Agricultural Equipment Mechanic

Job Duties

• Repair and maintain equipment fleet, including major and minor repairs on tractors, sprayers, heavy equipment, tractor trailers, forklifts and cars.
• Maintain shop equipment and inventory of supplies such as spare parts, shop chemicals, and consumables.
• Modify and build new equipment as required.
• Document all repair work on asset sheets and label invoices for record keeping purposes.
• Build and maintain relationships with parts houses and dealerships.
• Auxiliary tasks include assisting in choosing and quoting new equipment and helping determine when old equipment needs replacement.
• Calibrate and troubleshoot sprayers and spreaders to maintain accurate coverage.
• Upload coverage maps into sprayers and fertilizer spreaders, download as applied maps, create new field maps, and save files for record keeping.
• Create, layout and record new tile lines and maps in preparation for new orchards.
• Manage JD OPS Center and SMS Basic records for fields, varieties, and applied maps.
• Other duties as required.

Required Skills

• Diesel mechanic experience, including troubleshooting electronic and mechanical problems on a variety of equipment.
• Welding and fabrication experience: lathe, mill, air-arc gouging, Mig-Tig.
• Willingness and desire to learn.
• Action oriented and ability to work independently.
• Computer skills required to record maintenance, orchard mapping, fertilizer and spray mapping.

Benefits

• Multiple healthcare plans are available after 60 days of employment.
• Potential for 56 hours of paid sick leave annually, accrued at 1 hour for every 30 hours worked, based on NYS sick leave policy.
• 401K plan available upon hire, with potential employer match after 1 year of employment.
• Paid Vacation
• Holiday pay for 8 recognized holidays.