Wonderful Citrus is North America’s leading integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus, including clementines/mandarins, navel and Valencia oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, and other citrus varieties. Wonderful Citrus farms more than 74,000 acres of fresh citrus and has supplier relationships around the world 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 the globe under our flagship consumer brands, Wonderful Halos Mandarins, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, and Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red Grapefruit.

Overview:

Duties include the operation of farm equipment for fertilizing, spraying and other pest control activities. Must have experience operating tractor or large farm machinery and ability to repair equipment, follow detailed instructions without close supervision, and ability to lift 80 lbs.

Here's what you'll do:

• Operate equipment to spray and otherwise apply chemicals to field.
• Drive tractor and use towed or self-propelled equipment to spray or otherwise apply chemicals.
• Perform field level routine maintenance, and service all types of vehicles, pickups, cars, etc.
• Service all types of Farm Equipment to include tractors, and or forklifts
• Sets up and attaches operational equipment.
• Adjusts equipment by setting speed, spacing, etc. Regulates flow through nozzles in sprayers.
• Drives, operates, adjusts, and handles all farming equipment to include toppers, hedgers, forklift, brush shredder (Specialty Equipment) according to safe operating procedures.
• Ability to work independently; and as a team member while meeting standards set by the Supervisor
• May perform other tasks as assigned by supervisor.

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

• Have experience operating tractor or large farm equipment safely.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of his job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Mount and dismount equipment
• Lift and attach tractor implements weighing up to 50 lbs.
• Sit for extended periods of time while twisting back to see the rear of the tractor.
• Operate equipment by releasing brake, shift gears, depress pedals, manipulate steering controls, read gages.
• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Exposed to all weather conditions
• 18 years of age or older

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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