Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, Greenhouse

H-2A seasonal job with Ruiz Family Farm in Lake Arthur, New Mexico. Pay: $15.96/hr. Work period: 2026-12-01 to 2027-10-01. Positions: 2. About 40 hours a week. The employer's full description is in English on the official DOL job order.

We are 40 acre pecan farm. Work consists of primarily pecans nut harvesting, tree trimming, watering, fertilizing. Working with late model John Deere tractors. Job duties may include and are not limited to tasks such as: apply products such as fertilizers, pesticides, growth inhibitors, etc, attach/detach implements, be able to handle working in high humidity, clean work areas, direct and monitor work during planting and harvesting, hand pick and manually grade crops, haul and spread materials such as but not limited to fertilizer to condition the soil, inform farm managers of plants or crops progress, load crops and drive trucks to transport to and from fields and/or storage locations or facilities, maintain grounds and landscaping, operate self propelled machinery, position boxes/bags at ends of machinery to catch products, remove and close full containers, tilling soil, transplanting, weeding, thinning, pruning crops, use hand tools such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, loppers, and knives, use hand tools such as wrenches, crow bars, air tools, electric tools. Equipment such as but not limited to the following will be used/operated by the workers in conjunction with the duties being performed: forklift, pickups, cars, etc, semi trucks, skid steers, tractors. The workers will be performing the duties to help produce: trees, Pecans.

Work period: 2026-12-01 to 2027-10-01. Positions: 2.

Requirements: Three (3) months recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Must be able to obtain appropriate drivers license following hire and obtain clean driving record. Be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a drug test at no cost to the worker and be subject to the employers drug free and alcohol free workplace policy including testing protocols. Testing positive for an illegal/controlled substance or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.