Seasonal Equipment Operator

Seasonal Equipment Operator at Justin Folvag in Williston, ND.

SOC 45-2091 — 100% of work performed. Seasonal employees prepare fields for planting with tractors and attached tillage equipment, connecting plows, discs, planters, sprayers, harvesters, and other implements to tractors and then operating tractors, seed drills, planters, sprayers, combines, and other agricultural machinery throughout the crop cycle. The work supports the planting, cultivation, weeding, spraying, fertilizing, and harvesting of corn, wheat, sorghum, millet, soybeans, and canola, with machinery used as needed to apply fertilizer or crop treatments and to move through field operations from soil preparation to harvest. Employees also operate irrigation equipment and maintain the associated pipes, ditches, and pumps, including installing, inspecting, maintaining, and repairing pivot irrigation components to support crop growth. In addition, they load and unload crops and farm materials using conveyors, augers, forklifts, or hand tools, watch and listen for equipment problems during operation, report malfunctions, inspect equipment, and perform routine servicing, lubrication, adjustments, minor repairs, and other routine maintenance on farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment, including the tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery used to plow, harrow, fertilize soil, and plant, cultivate, spray, and harvest wheat, corn, and soybeans. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer. Employer may, at its sole discretion, provide pay increases based on longevity or experience. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at their previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.

Work begins January 15, 2027 and ends November 15, 2027.

Pay is $19.99 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 55 hours per week.