What are the responsibilities and job description for the Ag Equipment Operator position at Calumet Manure Management Inc?
Operate or tend equipment used in agricultural production, such as tractors, combines, and irrigation equipment. Drive or operate farm machinery, such as trucks, tractors, or self-propelled harvesters, to transport workers or supplies or to cultivate or harvest fields. Drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, tools, or farm workers. Manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery. Attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools. Observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions. Adjust, repair, service, and maintain farm machinery and notify supervisors when machinery malfunctions. Report any mechanical problems encountered with vehicles. Perform incidental repairs. Load and unload trucks, vans, or automobiles. Additional Requirements: Calumet Manure Management injects liquid manure from dairy lagoons onto the fields of farmers. Must be able to obtain a manure handlers license after hire. You will need to drive tractor in field to move the hose that is attached to a plow tractor. You will sit in tractors at the lagoon and move agitation equipment. Run side by sides throughout the field to check on booster pumps and the umbilical cord hose.
Salary : $19