Ag Maintenance Mechanic
Seneca Fruit · Clyman, WI · 1 mo ago
ManagementFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role (maybe description), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content.
We must remove boilerplate, duplicate lines, EEO, etc. Keep substantive info.
Let's parse the posting.
Key info:
- Company: Seneca Foods, leading provider of packaged fruits and vegetables, facilities throughout US, sourced from 1,400 farms, largest share of retail private label, food service, export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries. Brands list.
- Benefits: excellent benefit package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life insurance, 401K, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Paid Time Off and more! Also repeated.
- Position: Agricultural Equipment Mechanic (Ag Maintenance Mechanic). Location: Clyman, WI, US, 53016.
- Job functions (Essential Job Functions) list:
- Operate, maintain and repair a variety of Agricultural equipment
- Troubleshoot breakdowns to determine the cause of the operating problems
- Make necessary repairs and maintenance to harvest equipment and related equipment which may include modifications and upgrades to mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems for diesel fuel equipment
- Overhaul and rebuild equipment during non-processing season
- Maintain cost control over equipment for budget purposes
- Maintenance in other areas of the facility when needed
- Responsible for maintaining an even, constant and sufficient flow of product of a quality that meets or exceeds company standards during harvest season
- Ensure that GMP's (General Manufacturing Practices), safety rules and regulations are being followed and enforced
- Work in conjunction with Area Supervisors to maintain production and quality
- Supervise assigned seasonal employees during seasonal harvest operations
- Ability to work on assigned equipment on elevated platforms, ladders, and scissor lift
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50lbs
- Qualifications:
- One (1) to three (3) years of related mechanical experience.
- Must have valid Driver’s License. A CDL would be beneficial but not required
- Basic use of hand and power tools is required. Must have own hand tools.
- Welding and fabrication skills would be a plus
- Good written and oral communications skills
- Ability to read and write the English language
- Reliability and dependability are a must
- Position requires extended work hours during the harvest season
- Skills: maybe welding/fabrication, hand tools, etc. Could be separate Skills section.
- Benefits: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K, short-term and long-term disability, paid time off, etc.
- Pay: not mentioned. So we should NOT include Pay section.
- Schedule: not explicitly mentioned except "extended work hours during the harvest season". That's somewhat schedule info. Could we include Schedule? The rule: only include if posting actually states them. It says "Position requires extended work hours during the harvest season". That's schedule info. Might be enough to include a Schedule section with that detail. However we need to avoid filler like "varies". This is specific: extended work hours during harvest season. So we can include Schedule.
- About the role: we can include a brief description of the role and company overview.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use for section headings.
We need to decide sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Schedule. Possibly Requirements (maybe same as Qualifications). The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications if distinct. But we can combine if overlapping. Better to have Requirements (maybe basic eligibility) and Qualifications (experience/skills). However the posting lumps them together. We could put Requirements as bullet list of mandatory items (valid driver's license, own hand tools, ability to lift 50lbs, etc.) and Qualifications as experience, welding plus, communication, reliability. But we need to avoid duplication.
Simplify: Use sections: About the role (company overview + role summary), Responsibilities (essential job functions), Qualifications (experience, license, tools, etc.), Skills (welding/fabrication, communication, etc.), Benefits, Schedule.
We must not invent details. Ensure all substantive info preserved.
Let's extract substantive info:
Company overview:
- Seneca Foods is one of North America's leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States.
- High quality products primarily sourced from over 1,400 American farms.
- Seneca holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries.
- Products sold under brands: Libby’s®, Aunt Nellie’s®, READ®, Seneca Farms®, Green Valley®, Green Giant (Shelf-Stable)®, CherryMan®, Paradise®, Pennant®, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips.
- Seneca also provides vegetable products to other companies under various co-pack arrangements.
Role summary (maybe from description):
- Seneca Foods in Clyman, WI is seeking an Agricultural Equipment Mechanic.
- The Agriculture Mechanic will monitor product flow during harvesting to ensure uninterrupted flow to the plants and relieve Harvester Operators when necessary.
- The Ag Mechanic is also responsible for the preventative maintenance of harvesting equipment during the off-season in preparation for the upcoming harvest.
- The Agriculture Mechanic will also provide operating and maintenance assistance to the farm operation. This will include tillage, planting, and crop care equipment along with vehicles necessary for farming operations.
- The Ripon Ag Shop is a unique work environment where mechanics spend the off-season overhauling in the shop and harvest season is spent in the field monitoring machines and making needed repairs in the field.
- Seneca offers in-house training on shop equipment including mill and lathe, welding, hydraulics, AC systems, and more!
But note: The Ripon Ag Shop mention maybe location-specific; still substantive.
We can combine role summary and responsibilities.
Responsibilities list (Essential Job Functions) as bullet list.
Qualifications:
- One (1) to three (3) years of related mechanical experience.
- Must have valid Driver’s License. A CDL would be beneficial but not required.
- Basic use of hand and power tools is required. Must have own hand tools.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50lbs.
- Position requires extended work hours during the harvest season. (maybe schedule)
- Reliability and dependability are a must.
- Ability to read and write the English language.
- Good written and oral communications skills.
Skills:
- Welding and fabrication skills would be a plus.
- Ability to work on assigned equipment on elevated platforms, ladders, and scissor lift.
- Troubleshoot breakdowns (maybe skill).
- Overhaul and rebuild equipment during non-processing season.
- Maintain cost control over equipment for budget purposes.
- Maintenance in other areas of the facility when needed.
- Ensure GMPs, safety rules and regulations are followed.
- Work with Area Supervisors.
- Supervise assigned seasonal employees.
But many of those are responsibilities. Better to keep skills separate: welding/fabrication, hand/power tools, communication, reading/writing English, reliability, ability to work at heights, lift 50lbs.
But we must not invent. Let's extract from qualifications and responsibilities any skill-like statements:
- Welding and fabrication skills would be a plus (skill)
- Basic use of hand and power tools is required (skill)
- Good written and oral communications skills (skill)
- Ability to read and write the English language (skill)
- Reliability and dependability are a must (skill/trait)
- Ability to work on assigned equipment on elevated platforms, ladders, and scissor lift (skill/ability)
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50lbs (physical requirement)
- Troubleshoot breakdowns to determine cause (skill)
- Make necessary repairs and maintenance (skill)
- Overhaul and rebuild equipment (skill)
- Maintain cost control (skill)
- Work in conjunction with Area Supervisors (skill)
- Supervise assigned seasonal employees (skill)
- Ensure GMPs, safety rules (knowledge)
But many overlap with responsibilities. Perhaps better to have only Qualifications and Skills sections, but we can keep Responsibilities as the essential job functions list, and Qualifications as experience/license/tool requirements, Skills as welding/fabrication, communication, etc. Avoid duplication.
Let's decide:
- About the role: company overview + role summary (maybe short paragraph).
- Responsibilities: bullet list of essential job functions (as given).
- Qualifications: bullet list of experience, license, tools, lift, reliability, English, etc.
- Skills: bullet list of welding/fabrication, hand/power tools, communication, troubleshooting, etc. But we need to ensure we don't repeat qualifications content.
We could combine Qualifications and Skills into one "Requirements" section, but instruction says we can use those headings. To be safe, we can have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Schedule. And maybe Skills omitted if overlapping.
But we need to include welding/fabrication as a plus; that's a qualification/skill. Could be in Qualifications.
Let's include Qualifications covering: experience, driver's license, own hand tools, welding/fabrication plus, communication skills, English literacy, reliability, ability to lift 50lbs, ability to work at heights, extended work hours.
Schedule: extended work hours during harvest season (maybe also mention off-season shop vs field). Could include schedule details: off-season overhauling in shop, harvest season in field monitoring machines and making repairs.
Thus Schedule section: description of work environment: off-season in shop overhauling, harvest season in field monitoring and repairing.
Now Benefits: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K, short-term and long-term disability, paid time off, etc.
Now ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, duplicated paragraphs, navigation, etc.
Now produce HTML fragment.
We'll need to wrap each section in
for section headings.
We need to decide sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Schedule. Possibly Requirements (maybe same as Qualifications). The instruction: use headings for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can have both Requirements and Qualifications if distinct. But we can combine if overlapping. Better to have Requirements (maybe basic eligibility) and Qualifications (experience/skills). However the posting lumps them together. We could put Requirements as bullet list of mandatory items (valid driver's license, own hand tools, ability to lift 50lbs, etc.) and Qualifications as experience, welding plus, communication, reliability. But we need to avoid duplication.
Simplify: Use sections: About the role (company overview + role summary), Responsibilities (essential job functions), Qualifications (experience, license, tools, etc.), Skills (welding/fabrication, communication, etc.), Benefits, Schedule.
We must not invent details. Ensure all substantive info preserved.
Let's extract substantive info:
Company overview:
- Seneca Foods is one of North America's leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States.
- High quality products primarily sourced from over 1,400 American farms.
- Seneca holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries.
- Products sold under brands: Libby’s®, Aunt Nellie’s®, READ®, Seneca Farms®, Green Valley®, Green Giant (Shelf-Stable)®, CherryMan®, Paradise®, Pennant®, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips.
- Seneca also provides vegetable products to other companies under various co-pack arrangements.
Role summary (maybe from description):
- Seneca Foods in Clyman, WI is seeking an Agricultural Equipment Mechanic.
- The Agriculture Mechanic will monitor product flow during harvesting to ensure uninterrupted flow to the plants and relieve Harvester Operators when necessary.
- The Ag Mechanic is also responsible for the preventative maintenance of harvesting equipment during the off-season in preparation for the upcoming harvest.
- The Agriculture Mechanic will also provide operating and maintenance assistance to the farm operation. This will include tillage, planting, and crop care equipment along with vehicles necessary for farming operations.
- The Ripon Ag Shop is a unique work environment where mechanics spend the off-season overhauling in the shop and harvest season is spent in the field monitoring machines and making needed repairs in the field.
- Seneca offers in-house training on shop equipment including mill and lathe, welding, hydraulics, AC systems, and more!
But note: The Ripon Ag Shop mention maybe location-specific; still substantive.
We can combine role summary and responsibilities.
Responsibilities list (Essential Job Functions) as bullet list.
Qualifications:
- One (1) to three (3) years of related mechanical experience.
- Must have valid Driver’s License. A CDL would be beneficial but not required.
- Basic use of hand and power tools is required. Must have own hand tools.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50lbs.
- Position requires extended work hours during the harvest season. (maybe schedule)
- Reliability and dependability are a must.
- Ability to read and write the English language.
- Good written and oral communications skills.
Skills:
- Welding and fabrication skills would be a plus.
- Ability to work on assigned equipment on elevated platforms, ladders, and scissor lift.
- Troubleshoot breakdowns (maybe skill).
- Overhaul and rebuild equipment during non-processing season.
- Maintain cost control over equipment for budget purposes.
- Maintenance in other areas of the facility when needed.
- Ensure GMPs, safety rules and regulations are followed.
- Work with Area Supervisors.
- Supervise assigned seasonal employees.
But many of those are responsibilities. Better to keep skills separate: welding/fabrication, hand/power tools, communication, reading/writing English, reliability, ability to work at heights, lift 50lbs.
But we must not invent. Let's extract from qualifications and responsibilities any skill-like statements:
- Welding and fabrication skills would be a plus (skill)
- Basic use of hand and power tools is required (skill)
- Good written and oral communications skills (skill)
- Ability to read and write the English language (skill)
- Reliability and dependability are a must (skill/trait)
- Ability to work on assigned equipment on elevated platforms, ladders, and scissor lift (skill/ability)
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50lbs (physical requirement)
- Troubleshoot breakdowns to determine cause (skill)
- Make necessary repairs and maintenance (skill)
- Overhaul and rebuild equipment (skill)
- Maintain cost control (skill)
- Work in conjunction with Area Supervisors (skill)
- Supervise assigned seasonal employees (skill)
- Ensure GMPs, safety rules (knowledge)
But many overlap with responsibilities. Perhaps better to have only Qualifications and Skills sections, but we can keep Responsibilities as the essential job functions list, and Qualifications as experience/license/tool requirements, Skills as welding/fabrication, communication, etc. Avoid duplication.
Let's decide:
- About the role: company overview + role summary (maybe short paragraph).
- Responsibilities: bullet list of essential job functions (as given).
- Qualifications: bullet list of experience, license, tools, lift, reliability, English, etc.
- Skills: bullet list of welding/fabrication, hand/power tools, communication, troubleshooting, etc. But we need to ensure we don't repeat qualifications content.
We could combine Qualifications and Skills into one "Requirements" section, but instruction says we can use those headings. To be safe, we can have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Benefits, Schedule. And maybe Skills omitted if overlapping.
But we need to include welding/fabrication as a plus; that's a qualification/skill. Could be in Qualifications.
Let's include Qualifications covering: experience, driver's license, own hand tools, welding/fabrication plus, communication skills, English literacy, reliability, ability to lift 50lbs, ability to work at heights, extended work hours.
Schedule: extended work hours during harvest season (maybe also mention off-season shop vs field). Could include schedule details: off-season overhauling in shop, harvest season in field monitoring machines and making repairs.
Thus Schedule section: description of work environment: off-season in shop overhauling, harvest season in field monitoring and repairing.
Now Benefits: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401K, short-term and long-term disability, paid time off, etc.
Now ensure we don't include boilerplate like EEO, duplicated paragraphs, navigation, etc.
Now produce HTML fragment.
We'll need to wrap each section in heading then content: either
for prose or
- for lists.
Let's craft.
About the role: combine company overview and role summary into a paragraph or two.
We'll do:
About the role
Seneca Foods is one of North America's leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities throughout the United States, sourcing high‑quality products from over 1,400 American farms. The company holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries under brands such as Libby’s®, Aunt Nellie’s®, READ®, Seneca Farms®, Green Valley®, Green Giant (Shelf‑Stable)®, CherryMan®, Paradise®, Pennant®, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips, and also provides vegetable products to other companies via co‑pack arrangements.
Seneca Foods in Clyman, WI is seeking an Agricultural Equipment Mechanic to monitor product flow during harvest, perform preventative maintenance on harvesting equipment in the off‑season, and provide operating and maintenance assistance for tillage, planting, crop care equipment and farm vehicles. The role splits time between the Ripon Ag Shop (off‑season overhauls) and the field (harvest‑season monitoring and repairs), with in‑house training available on mill and lathe, welding, hydraulics, AC systems and more.
That seems good. Responsibilities: list essential job functions. We'll copy the list exactly as given, but ensure each bullet is a separate - . List: - Operate, maintain and repair a variety of Agricultural equipment - Troubleshoot breakdowns to determine the cause of the operating problems - Make necessary repairs and maintenance to harvest equipment and related equipment which may include modifications and upgrades to mechanical, electrical