Tractor Driver
Schroeder-Manatee Ranch
Apply to this jobPOSITION SUMMARY:
Operate heavy equipment (bulldozer pulling roller choppers & backhoe). Operate tractor pulling implements such as disc, mowers, seeder, etc.
WORK SCHEDULE: Monday to Friday from 7am to 5pm.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- 70% of time will operate tractor and implements such as disc, mower, seeder, spreader.
- 30% of time will operate bull dozer or backhoe.
- Will transport equipment from one job to another using semi-trailer (CDL needed) approximately eight times per year.
- Maintain and service equipment used on a daily basis.
- Setting, checking hog traps / vermin traps
- Moving traps as needed
- Spot spraying
- Repairing traps as needed for safe use
- Help with task in land management area ex. Prescribed fires, preparing for and performing
- Take care of planted fields and food plots, feeders, etc.
SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Must possess some mechanical skills / be mechanically inclined.
- Must have experience operating heavy equipment.
- Must be proficient in the operation of a tractor.
- Must be safety-minded and be aware safety conditions around them and of others.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is performed outside exposed to different weather conditions; Hazards exposure to mowing parts, outside conditions, rough terrain.
We offer excellent benefit plans which includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Insurance, PTO, 401K, etc.
SMR Farms is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
SMR Farms is a Drug Free Workplace. If offered a job, candidates will need to successfully pass a pre-employment drug test. Please note that the company Drug Free Workplace policy includes, reasonable suspicion, post-accident, and random testing.
Summary
Operate heavy equipment and tractors for land management and maintenance tasks.
Job title
Tractor Driver
Experience level
some experience
Industry
agriculture
Location requirements
On-site in Lakewood Ranch, FL; no remote work allowed.
Salary
Not specified
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Lakewood Ranch, FL, USA