Help Wanted!
Maple Farms is looking for a skilled laborer for a large scale grain farm. Someone who is motivated, reliable, honest, hardworking, and passion for agriculture. We are currently looking for a full-time year round employee. The hours vary during our peak seasons but a typical week is 45-50 hours and everything over 40 is overtime. In this role you will be performing a wide variety of tasks such as operating large farm equipment, driving semi-trucks, performing maintenance, installing farm drainage, cutting trees, and carrying out other farm labor duties. Compensation depends on experience, starting at $15 per hour along with benefits including: retirement, health care, accruing PTO (paid time off), health savings account, and uniforms.
Tasks:
Please Call Jason Maple @ (765) 461-6426
Tasks:
- Driving tractors, semis, and heavy equipment.
- Assisting with spring and fall tillage, harvest operations, and nitrogen application.
- All year grain hauling in a 50 mile radius.
- Daily maintenance and repair of farm equipment
- Tree cutting, clearing, and pickup.
- Farm drainage labor.
- Farm labor including fence removal, rock removal, mowing side ditches and equipment cleaning.
- Must be able to work extended hours during peak season especially during planting in the spring and harvest in the fall.
- Self-motivated and ability to work independently and with a group.
- Able to lift 100 pounds and able to do strenuous jobs.
- Must have a valid driver’s license, a Class A Commercial Driver License is a plus.
- Applicants with farming, construction, and/or agriculture backgrounds are a plus but not necessary.
- Mechanical ability, able to use hand tools tool maintain and repair equipment.
Please Call Jason Maple @ (765) 461-6426