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Dusty Roads Ag LLC Agricultural Equipment Operator in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado
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If you are interested in this position, meet the experience requirements, and are willing to commit to the entire contract period, please go to your local workforce center to be apprised of all terms and conditions of employment and application instructions.
Position:
Agricultural Equipment Operator
Requirements:
Job requires extensive sitting or walking, frequent stooping or bending over. Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination. Must be able to lift 100 lbs pieces of equipment. Must have a regular driver's license. Requires 3 months farm experience.
Job description:
We are an operating agriculture farm, which requires planting and harvesting crops along with other duties to keep the farm running. The reason why the job is seasonal, is because all crops are planted and harvested by the time the winter months begin. We don't need the help on the farm during the winter months. We grow corn, wheat and sorghum. Job duties will include: prepare fields for planting, attach farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, or harvesters to tractors, using bolts and hand tools, operate tractors, planters, sprayers, seed drills, irrigation equipment, operate other farm equipment, fertilize, dust, and spray crops, install, maintain and repair pivot irrigation systems, load and unload crops or materials, manually or using conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, or transfer augers, load hoppers, containers, or conveyors to feed machines with products, using forklifts, transfer augers, suction gates, shovels, or pitchforks, manipulate controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery, mix specified materials or chemicals, and dump solutions, powders, or seeds into machinery, observe and listen to machinery operation to detect equipment malfunctions, load crops and unload crops, operate equipment to harvest crops, complete maintenance and repairs on irrigation equipment, drive trucks to haul crops, supplies, and tools, inspect, adjust, and complete routine maintenance and repairs on equipment. The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer.
Anticipated hours of work per week: 40 hours per week.
Schedule:
8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Mon to Fri. 8 hours a day
Anticipated period of employment:
Mar 01, 2026 to Dec 31, 2026
Application deadline: July 31, 2026
Job location: Cheyenne Wells, Colorado
Pay:
$20.02 Per Hour
** Effective 1/1/25, overtime must be paid after 48 hours worked per week, or 56 hours worked per week for up to 22 "peak weeks" for highly seasonal employers.
* Contact the local workforce center for more information.