The Role: In this role, you will assist the Farm Department in achieving the highest quality product by performing a variety of hands-on tasks and projects. This might include irrigation solutions, soil reporting, equipment inventory, and more.
Location(s): Salinas, CA
Areas of Responsibility:
- Learn and understand various irrigation and tractor methods.
- Help monitor and track disease and pest levels.
- Insure Well lubrication is being performed.
- Collect and log irrigation Well depths throughout the various ranch location .
- Collect and send off soil and water samples to laboratory.
- Assist/Report Farm Managers in testing soil nitrate in various crop .
- Support Farm Managers in the day-to-day activities as needed.
- Drive tractor and irrigate as needed.
- Design ranch maps as needed.
- Update farm equipment list - review & confirm tag and asset number match.
- Irrigation flow meter monitoring by district.
- Special projects as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications:
- High school diploma and college standing of Sophomore, Junior or Senior standing.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Must have good computer skills. Experience with MS Excel desirable.
- Must have current driver's license.
Ideal Candidate:
- Highly independent. Self-motivated to continually improve and add value, even if it is outside of their job description.
- Hands-on approach to work. Ability to trouble shoot and provide solutions.
- Effective communication skills, verbally and written.
- Enjoys being a team player and being part of a collective effort.
- Ability to plan ahead and predict problems by being observant to the little things that make a big difference .
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