Agricultural Equipment Mechanic Job at Cahoon Farms, Inc, Wolcott, NY

  • Cahoon Farms, Inc
  • Wolcott, NY

Job Description

Agricultural Equipment Mechanic

Starting Wage: $26-30/hr (based on experience)

Job Overview
We are seeking a skilled and reliable Orchard Mechanic to join our team. This role involves maintaining, repairing, and overhauling farm machinery like tractors, harvesting equipment, and company vehicles to ensure they operate efficiently.

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.

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.
  • Assist in choosing and quoting new equipment and help determine when old equipment needs replacement.
  • Calibrate and troubleshoot sprayers and spreaders to maintain accurate coverage.
  • Upload coverage maps into sprayer 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. 

 

 

Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: $26 - $30 Hourly
Bonus/Commission: No

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Full time

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