Agricultural Equipment Operator

Job Duties

Start Date: 04/01/2026

End Date: 12/15/2026

Hours: 48 hours/week, Mon.-Sat. 8 hours/day, 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

Must Apply By: 08/09/2026

The employer raises row crops that are planted during April and May and harvested during October and November. Due to winter conditions and frozen ground, machinery operations are not performed from December through March. Seasonal employees are needed to assist with preparing fields for planting and harvest activities.

Job duties include attaching farm implements such as plows, discs, sprayers, and harvesters to tractors using bolts and hand tools; operating tractors, sprayers, seed drills, manure spreaders, irrigation systems, and other agricultural equipment; and participating in planting, weeding, spraying, and harvesting activities. Employees will apply fertilizer or pesticide solutions to control insects, fungi, weeds, and crop diseases using hand sprayers or appropriate equipment.

Additional duties include loading and unloading crops or materials manually or with conveyors, hand trucks, forklifts, or transfer augers; observing and listening to equipment operation to detect malfunctions; operating harvesting equipment; performing routine inspection, adjustment, maintenance, and minor repairs on machinery and irrigation equipment; and driving farm trucks to haul crops, supplies, and tools. No commercial trucking is required.

Worker must be available and willing to work the entire season.

Employer will conduct post-hire criminal background checks at no cost to the employee and will not employ anyone with a felony/theft criminal background as required by the workplace safety policy and company hiring practices as allowed by law.

Employer will conduct post-hire drug tests at no cost to the employee to enforce a drug free workplace policy. Failing a drug test will result in termination.

Minimum Education Required

No High School Diploma or GED required.

Minimum Experience Required

Two (2) months of farm experience is required.

Worker must have or be able to obtain a valid driver’s license upon hire.

Worker must be able to lift fifty (50) pounds.

Shift

First (Day)

Number of Openings

2

Public Transportation Accessible

No

Veterans Encouraged to Apply

Yes

Physical Required

No

Drug Test Required

Yes

Compensation

$19.33 / Hourly

Additional Compensation

The employer, at its sole discretion, may grant pay increases based on factors such as performance, longevity, and/or experience. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at the previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.

As required for all workers in Minnesota, hours worked in excess of 48 hours in a work week will be paid at the rate of 1.5 times the regular rate of pay.

Postal Code

56282

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

H-2A#26-255

Job Benefits

EMPLOYER ASSURANCES: Work guaranteed for 3/4 of contract period, starting with date of arrival at work site. Employer provides free housing for workers whose residence is beyond normal commuting distance. Employer pays inbound transportation and subsistence to work site upon 50% completion of work contract for workers whose residence is beyond normal commuting distance. Daily subsistence will be provided at a rate of at least $16.28 per day during travel to a maximum of $68.00 per day with receipts. Required work-related tools and supplies provided free of charge by employer.

Effective Jan 1, 2024, per MN State Statute, an employee will earn one hour of paid sick and safe time for every 30 hours worked, up to at least 48 hours of accrued Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST) per year, provided the employee works a minimum of 80 hours in a calendar year.

Application Instructions

Send resume listing experience to:

MN DEED/FLC

Attn: H-2A#26-255

180 E. 5th St., Suite 1200, St. Paul, MN 55101

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Must have proof of legal authority to work in U.S.