change duties and/or locations often and engage in various general functions. Daily duties may vary depending on crop, weather, and field conditions. The employer reserves the right to increase workers' pay or provide bonuses based on tenure, performance, or other factors that are solely based on the discretion of the employer.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will provide, without charge or deposit, free and convenient kitchen and cooking facilities to prepare meals. The workers will be allowed time to drive themselves or will be transported to a store or market to purchase their own food and cooking supplies. Employer provided housing contains a refrigerator, stove, oven, and operational sink with hot and cold water under pressure. In the event that the workers are unable to prepare meals at the housing location, the employer will provide three sufficient meals a day free of charge.
Transport: After worker has completed 50% of the work contract period, employer will reimburse worker for the cost of transportation and subsistence from the place of recruitment to the place of employment. Employee transportation will be arranged to and from their country of origin by either plane, train, bus, taxi service or own vehicle; whichever is most economical. The employer will properly reimburse employees for such travel as defined in 20 CFR 655.122(h). Continued in Addendum C.
Experience wanted: 2 months
Job requires having, or being able to obtain, a driver's license within 30 days of hire. Criminal background checks may occur post-hire at the employers expense. These checks may be performed to ensure safe housing and work environments for all workers. If employer discovers a criminal conviction record or status as a registered sex offender that employer reasonably believes, consistent with current law, will impair the safety and living conditions of other workers, the employer may terminate the worker (foreign and/or domestic) with notification to OFLC and DHS in accordance with 20 CFR 655.122(n). Position will require being capable of lifting 50 lbs, pushing, pulling, stooping, bending over, and performing repetitive movements. Workers will be performing job duties outdoors during the summer during which temperatures may exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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