(USA-MN-Hancock) Ag. Equipment Operator

Need 1 full time temporary, seasonal Ag. Equipment Operators to work in Hancock, MN. From: 02/01/2025 to 12/01/2025 Work: 54 hrs./week, Mon. -Fri. 9hrs./day, Sat. 9 hrs./day. 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Hours could increase or decrease based on weather conditions, crop delay, pests or disease, crop yield, available labor, and or productivity. As required for all workers in Minnesota, hours worked in excess of 48 hours in a work week will be paid at the rate of 1.5 times the regular rate of pay. ESST Law: Effective Jan 1, 2024, per MN State Statute, an employee will earn one hour of paid sick and safe time for every 30 hours worked, up to at least 48 hours of accrued Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) per year, provided the employee works a minimum of 80 hours in a calendar year. Must Apply By: 07/03/2025 NOTE: Due to system rules, this job order will close before the recruitment period elapses on 07/03/2025, however a new job order will be created and posted for the remainder of the recruitment period. JOB DESCRIPTION: We are a 4,000 acres row crop farming operation. We grow corn, edible beans and carrots utilizing center pivot and subsurface drip irrigation. Our equipment is late model Fendt tractors and combine. Job duties may include and are not limited to tasks such as: apply products such as fertilizers, pesticides, growth inhibitors, etc. attach/detach implements, clean work areas, feel plants/crops leaves and note coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease, haul and spread materials such as but not limited to fertilizer to condition the soil, identify plants, crops, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers, inform farm managers of plants or crops progress, load crops and drive trucks to transport to and from fields and/or storage locations or facilities, load and unload materials and commodities, load inputs and drive trucks to transport to fields, maintain grounds and landscaping, mix materials, dump solutions or seeds into planter, spreader, sprayer type machinery, operate self-propelled machinery, record information about crops, repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment, repair farm buildings, fences, and other structures, set up repair, maintain, and operate specialized equipment, tilling soil, transplanting, weeding, thinning, pruning crops, use hand tools such as such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, loppers, and knives, use hand tools such as wrenches, crow bars, air tools, electric tools, Equipment such as but not limited to the following will be used/operated by the workers in conjunction with the duties being performed: augers, bins, silos, loading and unloading facilities, combines or other harvesting equipment, GPS guidance systems, grain carts, forklift, irrigation equipment, mowers and other landscaping equipment, pickups, cars, etc. planters, self-propelled machinery, semi-trucks, sprayers, spreaders, straight frame trucks, tillage equipment, tractor/trailer combinations, tractors. The workers will be performing the duties to help produce corn, edible beans, carrots. JOB REQUIREMENTS: 3 months recent and verifiable experience. Must be physically able to lift 50 lbs. Criminal background check, and post hire random Drug screen at no cost to worker. Failure or refusal of the drug test is grounds for immediate termination. No minimum education required. Class D Driver's License or willing to obtain within 60 days. Obtain MN pesticide applicator license within 60 days of arrival. EMPLOYER ASSURANCES: Work guaranteed for 3/4 of contract period, starting with date of arrival at work site. Employer provides free housing for workers whose residence is beyond normal commuting distance. Employer pays inbound transportation and subsistence to work site upon 50% completion of work contract for workers whose residence is beyond normal commuting distance. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of at least $ 5.88 per day during travel to a maximum of $59.00 per day with receipts. Required work-related tools and supplies provided free of charge by employer. HOW TO APPLY: Send resume listing experience to: MN DEED/FLC, Attn: H-2A#25-079, JO#14415306 180 E. 5th St., Suite 1200, St. Paul, MN 55101-1678 Fax: 651-297-7722 Call: Mary Garcia, FLC/MSFW Supv., 651-259-7513 Must have proof of legal authority to work in U.S.