Wonderful Citrus is America’s largest integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus, including clementine/mandarin, navel and Valencia oranges; lemons; limes; grapefruits; and other citrus varieties. Wonderful Citrus owns, cultivates and harvests more than 58,000 acres of fresh citrus and ships around the world each year to ensure a year-round supply. Our citrus can be found in all channels of distribution, with our consumer brands most visible in the produce department of grocery stores across America under the flagship consumer brands of Wonderful Halos mandarins and Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red grapefruit.

Overview:

Primarily working on the road this role is expected to maintain, repair and overhaul farm equipment and vehicles such as, tractors, trucks, forklifts, brush shredders, spray equipment, and other mechanically, electrically or motor driven equipment on farms and in farm shops. Examines equipment for defects and dismantles defective equipment using hand tools. Repairs or replaces defective units using hand and power tools.

Here is what you’ll do

• Perform all tasks in a safe manner. Maintains shop and equipment in good safe efficient conditions, with special care to critical equipment.
• Insures that all farm machinery is serviced and maintained on a routine schedule and kept in good operational order.
• Inspects, tests, adjusts, and repairs as needed, all equipment and rolling stock on a regular basis, as required by management.
• Maintains service and repair records.
• Keeps shop Supervisor informed of equipment conditions, upcoming maintenance schedules, and other pertinent equipment information.
• Maintaining and servicing company vehicle
• Tool accountability
• 75% of the work time will be performed road service   
• All other duties as assigned by supervisor

Here’s what you’ll bring to the table:

• COVID vaccination will be required for this position unless candidate has a legally valid exemption.
•  3-5 years maintenance experience in repairing farm equipment.
• Valid Driver’s License
• Strong equipment/process troubleshooting skills.
• Strong problem-solving abilities.
• Must have experience in working on all types of engines.
• Knowledge of basic math
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) desired.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds, bending or stooping.
• Ability to work with little or no supervision

Here’s what we’ll bring to the table:

• Wonderful Giving – a one-of-kind program that donates company money to charities close to our employees’ hearts
• Employee college tuition reimbursement
• Employee referral program - $1,000 per exempt referral; $500 per non-exempt referral
• Full benefits package – Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) retirement plan, company matching and annual catch-up, Employee Assistance Program, company-paid life insurance (spouse and dependents to age 26), life insurance, AD&D insurance, flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Wonderful Citrus is part of The Wonderful Company, a successful, fast-growing privately held $4 billion company with 9,000 employees worldwide. We’ve made Wonderful Pistachios one of America’s top-selling salty snacks. We’ve turned pomegranates and POM Wonderful into a worldwide phenomenon. Wonderful Halos is the No. 1 mandarin orange in America. FIJI Water is the No. 1 premium bottled water in America. JUSTIN Wine produces California’s top-selling, high-end Cabernet Sauvignon. And Teleflora is the world’s largest flower delivery service.

The Wonderful Company has a long-standing commitment to corporate social responsibility, including more than $120 million invested in environmental technologies and sustainability research, $45 million in charitable giving and education initiatives every year, $30 million toward the construction of a new charter school campus in California’s Central Valley, and innovative health and wellness programs, including two new, free primary care clinics for employees and their dependents.

Wonderful Citrus is an Equal Opportunity Employer and with opportunities for advancement. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories.

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