Agricultural Equipment Operator

H-2A seasonal job with Justin Folvag in Williston, North Dakota. Pay: $19.99/hr. Work period: 2027-01-15 to 2027-11-15. Positions: 4. About 55 hours a week. The employer's full description is in English on the official DOL job order.

SOC 45-2091 — 100% of work performed. Seasonal employees prepare fields for planting with tractors and attached tillage equipment, connecting plows, discs, planters, sprayers, harvesters, and other implements to tractors and then operating tractors, seed drills, planters, sprayers, combines, and other agricultural machinery throughout the crop cycle. The work supports the planting, cultivation, weeding, spraying, fertilizing, and harvesting of corn, wheat, sorghum, millet, soybeans, and canola, with machinery used as needed to apply fertilizer or crop treatments and to move through field operations from soil preparation to harvest. Employees also operate irrigation equipment and maintain the associated pipes, ditches, and pumps, including installing, inspecting, maintaining, and repairing pivot irrigation components to support crop growth. In addition, they load and unload crops and farm materials using conveyors, augers, forklifts, or hand tools, watch and listen for equipment problems during operation, report malfunctions, inspect equipment, and perform routine servicing, lubrication, adjustments, minor repairs, and other routine maintenance on farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment, including the tractors, tractor-drawn machinery, and self-propelled machinery used to plow, harrow, fertilize soil, and plant, cultivate, spray, and harvest wheat, corn, and soybeans. Employer may also, at its sole discretion, offer performance-based incentive bonuses that are not guaranteed and are determined by the employer. Employer may, at its sole discretion, provide pay increases based on longevity or experience. Workers returning for a consecutive season will be paid at their previous season’s rate if that rate exceeds the current published rate.

Work period: 2027-01-15 to 2027-11-15. Positions: 4.

Requirements: Must possess a valid, standard, non-commercial driver's license (e.g., Class C, D, R, E, F or 3 depending on state). 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 HR 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. Employee must have 3 months of verifiable experience.