Farm Equipment Mechanic

Agricultural employee is required to maintain, repair, and overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, seeders, harvesters, trucks, and implements. Mechanical skills, experience and training are required to disassemble defective machines, engines or engine components for repair, using hand, air or other mechanical tools and reassemble following repair. This includes testing, operation and making adjustments, as necessary to ensure optimal performance.

Employee will clean and lubricate parts, service vehicle to maintain functionality, repair and replacing defective parts, and fabricate new metal parts. Employee will use hand tools, milling, welding equipment, grinders, saws, drill presses, engine lathes, and other machine tools. Some troubleshooting and replacement of electrical components and wiring, using test meters, soldering equipment, and hand tools may be required. Work includes driving trucks to haul tools and equipment for on-site maintenance and repair of large machinery.

Employee will be responsible for pre-field operation and post-harvest inspections, service and repairs for all farm equipment.

Employee is required to maintain repair and maintenance records and maintain parts inventory. Excellent communication skills are required as employee will need to confer with other users to location and diagnose malfunctions. The worker must be able to handle complex tasks that require logical thought, care and attention to detail. Work areas and service truck are to be kept neat and organized.

During down times when waiting on parts or other intervening factors, this employee may be asked to haul grain or other crops to and from the fields and elevators, within the farm bounds.

Must speak English and have a current driver's license. This is a level 1 mechanic position, Increased wages and bonuses are possible depending on performance and experience.

• Housing:
  Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
• Meals:
  Kitchen facilities, utilities and utensils will be provided by the employer at no cost to the worker. Worker will prepare their own meals. Upon request, employer will provide transportation to stores at least every two weeks for shopping for food and other necessary items at no cost to the worker.
• Transport: INBOUND
  1) Advance the worker the required transportation and subsistence costs to workers in corresponding employment who are traveling to the employer's work site. The amount of daily subsistence payment will be no less than those set forth in Sec 655.173(a).
  2) Pay directly for the inbound transportation, typically, airplane transportation, and reimburse any subsistence costs.

If the employer has not previously advanced or paid directly for the inbound transportation and subsistence costs

Experience wanted: 3 months

• Employer provided items (at no cost to the worker):
  All tools and equipment necessary to perform the duties assigned as well as transportation between worker(s) on-site housing and the work site. A cell phone or two-way radio will be provided for emergency and ranch communications at no cost to the worker (excluding long distance charges).

The expected work schedule may be required in a split shift due to the nature of the job duties. Hours may vary due to weather, time of year and the requirements of the job. Work may be offered more than the specified hours per day, but only required to work the hours specified. Work may be offered 7 days a week but only required 6 days a week.